Rock
Like Thin Lizzy, Minx marries metallic thunder with melodic structures and lyrics worth listening to.
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Boston Calling reached some highs this year, sealed by perfect weather.
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So why am I going to write about the Nuggets concert for a New England outlet? Because, totally surprising to me, there was a lot of Boston in the show.
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Until this album, I had no idea that the Grateful Dead and salsa could blend together with such force and fun.
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This album may be too mellow, too grim, too serious for the average listener but hear me: This is an amazing and important work of art, quite possibly the legendary songwriter’s own elegy.
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On Remedy, Gozu sharpens and refines the strengths in its earlier recordings as it infuses into these new songs a finesse that doesn’t undercut the power of the music’s brute force.
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Among its many virtues, this archival live release from Stephen Stills reminds us of an era when great music was human-generated — written and performed with love.
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Now an octogenarian, Ian Hunter remains a gifted songwriter, a distinctive vocalist, and a man who truly has a rock and roll heart.
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A documentary about the female band Fanny asks why the talented LA hard rockers missed out on the big time.
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Neighbor is steeped in what could be considered rock ’n’ roll’s golden era — the ’70s. That is when bands could be — and were damn well expected to be— both technically dazzling and broadly appealing.
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