Paul McCartney: Live Kisses DVD Review: A Thoroughly Enjoyable Document of an Artist’s Labor of Love
By Kit O'Toole |
Earlier this year, Paul McCartney satisfied a longtime ambition of recording an album of standards. Though other rockers have released ...
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Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements DVD Review
By Kit O'Toole |
During the documentary Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements, one critic describes the band with one simple phrase: ...
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The Doors: Live at the Bowl ’68 DVD Review: It Sounds Amazing
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski The Doors' 1968 show at the Hollywood Bowl has long been considered one of the band's ...
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Stray Cats: Live in Montreux 1981 DVD Review: Rockabilly Purr-fection
By Gordon S. Miller |
Rockabilly revivalists Stray Cats (guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer, upright bassist Lee Rocker, and drummer Slim Jim Phantom) took America by storm ...
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Dawn of the Dead (2012) Movie Review: Tunes, Tabs, and Tie-dye
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Mike Bruno Dawn of the Dead is a documentary trying to explain the phenomenal impact of the Grateful Dead ...
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Woody Herman: Blue Flame DVD Review: An Impressive Story
By Greg Barbrick |
Although I was born long after the big-band era, I have an abiding appreciation for the music. One of the ...
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Concert Review: An Evening with The Monkees, Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 11/10/12
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Monkees 12-date tour this past fall was a bittersweet affair. No doubt many were delighted to see the return ...
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Chasing Mavericks: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Review
By Darcy Staniforth |
Chasing Mavericks is the true story of surfing star and legend Jay Moriarty. At 15 years old, he discovers the surf ...
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Paul Williams Still Alive Movie Review: Tells the Story of the Man More than the Songwriter
By Jade Blackmore |
Director Stephen Kessler didn't idolize the usual guitar-toting rock star when he was a kid in Queens, NY. He idolized ...
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Magical Mystery Tour Blu-ray Review: There’s a Fog Upon My Brain
By Michelle Prather |
While viewing the remastered version of Magical Mystery Tour, I unintentionally began scrawling the odd observation from the end of a notebook, ...
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Circle Jerks: My Career as a Jerk DVD Review: A Wonderful Documentary
By Darcy Staniforth |
If you know anything about punk rock, you know the Circle Jerks. They were one of L.A.'s most seminal and ...
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Dirty Dancing: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition Album Review: You Can Own It
By Kit O'Toole |
Anyone who grew up in the '80s can immediately identify this quote: “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” Amazingly, 25 ...
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Beatles Stories DVD Review: Tales Even Hardcore Beatles Fans May Not Know
By Michelle Prather |
It's difficult not to be wary of new Beatles-related documentaries, especially considering some of the Netflix titles that appear alluring ...
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Best of Bond…James Bond: 50 Years – 50 Tracks Review: An Outstanding Collection
By Luigi Bastardo |
Bond. James Bond. For some, it's the man itself that makes them jump up and down with delight -- personal ...
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Down in the Flood DVD Review: Bob Dylan and the Band Examined in New Documentary
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Donald Gibson Bob Dylan had just rewritten his own rules and those of nearly every other popular musician ...
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John Cusack Alludes to Say Anything at Peter Gabriel’s Hollywood Bowl Concert
By Gordon S. Miller |
Peter Gabriel is currently touring to celebrate the 25th anniversary of So, which has been remastered and will be available ...
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Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live Blu-ray Review: An Impressive Combination of Music and Visuals
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Grammy Award-winning Secret World Live finds Peter Gabriel in Modena, Italy over the course of two November nights 1993, ...
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Rock of Ages Blu-ray Review: Overstuffed Rock That Lasts Ages
By Steve Geise |
Sherrie and Drew are destined to meet and fall in love. She's just a small town girl, livin' in a ...
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Produced by George Martin Blu-ray Review: A Stroll Down Melody Lane with Britain’s Most Lauded Music Maker
By Michelle Prather |
This January, Sir George Martin CBE turns 87. The reserved, seemingly guarded young man with movie-star looks and ears that ...
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Produced by George Martin Blu-ray Review: An Inside Look At The Producing Legend
By generaljabbo |
"Produced by George Martin." Those four words rightly conjure up images of The Beatles, as Martin was considered by many ...
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Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender Blu-ray Review: Queen’s Frontman Gets the Royal Treatment
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski One of the most unique voices in rock music and arguably the greatest front man to ...
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Martha Reeves: Live in Concert DVD Review: Martha’s Voice Has Nowhere to Hide
By Kit O'Toole |
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Martha Reeves and the Vandellas at 96 in their 100 Greatest Artists of All Time ...
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The O’Jays: Live in Concert DVD Review: An Enjoyable Romp Through Their Greatest Hits
By Kit O'Toole |
“I love music, any kind of music/ I love music, just as long as it’s groovin’/ Makes me laugh, makes ...
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By generaljabbo |
Though much of the music listened to by the so-called mods and rockers in mid-1960s England gets played on the ...
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SpokAnarchy! DVD Review: An Excellent Documentary
By Greg Barbrick |
Spokane, WA is about as unlikely a place I can think of to have developed a thriving punk scene in ...
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Reflections on Paul McCartney’s ‘Live and Let Die’
By Cinema Sentries |
James Bond films are known for many things, especially the gadgets, the girls, and the music. John Barry's "James Bond ...
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Queen: Greatest Video Hits DVD Review: Talent, Style, and Grace on Display
By Greg Barbrick |
If ever there were a band suited to the format of music videos, Queen were it. Even though there were ...
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Quadrophenia Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: We Are the 5.1 Mods
By Steve Geise |
Even if you’ve seen this film before, you’ve never seen it like this. Boasting a complete restoration including a new ...
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The Zombies: Live at Metropolis Studios, London DVD Review: A Real Treat for Fans
By Greg Barbrick |
Of all the great British rock acts of the “60s, I have always felt that the Zombies never really got ...
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Bachman & Turner: Live at the Roseland Ballroom NYC DVD Review: Taking Care of Business for Longtime Fans
By Kit O'Toole |
Proving that there are second acts in rock and roll, singer/guitarist Randy Bachman left one successful rock band, only to ...
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Nektar, Brainticket, and Huw Lloyd-Langton: Space Rock Invasion DVD Review: The Next Best Thing to Being There
By Greg Barbrick |
For those so inclined, the Space Rock Invasion Tour of 2011 was a once in a lifetime event. The lineup ...
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The Beatles: Their Golden Age DVD Review: A Short, but Information-packed Documentary on the Fab Four
By generaljabbo |
It’s not possible to thoroughly cover the Beatles’ unparalleled career in an hour, but The Beatles: Their Golden Age attempts ...
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The Raconteurs: Live at Montreux 2008 Blu-ray Review: A Consoling Set of Modern Rock
By Gordon S. Miller |
When James Brown died in 2006, the title of “hardest working man in show business” was vacated. Jack White might ...
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Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge Chicago 1981 Review: The Students Join the Teacher On Stage
By generaljabbo |
In November 1981, fans attending the Muddy Waters show at Buddy Guy’s old club, the Checkerboard Lounge, were in for ...
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Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here Blu-ray Review: Their Musical Talents Shine On
By generaljabbo |
At the Live 8 concert in London, England, in 2005, Roger Waters joined his old mates in Pink Floyd for ...
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Stone Temple Pilots: Alive in the Windy City Blu-ray Review: They Still Deliver
By generaljabbo |
While the members of Stone Temple Pilots have often made for a volatile mix off the stage, there is no ...
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Kasabian Live!: Live at the O2 Blu-ray Review: A Spirited Performance
By generaljabbo |
British indie rockers, Kasabian, took the UK and Ireland by storm with a sold-out arena tour at the end of ...
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Duran Duran: Live 2011: A Diamond in the Mind Blu-ray Review: They’ve Lost Nothing to Time
By generaljabbo |
Duran Duran has always been as much a visual experience as an audio one. During the 1980s, their songs dominated ...
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Van der Graaf Generator: Live at the Metropolis Studios, London Review: Who Doesn’t Love the Prog?
By Greg Barbrick |
Van der Graaf Generator were one of those groups who could have only flourished in the late ’60s English psychedelic ...
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Bill Nelson and the Gentlemen Rocketeers: Live at the Metropolis Studios, London Review: An Electrifying Set Spanning Nelson’s 40-Year Career
By Greg Barbrick |
I must admit that when I heard that Bill Nelson was planning to revisit some classic Be Bop Deluxe tunes ...
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Jimi Plays Berkeley DVD Review: Flawed but Fascinating
By Greg Barbrick |
The newly re-mastered film Jimi Plays Berkeley (1971) is an incredible document of its time. Back in the late ’70s, ...
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Duran Duran: A Diamond in the Mind: Live 2011 Blu-ray Review: A Virtually Flawless Live Performance
By Michelle Prather |
As the instrumental “Return to Now” plays over the black-and-white opening sequence to Duran Duran’s first live release in nearly ...
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LAFF 2012 Review: A Band Called Death Rises from Obscurity
By Jade Blackmore |
While attending the Joey Ramone Birthday Bash in 2009, I noticed the headlining band was called Death. That doesn’t make ...
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John Lee Hooker: Cook with the Hook: Live in 1974 DVD Review: It’ll Serve You Right to Watch This
By Jade Blackmore |
Cook with the Hook: Live in 1974, a restored film version of a John Lee Hooker concert in Gardner, Massachusetts, ...
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Kasabian Live!: Live at the O2 Blu-ray Review: Proof the Accolades Are Deserved
By Michelle Prather |
If you’ve not seen Kasabian live for several years, prepare yourself for a show with a lot more flash, loads ...
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Simply Red: Live at Montreux 2003 Blu-ray Review: The Beginning of Their Rebirth and the End of the Line
By generaljabbo |
For 25 years, Simply Red offered their British take on American bluesy, blue-eyed soul. Driven by the powerhouse vocals of ...
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The Beatles: Yellow Submarine DVD Review: A Great Movie with an Even Better Soundtrack
By Greg Barbrick |
For their third film, the Beatles kind of phoned it in. Their first, A Hard Day’s Night was brilliant, and ...
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Simply Red: Live at Montreux 2003 DVD Review: At the Peak of Their Creativity
By Kit O'Toole |
For most Americans, the words “Simply Red” conjure images of a man bearing a shock of red, curly hair, earnestly ...
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Book Review: Music on Film: The Rocky Horror Picture Show by Dave Thompson
By Greg Barbrick |
As Roger Ebert so memorably put it a few years ago, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show is not so much ...
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Book Review: Music on Film: Purple Rain by John Kenneth Muir
By Darcy Staniforth |
Purple Rain was the first R-rated film I watched as a kid. It was also the first movie I ever ...
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