“We wanted to make something conceptual with lush orchestration; not Mantovani, something with a twist. It's all pretty dark.” So said Echo & The Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant of the band's fourth studio collection, OCEAN RAIN. The 1984 Sire album...

Today we celebrate the birthday of a man who can claim not only to be a founding member of Spandau Ballet but, indeed, the one who wrote most of the band’s songs. Yes, that’s right, the birthday boy in question...

The month of Rocktober rages on, and we can’t imagine a better verb to describe this week’s releases, since all of them involve a fair amount of rage mixed into their rock, whether it’s the classic rock variety or something...

If you haven’t yet seen the film White Boy Rick, then you’re missing out on a great character study, but you’re also missing out on a well-done period piece that takes viewers back in time to an era when funk...