By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorSo the Pixies have a new EP out, their first new release since their last full album as a band, 1991's Trompe Le Monde. (There was also "Bam Thok," on the Shrek 2 soundtrack, but… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorTrent Reznor has revealed the final rundown of the new Nine Inch Nails album. Aside from such previously reported guest players as King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew and Telefon Tel Aviv multi-instrumentalist Joshua Eustis, we… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorAccording to a Rolling Stone report, Fleetwood Mac revealed plans for an imminent EP during a Philadelphia show last weekend. Promising "the best stuff we've done in a long time," Lindsey Buckingham introduced one of… more »
By Karen Schoemer, eMusic ContributorIn 1977, Rolling Stone's Annie Leibovitz set off to photograph Fleetwood Mac with a clever idea in tow: Get all five members of the band in bed together. Leibovitz knew that both of the band's… more »
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By Karen Schoemer, eMusic ContributorIn 1977, Rolling Stone's Annie Leibovitz set off to photograph Fleetwood Mac with a clever idea in tow: Get all five members of the band in bed together. Leibovitz knew that both of the band's… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorNew Orleans' week-long Jazz & Heritage Festival has confirmed its 2013 lineup, from proven standbys like Patti Smith, Fleetwood Mac and Willie Nelson to such welcome surprises as Frank Ocean and Phoenix. Check out the… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorFleetwood Mac is perhaps the only group in existence that started out as a man's band, one that played raw, Chicago-styled blues from the heart of London, but peaked with a rare but phenomenally successful… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorFleetwood Mac and Live Nation have confirmed the details behind the band's first tour since taking a break in 2009. The 34-stop trek starts in Columbus, OH, on April 4th and winds down in Detroit,… more »
By Annie Zaleski, eMusic ContributorMusic's cyclical nature means that every few years, another classic artist becomes influential to a new generation of bands. Recent recipients of this reputation-boost include Talking Heads, Gang of Four, Joy Division, the Beach Boys… more »
By Jason Diamond, eMusic ContributorI'm slowly coming around to the fact that the upcomingĂ‚Â Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac might not only be the best tribute record of the year, but possibly one… more »
By Laura Studarus, eMusic ContributorAs Tennis, husband/wife team Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore temper sugar-sweet pop with a scrappy, garage-rock attitude. Their sophomore album Young & Old (produced by the Black Keys' Patrick Carney) is an irony-free, nostalgia-ready trip,… more »
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By Karen Schoemer, eMusic ContributorIn 1977, Rolling Stone's Annie Leibovitz set off to photograph Fleetwood Mac with a clever idea in tow: Get all five members of the band in bed together. Leibovitz knew that both of the band's… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorBad label deals, internal fighting, creative blockage and just plain procrastination — there are myriad reasons why albums stall on the road from concept to execution. In honor of the release of the ultimate "lost… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorCapturing yet another short-lived phase in this ever-changing ensemble, 1995's Time is notable for the absence of both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. In their place is ex-Traffic guitarist Dave Mason, a solo star during… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorThe only Fleetwood Mac album to feature Stevie Nicks without Lindsey Buckingham, 1990's Behind the Mask, starts with unreasonable optimism, and goes downhill from there. Christine McVie singing "The sky is the limit now/ We… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorWhat began as Lindsey Buckingham's third solo disc morphed into one of Fleetwood Mac's biggest and best albums because the guitarist wasn't happy with the idea that 1982's Mirage, an effort he considered substandard, might… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorWhereas 1981's Law and Order often evoked rock's pre-Beatles past, this 1984 disc was distinctly of the moment: Featuring such quintessential '80s toys as the LinnDrum and the Fairlight CMI, Lindsey Buckingham's second solo album… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorHaving written and sung many of Fleetwood Mac's smashes, including "Over My Head," "Say That You Love Me," "Don't Stop," "You Make Loving Fun" and "Hold Me," Christine McVie could do this kind of thing… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorFollowing Fleetwood Mac's 1982 Mirage and brief U.S.-only tour to promote it, the band went on hiatus, and this was its first fruit. Whereas Stevie Nicks's 1981 solo debut surrounds the singer in dense rock,… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic Contributor1982's Mirage is as much a response to the inevitable drop-off in sales for 1979's Tusk as the daredevil art of that album was a reaction to Rumours' astronomical success. It continues in the Brill… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic Contributor1981's Law and Order is truly a solo album: Lindsey Buckingham plays and sings nearly every part on it. The production is meticulously super-tweaked: Every guitar and vocal overdub glistens as though it was recorded… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorBlatantly commercial, glossy, and booming, Stevie Nicks's 1981 solo debut was everything Tusk was not. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the Eagles' Don Henley and Don Felder, Roy Bittan of the E-Street Band, Donald "Duck"… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorWhereas '77's Rumours captured the reconfigured Buckingham/Nicks-era band cohering even tighter while personally unraveling, '79's Tusk defined the quintet's discordance in musical terms. Christine McVie's opening "Over & Over" couldn't be more serene, but Lindsey… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorEverything enticing about 1975's Fleetwood Mac, all the contrasts and connections, are jacked to the hilt on Rumours. The unexpected triumph of the new lineup, and the heavy toll demanded by constant touring and recording… more »