You Are Not a Rock

On March 1, Consider The Source will self-release their first new album in four years, You Are Literally A Metaphor. The sci-fi fusion act shared the video for the LP’s lead single “Enemies of magicK.”

Although INXS needed to experiment badly, their attempt at self-reinvention, Welcome to Wherever You Are, didn't even come close to gaining commercial or critical acceptance. From the start of the album, it's clear that INXS are out to confuse the standard perceptions of the band; the first instrument on the album is an Eastern-flavored horn…

Billy Merziotis, guitarist and singer with many years of live performance experience. He is a composer and lyricist, has released 2 studio albums in rock/blues style and 2 singles in Greek. He is a guitar instructor with 20 years of experience.He considers Gary Moore his biggest influence. Passionately studied Moore's style until I met him personally after one of his concerts in Athens in 2008.Performing Gary's masterpieces, Billy Merziotis conveys the spirit of the great guitarist. Through lifelong devotion, Murano was not only able to achieve a fiery phrase, he was also able to create a tone that would awe the crowd. A true vocal performer, he is closest to Gary.

Survival sans Michael Schenker will forever be the plight of English hard rock heavyweights UFO. Indeed, for many ardent fans, the validity of the group's existence appears to hinge on the presence of the irascible German within its ranks. But with all due respect to the incomparable mad axeman, even his formidable talents have done little to elevate UFO's performance during its reunions of the '90s and 2000s, so it's only fair that the enduring "classic" trio of vocalist Phil Mogg, bassist Pete Way, and rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Paul Raymond should be free to carry on with or without him. They do the latter on 2004's You Are Here, a steady but very workmanlike album (recorded, ironically enough, in Germany) on which the lineup is rounded out by drummer Jason Bonham and American guitarist Vinnie Moore…

The Baltimore group release As Long As You Are, their sixth studio record, via 4AD. As Long As You Are looks to the past as well as the future, confronting old ghosts and embracing a new hope. It is an album about trust, full of honesty, redemption and “letting go”, allowing old wounds to heal and bringing painful chapters to a close. As Long As You Are also signals a new era for Future Islands. Drummer Mike Lowry officially joins as a fully-fledged member and songwriter bolstering the founding trio of William Cashion, Samuel T. Herring and Gerrit Welmers. Together, the four-piece took on official production duties for the first time, co-producing As Long As You Are with engineer Steve Wright at his Wrightway Studios in Baltimore. Their brand of new wave synth-pop full of bright melodies and heavenly choruses is as euphoric and uninhibitedly joyful as anything the band has done in their 14-year career.