Frank Ocean, Grace Jones, The xx, Solange and more are slated to perform. More »
Tickets go on sale this weekend for Van Morrison’s two shows at the Hollywood Bowl in early November, and while a show by an aging star of the ’60s isn’t usually news around here, when the artist in question is doing the “play your critically acclaimed album front to back” and that album happens Astral Weeks (my favorite of all time) and the performance features Jay Berliner and Richard Davis from the studio band, I’m going to be a little excited.
About a year ago, I came across this Van Morrison performance while dinking around on YouTube. I hadn’t thought about or listened to Morrison in a long time, but I suddenly got an acute craving. More »
While the fallout from the EMI shuffle/merger has yet to fully reveal itself, we’ve noticed a trend in recent releases under the imprint, one which certainly smells of on-the-cheap repackaging and dubious canon creation. More »