When an American rock band announces its own farewell, you usually want a tissue first. With Ministry, you get a sledgehammer. On “Hate to Go (Take Out or

That Josh Homme pays little attention to expectations is by now well known. On “Perfecth”, the ninth album by Queens of the Stone Age, he throws a substantial

Imagine a dance floor at the end of the 1980s. The bass rolls, a cowbell ticks out the rhythm, a pounding horn section gets the room going, and

Dozens of new albums arrive at Maxazine’s editorial staff every week. There are way too many to listen to them all, let alone review them. It ensures that

Dozens of new albums arrive at Maxazine’s editorial staff every week. There are too many to listen to, let alone review them. It ensures that too many albums

Jean-Michel Jarre has announced his new international tour, “Oxygene & Beyond”, which will begin in Europe in autumn 2027. The tour will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his

Tony Iommi has spent his entire life pulling riffs out of a guitar as if it were a cold engine that nevertheless always starts. As the only member

Michael Kiwanuka emerged in 2012 as a singer with an old-fashioned soul voice and the guitar-playing style of someone who had studied Bill Withers. He demonstrated this with

One of the greatest albums in the world, 1976’s “Songs in the Key of Life”, could not have wished for a better, more cohesive or more wholehearted celebration

The Musikbunker in Aachen, Germany, is truly something special. After parking, turning the corner brings you face to face with a huge concrete block. Built in 1941 as