Popdose — Once upon a band called The Fall, Martin Bramah was the original guitarist in this most important and seminal Manchester group.  But the overwhelming directing fist of Mark E. Smith dictated otherwise and Bramah left along with original keyboard pla... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Manchester's Proto Idiot make sneering, shambolic, distinctly Brit-variety garage rock that's like a sonic two-finger-salute in everyone's direction. (Think early Who and Kinks filtered through Television Personalities and The Fall... ... more info

NME — Pair will discuss the history of The Kinks at Hornsey Town Hall more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has just released the music video for his cover of the FREE song "Fire And Water", featuring his former bandmate and KISS's co-founding frontman Paul Stanley. Check it out below. The "Fire And Water" video holds i... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley's solo covers set, "Origins Vol. 1", debuted at No. 23 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 16,109 equivalent album units in the week ending April 21. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the w... more info

MSN Music — The songs remain the same. There’s a fine line between musicians being influenced by one another, and plagiarism. Some attempt, and fail, to (ahem) blur that line. The latest group to face such controversy is Led Zeppelin. Their legendary song “S... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Paul Stanley has joined forces with Ace Frehley for a new track on Frehley's upcoming solo covers set. The new album, "Origins Vol. 1", will be released on April 26, and marks the first time the KISS co-founders have appeared on an original album tog... more info

Uncut — Everybody’s in Show-Biz Legacy Edition to be released on June 3 The track listing for The Kinks’ Everybody’s in Show-biz has been revealed by RCA/Legacy Recordings. Everybody’s in Show-biz was the …Continue reading » The post The Kin... more info

Stereogum — Last night, the Kinks’ Ray Davies and Dave Davies ceased their legendary fraternal bickering long enough to share a stage for the first time in almost 20 years. As Pitchfork reports, Dave was playing a solo show at London’s Islington Assembly Hal... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ray and Dave together again, Assembly Hall 12/18/2015 (via @whiskeyman510) Christmas came early for Kinks fans tonight as Dave Davies, who was playing Assembly Hall in North London, brought out brother Ray to play "You Really Got Me." It's the... more info