SOFT CELL Glorify “The Art Of Falling Apart” In A Box Set

September 5, 2025

Their latest reunion is yet to produce a sequel to 2022’s “Happiness Not Included” – other than this album’s extended version from 2024, that is – but SOFT CELL have no reason to complain, what with the duo’s release of the “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret” box set two years ago and “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret …And Other Stories: Live” concert document last year. More so, October 31st will see the issue of another multi-disc collection, one which focused on the band’s sophomore offering, “The Art Of Falling Apart” from 1983.

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Interview with Nick Jameson

September 3, 2025

Multitudes who spend their evenings riveted to TV screens may associate Nick Jameson’s face with the roles he played in “24” and “Lost” series, and those who love old video games may recognize the American artist’s voice from “Full Throttle” and “Day Of The Tentacle” – but for all the popularity of these perennials, his claim to fame, if not fortune, and to creative immortality lies elsewhere. Before he turned into an actor, Jameson used to be a record producer of some renown, known to many by the studio wizardry he applied to classic FOGHAT albums. Among those was the evergreen “Fool For The City” on which Nick also played bass, so his four-string pulse on “Slow Ride” is familiar to a lot of regular listeners and “Guitar Hero” fans. This conversation has long been overdue, then.

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NEKTAR Pack Their Ocean Dive Into Box Set

September 1, 2025

One of NEKTAR‘s most enduring classics, 1972’s "A Tab In The Ocean" was the album that set a template for the likes of "Remember The Future" in terms of epic scope, yet its importance is best measured in shorter pieces: “Desolation Valley” which became a staple of the British band’s concert repertoire, and “King of Twilight” which IRON MAIDEN covered on one of their singles. It saw quite a few reissues over the years, but a box set the record’s turning into on November 28th might become a definitive package.

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Peter Gabriel Releases Half Of 2010 Verona Concert

August 30, 2025

When Peter Gabriel took his “New Blood Tour” to Arena di Verona in October 2010, it was to play two sets: one of covers and the other of his own songs, following the template of “Scratch My Back” and “New Blood” albums and wrapping the songs from those records in orchestral arrangements. The Italian show was filmed, as directed by the veteran’s daughter Anna, and streamed, about five years later, in two parts, titled “Scratch My Back” and “Taking The Pulse” and never issued on physical media. This is to be remedied, though, with the October 10th release of the “Taking The Pulse” Blu-ray.

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Tracy G Teams Up With Old Friend For Flamenco-Tinged Record

August 28, 2025

Mostly known for his work with DIO, Californian guitarist Tracy G has had quite an eventful career and recorded both in the company and other artists and solo, but the album he’s just released with a fellow six-stringer Gratz Arias might be one of the most emotional works in the veteran’s discography. Titled “El Mariachi Sexorcismo” and featuring a dozen fresh cuts, it’s an exquisitely woven acoustic, if often riff-driven, tapestry that finds the two trade blistering, tremulous licks full of Latin fire.

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