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 Chad Derdowski |
One of the most unique voices in rock music and arguably the greatest front man to grace the stage, Freddie ...
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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 ...
Read More Quadrophenia Criterion Collection DVD Review: Dressed Right For a Beach Fight
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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Book Review: Music on Film: Purple Rain by John Kenneth Muir
By Kit O'Toole |
To this day, Prince remains an enigma. He grants few interviews, once changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol, and ...
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Strange Fruit: The Beatles’ Apple Records DVD Review: Gets to the Core of the Company
By Kit O'Toole |
On May 11, 1968, John Lennon and Paul McCartney arrived in New York to announce a new business venture. Three ...
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Phil Collins: Live at Montreux 2004 Blu-ray Review: Nice Overview of His Long Solo Career
By generaljabbo |
As Phil Collins embarked on his “First Final Farewell Tour” in 2004 and 2005, it occurred to him that he ...
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The B-52’s: With the Wild Crowd!: Live in Athens, GA Blu-ray Review: The Emphasis is on Fun
By generaljabbo |
For more than 30 years, the B-52’s have delivered their own quirky brand of retro-influenced new wave. From the bee-hive ...
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The Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin’: The Making of L.A. Woman DVD Review: The Story of a Truly Great Album and Band
By Greg Barbrick |
The final album The Doors recorded with Jim Morrison was L.A. Woman in 1970. It may well be their finest ...
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Public Image Limited: Live at Rockpalast DVD Review: A Must for PiL Fans
By Greg Barbrick |
When John Lydon formed Public Image Ltd. in 1978, nobody knew what to make of it at first. With the ...
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Santana: Greatest Hits Live At Montreux 2011 DVD Review: An Artist Still on Top of His Game
By generaljabbo |
In 1970, Carlos Santana and his band, Santana, made their first appearance at the famed Montreux Jazz Festival. Nearly 42 ...
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Talking Heads: Chronology DVD Review: More Videos About Buildings and Food
By Kit O'Toole |
Since the mid-’70s, Talking Heads have defied easy categorization. Are they rock? Punk? Avant-garde? The band raised themselves above labels ...
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The Richard Thompson Band: Live At Celtic Connections Blu-ray Review: Something for Everyone
By generaljabbo |
Richard Thompson’s most recent studio album, Dream Attic, was recorded live in front of a series of American audiences before ...
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Styx: The Grand Illusion • Pieces of Eight Live Blu-ray Review: Music to Soothe an Angry Young Man
By generaljabbo |
The trend for classic rock acts over the last decade or so is to revisit a classic album in its ...
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The Rolling Stones: Some Girls: Live In Texas ’78 Blu-ray Review: It’s Live Rock ‘n’ Roll and I Like It
By Gordon S. Miller |
I am not sure the reasoning behind The Rolling Stones’ recent decision to go through their vaults and unleash some ...
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Queen: Days of Our Lives Blu-ray Review: A Definitive Look at the Legendary Band
By generaljabbo |
Before Queen released their first album in 1973, the late Freddie Mercury already had lofty ambitions for his musical career, ...
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Queen: Days of Our Lives DVD Review: They Made the Rockin’ World Go Round
By Greg Barbrick |
As good a documentary as Queen: Days Of Our Lives is, it is also a bit of a strange beast. ...
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The Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin’: The Story of L.A. Woman DVD Review: A Look at One of Their Most Enduring Works
By generaljabbo |
By the end of 1970, The Doors were done as a live act. Jim Morrison still had the legal ramifications ...
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From Straight to Bizarre: Zappa, Beefheart, Alice Cooper, and LA’s Lunatic Fringe DVD Review: A Must for Zappa-philes
By Greg Barbrick |
They called Frank Zappa “The King of the L.A. Freak Scene,” and it was definitely a title he enjoyed. After ...
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Glee: The Concert Blu-ray Review: Fun Performances, Lame Interludes
By Steve Geise |
The Glee concert film captures a moment in time of a pop-culture phenomenon that had already started its slow march ...
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Peter Gabriel: New Blood – Live in London Blu-ray Review: The Power of the Orchestra
By Gordon S. Miller |
In 2009, Peter Gabriel came up with a very intriguing concept where he would cover an artist’s song with the ...
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Some Kind of Monster DVD Review: A Fearless Portrait of Metallica
By Gordon S. Miller |
What started out as promotional piece detailing the recording of Metallica’s next album ended up becoming not only a fearless ...
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The Love We Make DVD Review: Paul McCartney Leads the Charge to Heal a City and a Nation
By generaljabbo |
When the tragedy of 9/11 occurred, Paul McCartney was sitting in an airplane on the tarmac at JFK airport. He ...
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