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Concert Review: Roxy Music at Moody Center, Austin: Inimitable genre-straddling outfit celebrate 50 years together with stellar retrospective set. It takes a special kind of alchemy to keep a band together, let alone one that makes it to the five-decade mark. But Roxy Music has always been a special band: part art project, part glam […]
Classic crooner Bryan Ferry celebrates Roxy Music’s RRHOF Induction by honoring his iconic roots. With their induction in the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, British glam rockers/sophistipop pioneers Roxy Music, and their frontman Bryan Ferry have finally received their full American due. And Ferry is celebrating his former band’s legacy on his current […]
Episode 25: Our Take on the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees-SLIS Podcast: ranking the RRHOF class of 2019 in advance of this week’s induction ceremony. On this week’s episode of the SLIS podcast, co-host Chris Logan and I dive into the 2019 inductees for the RRHOF, including Radiohead, Roxy Music, The Cure, The […]
Concert Review: Bryan Ferry at ACL Live: the suave master of glam and sophisto-pop wows at rare Texas show [rating=5] Opening with the pulsating and sensual 1982 Roxy Music track The Main Thing, Bryan Ferry came out guns blazing for his March 22nd performance at ACL Live. Backed by a 9 piece band and an […]
30 Best Albums Turning 30 in 2017: The Best Albums of 1987–our list of the greatest releases celebrating 30th anniversaries this year. If you had to choose one year in the Reagan era for the best music, you’d be hard pressed to do better than 1987. Something clicked–the mainstream that had been over saturated with […]
SLIS Holiday Gift Guide: Best Music Box Sets of 2015-our picks for this year’s coolest music box sets and rock music specialty items. UPDATED: Cyber Monday deals highlighted in red! The holiday season is officially upon us, and there is no shortage of awesome gift choices for the rock music fan in our life. I’ve […]
SLIS’s 2014 New Year’s Eve Party Playlist: our killer mix of vintage and current rocking tunes to celebrate on NYE. I’m having a hard time believing it’s only a few days until 2014’s ass gets hit by the door on its way out, only to be trampled by the arrival of 2015. But time flies as […]
Bryan Ferry ‘Avonmore’ Review: former Roxy Music frontman’s assured suave sounds remain perfectly intact. [rating=4] Roxy Music may (once again) be no more, but frontman Bryan Ferry isn’t waiting around. Next week comes the release of Avonmore, his 14th studio album, and his first since 2010’s Olympia. And from opener Loop Di Li, it’s clear we’re in […]
Hear Five New Songs from Bryan Ferry Album ‘Avonmore’: singer debuts new songs in an NPR interview Bryan Ferry’s new album ‘Avonmore‘ is due for release on November 17th, and the British crooner (and former Roxy Music frontman) recently sat down with NPR’s Bob Bollen and Robin Hinton. He debuted five new tracks from the new […]
Bryan Ferry surprises fans with new album announcement; ‘Avonmore’ due for November 2014 release. Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry made a surprise announcement this week: he’s releasing a new album ‘Avonmore’ on November 17th. The album, his first studio album since 2010’s ‘Olympia’ (not counting his jazz-excursion ‘The Jazz Age’), will be a star-studded affair, featuring […]
