Hello Kitty Glam Collection 09 Gennaio 2018

Hello were one of the more exciting bands of the mid-'70s glam explosion in the U.K., cutting some effervescent, almost giddy slabs of wax bolstered by thundering drums, heavy guitars, huge hooks, and boyish vocals. Not too many were hits, but a quick run through this collection of singles and their flip sides makes it clear that many more should have been. Starting in 1972 with the boogie glam of "You Move Me" and ending with a solo single from their drummer Jeff Allen from 1982, the collection covers a decade's worth of worthy attempts to scale the charts as tastes and sounds shifted around them.

There were a lot of heavy metal bands in the 1980s and there were a lot of pop bands too; there weren't many who combined the two styles as well as Def Leppard did. This is a statement that the simply titled The CD Collection, Vol. 1 proves over and over during the course of its playing time. Made up of the four albums the band released during the 1980s, a live show recorded in 1983 (which was issued as part of the deluxe edition of Pyromania), a disc of B-sides and rarities, and a mini-disc of the band's self-titled 1979 EP, the set is filled with razor-sharp riffs, hooky choruses, thudding backbeats, inferno-hot guitar soloing, keening vocal harmonies, and the inimitable yelp of singer Joe Elliott as it runs through their early career.

Fleet Foxes are releasing a massive box set coming out later this fall. First Collection 2006 – 2009 features assorted B-sides and demos, along with the indie folk band’s 2006 debut EP The Fleet Foxes, their 2008 followup EP Sun Giant, and a vinyl reissue of their eponymous 2008 debut LP.

20-year-old progressive rock composer Jarod Fedele begins his journey into the unexplored realms of rock music with his debut instrumental album, "A Collection of Color." These songs are organized more-or-less chronologically, and date back to his first song which was written at age 16. The album conveys a simple concept - each song provides a different environment than the rest, and in totality paints a vivid picture of a musical painting. This album was recorded and played almost exclusively by Fedele on his synthesizer, with the exception of a couple guest musicians and carefully programmed drums.

Destruction is a German thrash metal band, formed in 1982. They are often credited as one of the "Big 4" of the German thrash metal scene, the others being Kreator, Sodom and Tankard. In addition to helping pioneer black metal by containing several elements of what was to become the genre, Destruction was part of the second wave of thrash metal in the late 1980s, along with American bands Testament, Sacred Reich, Death Angel and Dark Angel…