The music of Les Baxter: the sound of B movies
Roger Corman turned 87 yesterday (April 5th 2013), and I’m once again reminded that, despite their low production values, his movies had awesome music. The movies he did with Vincent…
The best Iron Maiden song ever
A little adrenaline to kick off the weekend. And because I attended that show. Up the Irons!
The cassette revival is underway and… WAIT, WHAT???
I read an article in the Montreal Gazette yesterday about a cassette revival. I’ll admit I did a double take reading the title, and my first thought was “I thought…
Portrait of an addiction
The multiple forms my addiction to music takes. Every object in this image has meaning to me, or is a memento. The Cherry Sunburst Les Paul is the guitar I…
50 years ago today: The Beatles released their first album
50 years ago, a promising young band from Liverpool released their first album. After the initial success of their first 2 singles “Love Me Do” and “Please Please Me“, the…
Dave Grohl’s amazing keynote speech at SXSW 2013
Dave Grohl solidified his status as rock’s biggest ambassador when he delivered an impassioned speech at South by South West that covered his own laser-focused path to becoming a musician,…
In memoriam: Clive Burr (1957-2013)
We learned today that original Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr passed away. He had been suffering for years from multiple sclerosis. Burr’s drumming can be heard on the first 3…
Album Review: Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused to Sing
Steven Wilson is a busy man. When he’s not fronting Porcupine Tree, he’s busy remixing (sometimes in 5.1) the back catalog of King Crimson and Jethro Tull, producing/mixing for Swedish…
You know you’re old when the music of your youth becomes a musical
Yeah, I saw Rock of Ages last night. As any of my faithful readers may have guessed, my musical education happened mostly in the 80’s, with 1984 being the year…
Brave new world: The music of Brave: The Game
Last year, Behaviour published the official tie-in videogame to Pixar’s Brave. This story of a defiant Scottish princess recently won the Oscar for Best Animated Film, and the game is…