Peter Gabriel has more “quirky” songs that have gone mainstream than perhaps any musician, highlighted by “Sledgehammer,” and his movie-soundtrack work has ingratiated him with multiple generations (“In Your Eyes” from Say Anything, and “Love Town” from Philadelphia). Yet it’s Gabriel’s desire to try new things, be it unique topics, innovative sounds or, in the case of his newest recoded concert, cutting-edge technology, that have helped him stand apart as a solo artist since breaking from Genesis in the 1980s. Peter … [Read more...]
Cream: Royal Albert Hall London 2005 Blu-ray Disc Review
I’m going to pull my curmudgeon card out here, so consider yourself warned. I’d venture to guess most of the people reading this review are among our oldest readers, the people who remember Eric Clapton as a guitarist in Cream, not a solo act whose MTV Unplugged single made him a household name for a second generation. If that’s a correct assessment, you’ll be pleased to learn about a concert on Blu-ray Disc called Cream: Royal Albert Hall London 2005. This disc, comprised from footage from four nights of concerts, … [Read more...]
Queensryche: Mindcrime at the Moore Blu-ray Review
Concerts on Blu-ray Disc are a hit-and-miss bunch, and since they’re often soft rock or jazz, seeing a Queensryche concert come out on Blu-ray caused my inner skeptic to surface immediately. Fortunately, Mindcrime at the Moore, the Queensryche concert that was filmed live for this release, impressed me in just about every regard, although a few post-production and concert-production elements did leave me hanging. On the impressive side, Queensryche: Mindcrime at the Moore takes every stereotype you might have about … [Read more...]
