'The Song Remains the Same' Remains an Essential Led Zeppelin Listen
Decades later, Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains the Same is still beguiling and definitive, and it sounds better than ever with this Rhino remaster.
12 Sep 2018
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'How the West Was Won' Captures Led Zeppelin at Their Magical Peak
If the Valkyries deliver you to Valhalla, these are the songs the gods will sing inside.
02 Apr 2018
'No Quarter' Neither Galvanises Nor Destroys Jimmy Page's Mythic Persona
Jimmy Page's mythic reputation is preserved with grace and pathos in Martin Power's biography.
29 Mar 2017
The Strength of "Anatomy of a Song" Is Found in Its diverse and Impressive Group of Interviewees
A self-described “oral history jukebox” gives behind-the-scenes details about popular songs and the historical circumstances that shaped pop culture as we know it.
08 Nov 2016
No Quarter: The Three Lives of Jimmy Page
In this excerpt of Martin Power's biography, Jimmy Page learns guitar, thanks to the skiffle, and makes his first television appearance as a young teen.
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Books
03 Nov 2016
Led Zeppelin Loathed, Loved, Copied, Scrutinized and Glorified
For Zeppelin fanatics, Marc Roberty’s book will become an enduring bible of the good times, the bad times and even the boring times.
14 Sep 2016
Led Zeppelin: In Through the Out Door (Deluxe Edition)
Led Zeppelin's final album proves to have more symbolic value than actual musical value.
22 Sep 2015
Led Zeppelin: Presence (Deluxe Edition)
Led Zeppelin's most underappreciated album gets the remastered treatment.
09 Sep 2015
Led Zeppelin - "Brandy and Coke (Trampled Under Foot)" (video)
As a tie-in to the recent release of the 40th anniversary edition of Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin have released an "interactive video" for "Brandy and Coke", the initial rough mix of the classic "Trampled Under Foot".
31 Mar 2015
Blood and Thunder: Violent Show of Power
Album anniversaries of the music of Led Zeppelin and Slayer highlight this week in metal: one is a sprawling double album epic, the other a stepping stone for one of metal's most important bands.
26 Feb 2015
This Collection of the Band's Memories Makes Led Zeppelin Actually Likeable
No matter how grandiose the Led Zeppelin legend gets, hearing the golden gods tell their tale is both astounding and more real than anything anyone could ever make up.
25 Jan 2015
The Best Album Re-Issues of 2014
The music world saw reissues from all over the genre map, spanning classic rock titans to electronic music legends.
14 Dec 2014
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters + The Last Internationale: The Cap 9/25/14
The first night of Robert Plant's tour with his new band the Sensational Space Shifters, which included new material and Led Zeppelin classics, proved how apt their moniker is.
26 Sep 2014
Robert Plant: Lullaby and... the Ceaseless Roar
You have to respect Robert Plant's desire to take the crowd-pleasing, Grammy-approved formula of his last few records into wilder, hazier places. But the results don’t always reach their intended target.
21 Sep 2014
What Is and What Will Always Be: A Fresh Look at Led Zeppelin's Familiar Masterpieces
With the exception of the Beatles, no other band has loomed quite so large as Led Zeppelin, to the extent that we’ll never run out of things to say: good, bad and great.
11 Aug 2014
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