Weezer doesn t look like rock stars, its amusing name doesn t evoke stadium-heights glories, and the group s lyrics don t exude confidence or flash. For precisely these reasons, and the fact that the band s songs on their Ric Ocasek-produced 1994 self-titled debut are the stuff of air-guitar dreams and shout-it-out choruses, the…
Weezer emerged from a San Fernando Valley garage in 1994 to become one of the biggest success stories in recent pop music history. Their self-titled debut sold over two million copies worldwide and yielded three Top 5 hits on alternative radio ( Buddy Holly garnered four MTV Awards). Their highly-anticipated new album features 10 songs…
Weezer (also known as The Green Album) is the third studio album by Weezer, released on May 15, 2001. Produced by Ric Ocasek, this is the only Weezer album to feature bassist Mikey Welsh, who replaced Matt Sharp. The album is grounded in the power pop genre, featuring strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, and prominent…
Replicating the magic of Guns N Roses, Appetite for Destruction, Black Sabbath and Metallica, White Zombie has, in this major debut album, already begun to pave the path for the future of heavy metal. Their rhythms are complex, their riffs intense. They re a powerhouse of loud and proud. Vocalist Rob Zombie intrigues in shock…
THE BEST OF Whitney Houston is an 18-song collection that gathers all the greatest hits of the late singer, including 12 #1 singles and two previously unreleased tracks. A must-have for any fan!
TOMMY, the Who s defining, breakthrough concept album a full-blown rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind boy that launched the band to international superstardom, was originally released in May 1969. The Who were at a career crossroads, they were known mainly as a singles band but this project launched them as a serious…
On this 1970 LP, the quintessential blues songwriter performs his own tunes-every one a classic: I m Your Hoochie Coochie Man; the Little Red Rooster; Spoonful; Back Door Man, and more!
Red Headed Stranger is about a fugitive on the run from the law after killing his wife and her lover. In 1986 Willie Nelson starred as the Red Headed Stranger in a movie of the same name, based on the story of the album.
Eternal Return, the fourth full length from Richmond, Virginia s heavy psychedelic quartet WINDHAND represents a new era for the group, a chrysalis moment that takes them to new and unforeseen heights. Across nine songs and 63 minutes, Eternal Return is an infectious display of songcraft cloaked in alluring atmosphere, molten fuzz, eerie psychedelia and ethereal vocals. The album…
Wire’s first three albums need no introduction. They are the three classic albums on which Wire’s reputation is based. Moreover, they are the recordings that minted the post-punk form. This was adopted by other bands, but Wire were there first.It has been a number of years since these albums were readily available. The aim with…
Digitally remastered edition of the British post-punk band s second album, originally released in 1978. Chairs Missing peaked at #48 in the UK Albums Chart. Although it features some of the minimalist punk rock of the band s debut Pink Flag, it features more developed song structure (taking some cues from 1970s prog-rock, psychedelia, and…
Digitally remastered edition. Pink Flag is the debut studio album by English band Wire. It was released in November 1977, through Harvest Records. Though the album failed to chart on it s initial release, it has been widely acclaimed and is considered by critics and other commentators to have been highly influential on many other…
In a 2019 Bandcamp interview to promote Wolfbrigade s last LP The Enemy: Reality , bassist Johan ErkenvÃ¥g observed that the political climate in the world these past few years has been the worst that we ve ever experienced in our lifetimes . After half a decade of war, pestilence, catastrophe and terror, it s…
These tracks are epic, just as Wolves In The Throne Room tracks have always been epic, but they’re also tough and intense and physical. – Stereogum American Black Metal Overlords WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM return with a new EP, Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge. Featuring four new tracks spanning the scope of WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM s cinematic black metal and dark acoustic folk, the EP…
Two decades into their journey as ritualistic black metal conjurers, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM have emerged from the forest with Primordial Arcana, their most majestic album to date, and their first release via Relapse Records. Primordial Arcana is the band’s first completely self-contained work: In addition to composition and performance, brothers Aaron and Nathan Weaver alongside guitarist Kody Keyworth handled…