The new issue of Music Street Journal just went live and it's one of our best issues ever. Before we get to that content, though, let's talk about some new galleries we've added in the last couple weeks. First off there's a Coheed and Cambria gallery with almost a hundred pics. Next there's a new Heaven and Hell Gallery with about 140 pics. We've also got a new Lou Gramm gallery with over 30 pics. Finally there's a new Dream Theater gallery with over a hundred pics. Members can use the box on the main page (
musicstreetjournal.com) to log in and check all the great stuff out. If you haven't got a membership yet just use the "click to register" link - right next to it - to get your membership. They start at six bucks (a month) and you can get a full year for just $25. Check out the video on the main page of the site (
musicstreetjournal.com) to get an idea of the kinds of things you get in the members' area - but remember there's a lot more been added since that video was made.
So, let's have a look at the new issue. In terms of new progressive rock CD reviews we have these:
Copernicus - disappearance
Dark Chocolate - Unwrapped
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious
iNFiNiEN - iNFiNiEN
Kosmos (Finland) - Vieraan taivaan alla
Geoff Leigh and Yumi Hara - Upstream
Litmus - Aurora
Moraine - Manifest density
Moraz / Bruford - In Tokyo
Pianocircus - Skin & Wire - Pianocircus featuring Bill Bruford play the music of Colin Riley
Random Touch - A Way From The Heard
Simak Dialog - Demi Masa
Slivovitz - Hubris
Teleseen - Fear of the Forest
Tilt - Million Dollar Wound
We've also got plenty of retro progressive rock reviews for you:
Acuity - Skyward
Asia - Astra
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Random Acts of Happiness
Buggles - The Age of Plastic
Robert Calvert - Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters
Jennifer Cutting - Ocean: Songs for the Night Sea Journey
Enchant - Blink of An Eye
Eyestrings - Burdened Hands
Genesis - Invisible Touch
Genesis - The Way We Walk – Volume 2 – The Longs
Genesis - Turn It On Again – The Hits
Hawkwind - California Brainstorm
Hawkwind - Distant Horizons
Hawkwind - Spirit of the Age Solstice Remixes
Hawkwind - The Friday Rock Show Sessions - Live at Reading '86
Hawkwind - The Xenon Codex
Steve Howe - and Paul Sutin – Seraphim
Steve Howe - Beginnings
Steve Howe - The Grand Scheme of Things
Steve Howe - The Steve Howe Album
Just Offshore - Just Offshore
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell
Saturnia - The Glitter Odd
Paul Sutin - Seraphim
Rick Wakeman - 1984
Rick Wakeman - Journey To the Centre of the Earth
In terms of new metal CD reviews we have -
Asphyx - Death The Brutal Way
Beatallica - Masterful Mystery Tour
Delain - April Rain
Judas Priest - A Touch of Evil – Live
Axel Rudi Pell - Best Of – Anniversary Edition
Tommy Bones - EP
And we've got these retro metal CD reviews:
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Judas Priest - British Steel – Remastered
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Judas Priest - Ram It Down
Here's the new CD reviews that don't fit into either of those categories:
Abney Park - Lost Horizons: The Continuing Adventures of Abney Park
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies - Susquehanna
Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot
Cockpit - Mission to Rock
Rory Gallagher - Crest of a Wave: The Best of Rory Gallagher
Gift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars
John Mayall - Tough
Gary Moore - Essential Montreux – Live at Montreux
Chuck Mosley and VUA - Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food
Natural Gas - Natural Gas
Status Quo - In Search of the Fourth Chord
Thisisashakedown - Love Kills
We've also got these retro reviews:
AC/DC - Powerage
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
The B-52's - The B-52’s
Blondie - Plastic Letters
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Captain Beyond - Dawn Explosion
Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
Devo - Greatest Hits
Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band
Kiss - Creatures of the Night
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Lowdown Brass Band - Lowdown Brass Band
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Nazareth - No Mean City
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Queensrÿche - Empire
Rainbow - Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll
The Ramones - Ramones Mania
We have these new DVD reviews:
Jason Aldean - Wide Open Live and More DVD
Mr. B & Bob Seeley - Back to Back Live DVD
The Beatles - Rare and Unseen DVD
The Chieftains - Live at Montreux 1997 DVD
Coheed and Cambria - The Last Supper – Live At Hammerstein Ballroom DVD
Little Feat - Skin It Back DVD
Willie Nelson - The Willie Nelson Special – With Special Guest Ray Charles DVD
There are also new interviews with:
Copernicus
Morglbl
Oceans of Night
Slayer
Theo Travis
Finally we have new concert reviews of:
Chickenfoot
Coheed and Cambria (with pics and many more - larger - pics in the members' area)
Dream Theater (with pics and many more - larger - pics in the members' area)
Heaven and Hell (with pics and many more - larger - pics in the members' area)
Nine Inch Nails (a special look at the final concert)
Well, that pretty well rounds out the content for this issue, but don't forget you can play along at home. Just go to our Amazon.com store at
http://astore.amazon.com/musicstreetjourn and scroll down on the left to current issue. There you can order the CD’s and DVD’s in the issue. You'll also notice another section where you can download music (these are legal downloads) for many of the items. As the CD reviews, this section is organized by genre. And, if you are so inclined you can buy the stuff from there – and listen along while you see what we had to say about the music.
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