The Kinks | Give the People What They Want Promo Poster

Here's how I know I’ve seen way too many concerts (or maybe it's just that I'm getting old): I cannot recall how many times I've seen The Kinks. I...

Vintage Gear | Yamaha MT1X, Roland DR-550, Big Muff Pedal

Here's something a little different from my endless supply of music posters: A few items from the mountain of vintage gear I've had sitting around my house since the...

The Bangles | Everything Promo Poster & Banner

The Go-Go's have been getting a lot of love lately, and deservedly so. They were obviously groundbreakers. But I'd also like to see their underrated peers The Bangles get...

Bachman-Turner Overdrive | 1976 Tour Poster

I started going to concerts in the mid-’70s — and hometown heroes Bachman-Turner Overdrive were one of the first bands I went to see. Hey, I was 12! And...

The Go-Go’s | Rare 1982 Western Canada Tour Poster

For my money, The Go-Go's didn't get the respect they deserved. At least, not back in the day. When the all-female L.A. quintet first appeared in the early ’80s,...

Scorpions | Blackout Promo Poster

"Hallo everybody!! We are Scorpions band!! And we are back!! Yes!! Thank you!! But this time we are not back with a new album!! No!! And we are not...

Kiss | Rare Destroyer Foil Poster

Way back in the 1970s, I was your basic longhaired, teenage rock ’n’ roll dumbass. And KISS were, as they used to say, the hottest band in the land....

Elvis Costello | Armed Forces Promo Poster

Unlike many of my friends, I was too dumb to go see Elvis Costello when he toured Canada with the original Attractions shortly after he put out his first...

Urge Overkill | Saturation Double-Sided Promo Poster

Here's one of the more interesting promotional items I've acquired over the years: A two-sided, circular cardboard poster for Urge Overkill's landmark 1993 album Saturation. I actually pulled it out...

Scorpions | Blackout Promo Poster

Hallo everybodee!! We are Scorpions band!! Yes!! Thank you!! And today is guitarist Rudolf Schenker’s 72nd birthday!! It's true!! He is very much old!! Thank you!! We would have...

Indie Roundup | Ten Tremendous Tracks to Try Today

Dead Can Dance get mythical, Cellar Darling hold a wake, Accept take a break, Burning Witches cry, Opeth see ghosts, Fast Romantics head south and much more in today's...

Late-Night TV Music (Diversity Edition) | Nov. 13, 2018

Diversity is always a good thing. And diversity is exactly what you got from Tuesday's late-night TV music lineup, which veered wildly from proggy art-rock to down-home country and...

Frank Zappa & The Mothers | Absolutely Free Promo Poster

I wish I had a great story to tell about where I got this awesome Zappa/Mothers poster, but the truth is I have absolutely no idea. I just discovered...

Sensational Alex Harvey Band | 1977 German Tour Poster

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band remains one of the very, very few acts I never got the chance to see but sincerely wish I had. Pound for pound and...

Indie Roundup (TGIF Edition) | Seven Songs to Jump-Start Your Weekend

Mitski comes clean, Black Needle Noise get social, John Muirhead sleeps it off, Gotthard go soft, Nailed to Obscurity paint it black and more in today's Roundup. Come on,...

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