A Blue Cheer comeback of sorts, The Beast Is Back was the first recording in years to feature more than one bandmember from the group's classic '60s lineup that delivered the essential acid rock/heavy metal albums Outsidedinside and Vincebus Eruptum. Dickie Peterson (bass, vocals) and Paul Whaley (drums) reunited on this 1985 Megaforce records release just as heavy metal (a genre that the band deserves no small amount of credit for helping to create) was reaching its mid-'80s ...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Comes with bonus 7"! Picking up right where they left off, Beyond is the first time the original members of Dinosaur Jr. (J. Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph) have recorded together since 1989. Beyond is a monster of form. From the staggeringly paced guitar spew that opens "Almost Ready" to classic soft/throb dynamism of "What If I Knew," Beyond is an exquisite slab of pure Dinosaur Jr.

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VINYL FORMAT. The pioneering rock band Meat Puppets have a new studio album Sewn Together! Recorded at the Saltmine in Phoenix, Arizona in winter 2009, the album features the Kirkwood brothers, Chris and Curt, with drummer Ted Marcus. It's twelve new songs of pure rock, country and a bit of punk attitude.

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