Features
Thursday, June 9 2011
In the Lap of the Gods: The First Five Queen Albums
Consummate showmen and masters of the studio environment, in their first five albums the members of British rock group Queen transformed from ambitious contenders into elite practitioners of the genre.
Friday, April 1 2011
Is This the Real Life?: The Untold Story of Queen
'Good on showmanship, but not sure about the singing,’ admitted Brian May, about the future Freddie Mercury. ‘Fred had a strange vibrato,’ chuckled Roger Taylor, ‘which some people found rather distressing.’
Reviews
Monday, January 30 2012
'Queen: Days of Our Lives' Is the Definitive Queen Documentary -- for Now
Loud guitar, astrophysics, little people, S&M clubs, positive thinking, and nude women on bicycles are all part of the Queen saga, darling.
Friday, December 2 2011
Queen: Queen 40 Limited Edition Collector's Box Set Volumes 2 & 3
Queen's last 10 albums (1977-1995) are given an exhaustive reissue treatment, replete with incredible bonus EPs for each album, but the honest-to-goodness truth is that some of those latter-day albums do not hold up as well as we hoped they would ... .
Monday, April 11 2011
Adebisi Shank: This Is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank
Does for math-rock what Gabba did for Kraftwerk...
Thursday, December 6 2007
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid [DVD]
Instead of reinforcing why Queen and I originally went our separate ways, this show reminded me of why I fell in love with the band in the first place.
Tuesday, August 28 2007
Queen: DVD Collectors Box [DVD]
There are some gems to be found in Under Review; but not a glimmer of magic to be had in Magic Moments.
Blogs
Wednesday, August 26 2009
Ye Shall Be Entertained, So Sayeth Queen
Music does not always cost money these days, but it always costs time, something just as disappointing when it's wasted. On occasion I've found myself…
News
Thursday, July 22 2010
At the dawn of 3-D: Brian May and 1850s stereoscopic photography
The mania for 3-D imagery could not be suppressed. Millions gobbled up the goods as quickly as the studios could churn them out, on both…
