Posts tagged "reissues"
Blerd Radio 2015 | Episode 6 : More Nostalgia; Exploring The Reissue Theory

Blerd Radio 2015 | Episode 6 : More Nostalgia; Exploring The Reissue Theory

I bet you can’t wait until the deluxe reissue of this podcast, coming your way in 2035. With bonus footage!

Some Way Out Funk Courtesy Of The Legendary Steve Arrington

Some Way Out Funk Courtesy Of The Legendary Steve Arrington

Have you had your funk today?

Funkytowngrooves Bows Down To The Boss With Diana Ross Reissues

Funkytowngrooves Bows Down To The Boss With Diana Ross Reissues

Diana Ross’s RCA Records catalog is getting the remaster/reissue treatment, courtesy of Funkytowngrooves.

Fall Out Boy, Ryan Adams Get Down and Dirty on New EP

Fall Out Boy, Ryan Adams Get Down and Dirty on New EP

When Fall Out Boy ended a four-year hiatus this spring with the release of fifth album  Save Rock and Roll , audiences and critics were clearly happy to hear their unique blend of verbose, baroque pop-punk on the airwaves again. (Lead single “ My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) ” hit No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 – rarified air for a rock band in the 2010s.) If you’d told fans they’d follow up Save Rock and Roll with a taut, grimy EP of punk tunes, it might’ve been hard to believe. […]

Huey Lewis & The News, Sports: 30th Anniversary Edition: Album Review

Huey Lewis & The News, Sports: 30th Anniversary Edition: Album Review

Who wants a new drug?

Shuggie Otis, Inspiration Information + Wings Of Love: Album Review

Shuggie Otis, Inspiration Information + Wings Of Love: Album Review

A gifted, prodigiously talented soul/funk recluse, Shuggie Otis’s music certainly deserves to be canonized; all the accepted pieces of pop-culture folklore are there, from the Rolling Stones sideman offer to the eventual artistic blackout, and so it stands to reason that when Otis’s music finally reaches the masses, it will be transcendent. Which, as it turns out, is a bit of a foolish way to think; there’s no easier way to shatter transcendence than to expect it. In 2013, we’ve […]

Blerd Radio 2013 Episode 4: Blerd Radio Plays the Hits!

Blerd Radio 2013 Episode 4: Blerd Radio Plays the Hits!

Music geeks, have we got a podcast for you!

Fleetwood Mac's  Rumours: Expanded Deluxe Edition: Spin Cycle

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours: Expanded Deluxe Edition: Spin Cycle

One of the best selling albums of all time gets remastered, repackaged and re-released. Is the new version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” worth your money?

Diggin' In The Crates: Rebbie Jackson, Centipede

Diggin’ In The Crates: Rebbie Jackson, Centipede

In 1984, it paid to be a Jackson-literally and figuratively. Katherine and Joe’s nine kids were in their glory around this time-riding high on the success of Michael’s Thriller album. In that year alone, the six brothers recorded and released the Victory album and sold out arenas across the nation on tour. Youngest sister Janet released her second album, Dream Street, and won a supporting role on the television series “Fame.” Even middle sister La Toya scored her highest charting […]

Spin Cycle: The Smashing Pumpkins, Pisces Iscariot (Deluxe Reissue)

Spin Cycle: The Smashing Pumpkins, Pisces Iscariot (Deluxe Reissue)

What do you get when you give a collection of odds ‘n sods the deluxe treatment? Odder and sodder.

The Popblerd Halftime Report: Mike D.'s Best Reissues of the Year (So Far)

The Popblerd Halftime Report: Mike D.’s Best Reissues of the Year (So Far)

The best reissues, remasters and box sets of the first half of 2012, picked by Mike Duquette of The Second Disc.

New Release Report 6/26/12: Maroon 5 Overexpose Themselves

New Release Report 6/26/12: Maroon 5 Overexpose Themselves

Adam Levine and his Merry Maroons are back for Round 4 with “Overexposed.” It’s the biggest release in a week full of biggies. Read our latest New Release Report to find out who else has got new music out!