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Brett Milano  |  Sep 13, 2011  | 

This Week in Blu-rays

Gene Newman checks out the latest in high-definition releases: Orson Welles' Citizen Kane gets a deluxe 70th-anniversary edition, Thor and X-Men: First Class bring big superhero action to the small screen, Hesher tries to teach you a lesson (and just

Ken Richardson  |  Oct 01, 2013  | 
Also reviewed: Joan Jett, Haim, Quasi, and the Blind Boys of Alabama. Plus: the scoop on boxes from Rush and Vladimir Horowitz. And much more.

Ken Richardson  |  Oct 15, 2013  | 
Also reviewed: Pearl Jam. And in revue: many more new releases, as well as classic XTC in 5.1.

Ken Richardson  |  Oct 22, 2013  | 
Also: Van Morrison’s Moondance in 5.1 on Blu-ray, Santana’s third album on audiophile vinyl, and ’80s tunes revamped by The Big Bright. Plus, let’s see…oh, yeah, Katy Perry.

Ken Richardson  |  Oct 29, 2013  | 
Also: Humble Pie expanded, Jethro Tull remixed in 5.1, and much more. Plus: the return of Dorothy Wiggin. (She used to be a Shagg.)

Ken Richardson  |  Oct 08, 2013  | 
Whatever you think of Miley Cyrus these days, she does have you thinking. In other words, she got your attention. Which, in the current era of Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and elder shockwoman Britney Spears, is the first order of business, and I do mean “business.”

The thing is, what if she’d gotten our attention another way?

Mike Mettler  |  Jun 07, 2019  | 
Performance
Sound
When Tom Petty unexpectedly passed away in October 2017 following a triumphant 40th anniversary tour with The Heartbreakers that had wrapped up barely a week earlier in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, the outpouring of grief on an international scale was beyond palpable. Petty's loss at age 66 was a gut-punch, to be sure, especially considering the successive sonic triple threat of 2010's Mojo, 2014's Hypnotic Eye, and 2016's Mudcrutch 2.
 |  Nov 09, 2006  | 

PETE TOWNSHEND & RONNIE LANE. Bob Pridden's surround treatment of Rough Mix (Hip-O; Music ••••, DualDisc Mix ••••, Extras •••) brings out the craftsmanship beneath the 1977 project's seeming casualness.

Parke Puterbaugh  |  Jan 07, 2008  | 
Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan Shout!
Robert Ripps  |  Nov 12, 2007  | 

Parke Puterbaugh  |  Nov 04, 2007  | 

Robert Ripps  |  Nov 12, 2007  | 

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