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Adler, 'The One That You Hated' – Song Review

Karen 'Gilly' Laney — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:11 +0000

Adler — the namesake group of former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler — will issue their first single, ‘The One That You Hated,’ on iTunes on April 10. The song title indicates Adler has certainly experienced his fair share of love and hate relationships, but make no mistake about it — he loves being [...]

Big Brother & The Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin, 'Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968′ – Album Review

Karen 'Gilly' Laney — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:00:59 +0000

Big Brother & The Holding Company were an established rock band prior to Janis Joplin fronting them, and in June of 1966 when she auditioned for the band, things didn’t gel instantly.

Joplin’s gritty blues vocal seemed to clash with the heavy, psychedelic, free form tendencies of the group. Still, Joplin quickly adapted and once she got the hang of what Big Brother expected the lil’ gal from Texas blossomed, elevating herself and the band to a new intergalactic dimension.

Lou Reed & Metallica, 'Lulu' – Album Review

Matthew Wilkening — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:00:57 +0000

Lou Reed & Metallica should be commended for so bravely attempting to meld their very different musical approaches on their new collaborative album ‘Lulu.’ However, even though the record works, as a whole, better than the first single ‘The View‘ or the sample clips from earlier in this week may have led us to believe, [...]