Music-Drop Magazine

This album is the greatest album ever. First a little background on Love and why you probably haven't heard of them. They were led by the singer/songwriter Arthur Lee, who was one of the most prominent musicians in Los Angeles in the late 60s (He also played in bands with Jimi Hendrix and Billy Preston pre-fame.) Love are famous retrospectively for being one of the first major racially integrated bands, but despite this during the 1960s they were unknown outside of LA, and partially due to this their pre- Forever Changes  albums  Love  (1966) and  Da Capo  (1966) both failed to sell internationally and domestically, forever condemning them to a cult band status. Lee eventually died in 2006, but by that point Love were critically acclaimed internationally, but he would never create a masterpiece that equaled  Forever Changes . Forever Changes  is largely seen by modern critics as the album which revealed the...

I'd argue that 2014 has been a worse year for rock music than 2013 was. There have been fewer stand out bands, fewer amazing debut singles and less amazing albums. However don't allow my pessimistic thoughts make you think that modern rock is still not in fine form. There have been plenty of amazing songs released this year and in no particular order here are my top 25 songs released in 2014 (Not exclusively rock but probably) Rango - Catfish & The Bottlemen  Genre: Indie Rock Next Time - Curtis Harding Genre: Soul, Funk, Rock I Almost Fell - Axxa/Abraxas  Genre: 60s-style Psychedelic Rock Lazaretto - Jack White Genre: Blues Rock/Rock My Silver Lining - First Aid Kit Genre: Folk Pop  Adult Diversion - Alvvays  Genre: Folk Pop  Heavenly Creatures - Wolf Alice Genre: Alternative Rock Love Is To Die - Warpaint  Genre: Psychedelic Rock Sun Structures - Temples  Genre: Psychedelic Rock ...

If you're a Who fanatic (Wholigan as i've been told) you may have been aware of the poorly publicised Who and Kenney Jones reunion that occurred of the 14th of June. The Who for the first time since the 80s reunited with their post-Keith Moon drummer, and during this concert they rocked. Although their setlist was very very short, it was easily worth it from my perspective as for just £20 I stood right in front of Roger & Pete just 3 metres or so away. The whole Event was compere by Angelos and Vic Reeves (From Reeves & Mortimer) The most fantastic Who! played: I Can't Explain (Incredible for the record)  Substitute (Again incredible, with stereotypical microphone swinging and guitar windmilling from the Who) The Kid's Are Alright (Probably the weaker number played, but regardless it was amazing)  Pinball Wizard (The second time i've seen them play this, as i saw them last year )  5:15 (Again incredible live, although last time it was be...