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The Beatles

02 September 2010 By Lyov 0 In Rock

Rubber Soul

Digitally remastered digipak edition of this classic 1965 album from The Beatles featuring ‘Drive My Car’, ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’, ‘Nowhere Man’, ‘Michelle’, ‘In My Life’ and many more. The album has been remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London utilizing state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. Within the CD’s new packaging, the booklet includes detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. A newly produced mini-documentary on the making of the album is included as a QuickTime file on each album. The documentary contains archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere. Capitol. ...

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Maroon 5

15 June 2010 By Lyov 0 In Pop, Rock

Songs About Jane

Maroon 5 aren’t the first band to fuse R&B and rock, but they certainly are one of the most convincing. One can almost hear Stevie Wonder’s beaded braids clattering in time to their deep, funky grooves. At best, the band conjures up latter-day Motown, complete with a shuddering organ and hyperbolic vocals; at worst, they sound like a stylized boy band, with all the attendant close harmonies and dramatic pauses. But despite these musical schisms, Maroon 5 are a thoroughly engaging outfit, thanks to throbbing bass lines, hooky songs, and lead singer Adam Levin’s swaggering delivery. ...

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Grace Potter And The Nocturnals

10 June 2010 By Lyov 1 In Blues, Rock

Grace Potter And The Nocturnals

Grace Potter means business. She lets you know from the get go with the first “UH!” on her band’s new self titled album, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals. This isn’t some poppy, Adult Alternative record; it’s a gritty, passionate affair with swagger, soul and plenty of classic rock influences....

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Arthur Meschian

07 June 2010 By Lyov 0 In Folk, Rock

Live At Aram Khachatryan Concert Hall

This CD is the first official release of Arthur Meschian live in concert. It perfectly captures the atmosphere and intensity of hearing him live. With over 70 minutes of the finest moments from a live concert performed in Yerevan, Armenia in 2005, this CD offers fans of Meschian a special opportunity to enjoy a high-quality and professionally-produced experience without compromise. The concert was recorded live on December 17th, 2005 to a sold-out Aram Khachatryan Concert Hall in Yerevan, Armenia, where Meschian now resides. The live-concert CD features a wide collection of Meschian’s originals spanning the last 25 years and includes favorites from “The Monologue of the Crazed Violinist,” “Catharsis,” and “Communion.”Those fortunate enough to have attended a Meschian concert in person are among fans who received their musical hero with an open heart. Thousands of copies have already been sold in Armenia and Europe. It is now available in the United States for the first time....

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Paul Mccartney

18 May 2010 By Lyov 0 In Pop, Rock

Chaos And Creation In The Backyard

Quiet though it may be, Paul McCartney experienced something of a late-career renaissance with the release of his 1997 album Flaming Pie. With that record, he shook off years of coyness and half-baked ideas and delivered an album that, for whatever its slight flaws, was both ambitious and cohesive, and it started a streak that continued through the driving rock & roll album Run Devil Run and its 2001 follow-up, Driving Rain. For Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, the follow-up to that record, McCartney tried a different tactic, returning to the one-man band aesthetic of his debut album, McCartney, its latter-day sequel, McCartney II, and, to a lesser extent, the home-spun second album, Ram. Apart from a guitar part or two, a couple of drum tracks, and, of course, the strings and horns that pop up now and again, McCartney played everything here, from the guitars and keyboards down to the bass and drums. ...

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Eric Clapton

16 May 2010 By Lyov 0 In Blues, Rock

Unplugged

Eric Clapton’s live performance on MTV’s strip-down-the-rockers show allowed the heavily-blues-influenced guitarist a chance to show off another, underrated side of his talent–his voice.
It’s especially interesting to hear Clapton in an acoustic setting, because he made his mark as one of the early proponents of high-decibel rock. Here, sorting through numerous blues standards by the likes of Robert Johnson and Leadbelly, Clapton gives a lesson in technique, style and musical passion. His own, newer material allows him to stretch and play, while the heavily-grooved, slowed-down remake of his classic “Layla” is the essential standout. “Tears In Heaven,” a moving tribute to his son’s passing, is emotionally raw, yet stylistically smooth–a difficult task to achieve....

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Serj Tankian & Arto Tuncboyaciyan

02 May 2010 By Lyov 0 In Folk, Rock

Serart

Serart (Deluxe Edition) is a rerelease of the original album from Serj Tankian (from System of a Down) and multi-instrumentalist Arto Tuncboyaciyan. This version of the album features 2 bonus remix tracks from Bill Laswell and lead singer of Mindless Self Indulgence, Jimmy Urine. The album consists of 18 tracks and is a musical mash-up of world, electronic and rock genres that intertwine with each other to create a very unique musical landscape called Serart. Also featured on the DVD portion of the release is a 14 minute short film titled “Sun Angle Calculator” featuring a special mix of Serart music by Serj Tankian. The album was originally released in 2003 and gained much critical acclaim for it’s high energy yet harmonious blend of musical styles....

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Serj Tankian

01 April 2010 By Lyov 0 In Rock

Elect the Dead Symphony

Grammy award winning maestro of rock Serj Tankian is releasing his first live album that features a full orchestral performance of his critically-acclaimed debut solo rock album ‘Elect The Dead’ which showcased the writing and arranging prowess of a man best known for his inimitable vocals, incisive lyrics, and unwavering dedication to humanitarian causes. He then took the stage at the majestic Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to perform a very special orchestral interpretation of his critically acclaimed debut solo album ‘Elect the Dead’.
With The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at his side, Tankian’s epic songs and operatic vocals take on a whole new sense of grandeur when accompanied with a full 70 piece orchestra. This unique meshing of two very different worlds of music was a vision Tankian has long wanted to make a reality....

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