“Help Me, Rhonda” is a song written by Brian Wilson with additional lyrics by Mike Love for The Beach Boys, of which both were members. The song was first released as “Help Me, Ronda” in March 1965 on the album The Beach Boys Today!. A second recording with a different arrangement was issued as a […]
On April 30th the reissue of the vinyl of UH HUH HER will be released, the sixth studio album by PJ Harvey, alongside a collection of unreleased demos which will be available on CD, vinyl and digital. Written, recorded and produced over two years by Harvey herself, with almost every instrument on the album played […]
It has been announced that Vision Films Inc. is set to release the full-length documentary Underground Inc. from filmmaker Shaun Katz. The unprecedented dive into the meteoric rise and fall of the hardcore, underground alternative rock scene of the late 80s to mid-90s will be available on all major cable and VOD platforms and on […]
The Kenny Rogers estate in conjunction with Capitol Records / UMe will release for the first time ever on vinyl Kenny Rogers’ 21 Number Ones collection on double vinyl on April 30th. At the height of his late ’70s-early ’80s success, Kenny Rogers sold more than one million records every month for a whopping 26 […]
Pop Culture Icons, multiple Grammy Award-winners and multi-platinum selling artists Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. released on Friday, Feb. 26, the single Blackbird from their highly anticipated first studio album in three decades, Blackbird: Lennon-McCartney Icons, due April 30. This is an era of Renaissance for Marilyn and Billy. Blackbird: Lennon-McCartney Icons is already […]
Initially released in December 1967 and described latterly by Rolling Stone as “The Who’s finest album,” The Who Sell Out reflected a remarkable year in popular culture. As well as being forever immortalized as the moment when the counterculture and the “Love Generation” became a global phenomenon and “pop” began metamorphosing into “rock.” The new […]
“Tequila” is a 1958 Mexican-flavored rock and roll instrumental written by Danny Flores and recorded by the Champs. “Tequila” became a No. 1 hit on both the pop and R&B charts at the time of its release and continues to be strongly referenced in pop culture to this day. In 1957, Gene Autry’s record label, […]
“Whole Lotta Love” is a song by English hard rock band Led Zeppelin. It is the opening track on the band’s second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was released in the United States, several countries in Europe, and Japan as a single; as with other Led Zeppelin songs, no single was released in the United […]
“Free Fallin’” is the opening track from Tom Petty’s debut solo album, Full Moon Fever (1989). The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne, and features Lynne on backing vocals and bass guitar. The duo wrote and recorded the single in two days, making it the first song […]
On Thursday, February 18th, the Foo Fighters took to Twitter to announce their exclusive interview with BB Radio 2’s Sofa Session with Jo Whiley. The clip also includes a very special performance, paying homage to the Bee Gees with a cover of the 1976 hit “You Should Be Dancing”. The rock icons stick pretty closely […]