Tag: rock and roll

• May 25, 2023

  King’s X Albums: Ranked!

  Thanks to Heavy Music HQ for publishing my ranking of all of the studio albums released to date by the mighty King’s X! You can listen along to key tracks from each album here:
• March 13, 2023

  Review: Matt Lenny

  A hard-rockin’ blast of Americana from Matt Lenny and the Breakdown According to his bio, Michigan–based guitarist and songwriter Matt Lenny writes songs that fall on the rock and roll side of Americana, and on this latest single with his band, The Breakdown, Lenny leans hard into the rock. “Spinning Bells” launches with a crunchy…
• January 21, 2023

  Albums Of The Year: 2022

  Well, this is way late, but in my defense, there was a LOT of good music released this year. It took me quite a while to narrow down a top 10, and even longer to try to wrangle it into some kind of ranking. Additionally, any of the records on the “Honorable Mention” list are…
• January 13, 2023

  Beck’s Last Bolero

  You never know when it will happen, yet it’s always a surprise when it does. Jeff Beck, one of the most innovative guitarists to wield the instrument, left this mortal coil at 78 years old. No spring chicken, especially by rock star standards, but the headline pops up in your news feed, and still your…
• September 8, 2022

  Taylor Hawkins Tribute Show

  Pointing the way to the future of rock…. Much has already been written about the first of two planned tribute concerts honoring Taylor Hawkins, and with good reason. These massive, star-studded events, while well-intentioned, often fall short of the mark, but in this case, Dave Grohl pulled off the impossible by putting together an engrossing,…