Styx: Live at the Orleans Arena Las Vegas Blu-ray Review: A Quality Performance Even Without the Band’s Biggest Songs
By Todd Karella |
Filmed while on tour in July of 2014, the Blu-ray shows off some of the band's well-known hits. Interspersed between ...
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Toto: Live at Montreux 1991 DVD Review: Shows a Band in Transition
By Kit O'Toole |
By 1991, Toto was at a crossroads. Only four original members remained: guitarist/lead vocalist Steve Lukather, keyboardist/lead vocalist David Paich, ...
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The Claypool Lennon Delirium: Monolith of Phobos Album Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Thank the fates Sean Lennon's Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger opened for Les Claypool's Primus last summer because it ...
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Concert Review: Sting & Peter Gabriel, Hollywood Bowl, 07/18/16
By Gordon S. Miller |
In the same vein as his 2014 co-headlining tour with Paul Simon, Sting teamed up with his former Amnesty International ...
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The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped Review: Totally Enjoyable
By Gordon S. Miller |
During 1994/1995, the Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood) toured the world behind Voodoo Lounge, ...
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Louder Than Love – The Grande Ballroom Story DVD Review: It Was Quite a Place to Be
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Scott Blitstein When most people think of live music in the late '60s, they probably think of Haight-Ashbury, ...
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Mudcrutch: 2 Album Review: Tom Petty Returns to His pre-Heartbreakers Band with Great Results
By generaljabbo |
In 2007, Tom Petty decided to reform Mudcrutch, his pre-Heartbreakers band, to record their long-overdue self-titled debut. Mudcrutch of course ...
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Bad Company: Live in Concert 1977 & 1979 Album Review
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Scott Blitstein In 1979, an 11-year-old me took a major step in my musical appreciation evolution. It was ...
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The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead Movie Review: Behind the Punk Music
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by The Vern When you hear the words "punk music," the first names that pop up are usually The ...
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KISS Rocks Vegas Cinema Event Review: Exactly What You’d Expect from a KISS Concert
By Todd Karella |
Fathom Events is known for bringing one-time events into movie theaters throughout the country. These presentations can range from plays ...
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Rainbow: Monsters of Rock – Live at Donington 1980 DVD/CD Review
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Scott Blitstein Rainbow: Monsters of Rock is a DVD / CD combo that will be accepted differently based ...
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Grateful Dead 2016 Meet-Up at the Movies: Sullivan Stadium, MA – 07/02/89 Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Hosted by Fathom Events and Rhino Entertainment at theaters across the country, the sixth annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the ...
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Turn It Up! Movie Review: A Celebration of the Electric Guitar
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Scott Blitstein I was sixteen years old, standing in a pawn / jewelry shop owned by family friends. ...
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TV Review: American Masters: Carole King: Natural Woman
By Kit O'Toole |
Over the last few years, singer/songwriter Carole King has enjoyed a career resurgence. Her bestselling memoir, A Natural Woman, bowed ...
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TV Review: American Masters: B.B. King: The Life of Riley
By Jade Blackmore |
The latest installment of the PBS series, American Masters, documents the life and music of blues maestro Riley “B.B.” King. ...
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About the Young Idea DVD Review: A Revealing, Reminiscent Look Back at the Jam’s Rise
By Michelle Prather |
The late John Weller, Paul Weller's father and perhaps the Jam's biggest fan, would ring in shows by shouting, “Put ...
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The Rolling Stones: From the Vault: Live at the Tokyo Dome 1990 Blu-ray Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle stadium tour ran for nearly a year. The North American leg started in Philadelphia on Aug ...
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Jaco DVD Review: Tribute to a Jazz Legend
By Jade Blackmore |
“It's not about bass playing, it's about being a storyteller.” The documentary Jaco traces the life of iconic jazz bassist ...
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David Bowie: Station to Station (Special Edition) Album Review: A Great Piece of Work
By Gordon S. Miller |
Station to Station is Bowie's tenth album. Considered a transitional album as its title indicates, it blends his musical past ...
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David Bowie, The Heart’s Filthy Lesson, Se7en, and Me
By Kent Conrad |
David Fincher led me to David Bowie. I doubt that was a typical path to the Thin White Duke, but ...
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Remembering David Bowie and “Under Pressure”
By generaljabbo |
Being an only child, but having some hip uncles who were more like older brothers, I got exposed to a ...
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By Kit O'Toole |
Against a blindingly white background, a man stands alone. Clad in a sky-blue suit and sporting technicolor makeup, the figure ...
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Rage Against the Machine: Live at Finsbury Park Blu-ray Review: Christmas in June
By Gordon S. Miller |
No matter what one may think of the music spawned from reality TV shows on both sides of the Atlantic, ...
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The Who: Live in Hyde Park DVD Review: The 50-Year Anniversary Show
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Scott Blitstein What else can be written about The Who that hasn't already been written over the course ...
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JACO DVD Review: Portrait of a Tortured Genius
By Kit O'Toole |
In 1976, an album was released that would revolutionize not only how the jazz bass is played, but the very ...
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Sinatra: All or Nothing at All Blu-ray Review: That’s His Life
By Gordon S. Miller |
Frank Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling singers ...
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By Dusty Somers |
The narrative beats of Asif Kapadia's documentary on Amy Winehouse are eminently familiar, tracing a musician's rise to fame and ...
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Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Glimpses into the Heart of the Artist
By Mat Brewster |
By the time Bob Dylan toured England in the Spring of 1965, he’d released five albums (two of which went ...
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Black Stone Cherry: Thank You: Livin’ Live, Birmingham, UK Review: An Enjoyable Performance in Spite of the Low Vocals
By Todd Karella |
Recorded October 30, 2014 on their Magic Mountain tour, the four-man band from Kentucky brought their brand of hard southern ...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd: Pronounced ‘Leh-‘Nerd ‘Skin-‘Nerd & Second Helping Live Blu-ray Review: You Can Go Home Again
By Gordon S. Miller |
Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd had quite the homecoming this year. More than 50 years after Jacksonville teenagers Allen Collins, Gary ...
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Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour Live Blu-ray Review: Visually Impressive, Thematically Confusing
By Todd Karella |
Capturing Katy Perry's 2014/2015 concert tour recorded in Sydney, Australia last December, the show features seven different acts, nine costume ...
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Frank Zappa’s Roxy: The Movie DVD Review: A Necessary Purchase for Any Zappa Fan
By Jade Blackmore |
The concert film Roxy: The Movie starring Frank Zappa and the Mothers, filmed in 1973 during a three-night engagement at ...
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Just Let Go: Lenny Kravitz Live Blu-ray Review: A Giant Directorial Miscue
By Todd Karella |
In support of his tenth studio album, Strut, Lenny Kravitz has released a live concert film that was recorded over ...
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Jeff Lynne’s ELO: Live in Hyde Park Blu-ray Review: So Good You Won’t Get It out of Your Head
By Gordon S. Miller |
Founding member Jeff Lynne was such an essential component to the massive success of Electric Light Orchestra throughout the '70s ...
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The String Cheese Incident: Rhythm of the Road: Volume 2, Live in Las Vegas Album Review
By Mat Brewster |
Arguably the first live rock and roll record was Got Live If You Want It! by The Rolling Stones. Released ...
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The Hee Haw Collection DVD Review: Stockholm Syndrome in the Cornfields
By Kent Conrad |
The first hour of watching The Hee Haw Collection might have been the longest hour of anything I've seen. The ...
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George Strait: The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium DVD Review
By Lorna Miller |
Growing up, I always dreaded when my mom would put on her country music. She warned me that when I ...
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Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014 Blu-ray Review: The Band Keeps A-Rollin’
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Blu-ray for Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014 takes the viewer straight into the main feature rather than offering the menu. ...
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Music from Love & Mercy Album Review: An Auditory Journey into the Mind of a Troubled Genius
By generaljabbo |
The word "genius" gets thrown around a lot when referring to various musicians, but in the case of the Beach ...
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Heaven Adores You Blu-ray Review: As Personal as Elliot Smith’s Music
By Darcy Staniforth |
I wanted to watch and review Heaven Adores You, the new documentary about Elliot Smith, because I am a huge ...
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Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police DVD Review: An Inside Look at a Legendary Band
By Kit O'Toole |
When the Police ceased recording in 1984, rumors swirled as to the cause. Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland became ...
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Stray Cats: Live at Rockpalast Review: A Great Live Concert DVD
By Darcy Staniforth |
The American Rockabilly scene would not be what it is today without the influential music of the Stray Cats. Their ...
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The Who: Live at Shea Stadium 1982 Blu-ray Review: Long Live Rock
By Gordon S. Miller |
Reading up on the Who, it appears what was intended to be a tour in support of It's Hard became ...
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R.E.M. by MTV Blu-ray Review: Fables of the R.E.M. Construction
By Gordon S. Miller |
Previously a part of the REMTV boxed set, the documentary R.E.M. by MTV is now available as a separate release ...
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Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators: Live at the Roxy 9/25/14 Blu-ray Review: So Good That You’ll Believe You’re Really There
By Todd Karella |
It's been nearly 20 years since Slash was a member of the heavy metal band Guns N' Roses. Since then ...
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Grateful Dead 2015 Meet-Up at the Movies: Alpine Valley, WI – 07/19/89 Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Hosted by Fathom Events and Rhino Entertainment at theaters across the country, the fifth annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the ...
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The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965 Blu-ray Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Murray Lerner filmed the performances at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963, ’64, and ’65, and from those concerts created ...
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The Midnight Special Three-DVD Set Review: Relive Friday Night at Any Time
By Gordon S. Miller |
StarVista and Time Life have released another collection of clips of The Midnight Special, a late-night variety show that aired ...
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B.B. King: Live at Montreux 1993 Blu-ray Review: Let the Good Times Roll
By Gordon S. Miller |
B.B. and his band had been frequent performers during the Montreux music festival's long history. Over the course of 100 ...
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The Cure: Three Imaginary Boys (Expanded and Remastered) Album Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
In 2004, Rhino Records released a deluxe edition of The Cure's first album, Three Imaginary Boys, which was previously only ...
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