Story by Simon Cohen, via our partner site, Digital Trends / For years, Sonos has managed to hold on to the top spot in the wireless home audio space — a category it single-handedly created 16 years ago. During that time, there has been no shortage of competitors. From audio behemoths like Denon, Bose, and Yamaha and the surprising contributions from Amazon, Google, and Apple, many have imitated, but few have duplicated Sonos’ … [Read more...]
Randy Bachman Sets Dual ‘By George – By Bachman’ Release Plans for March 2 (Digitally) & March 16 (CD)
Randy Bachman has confirmed release plans for his new studio album, By George – By Bachman, a respectful and personal testimonial to the late George Harrison’s finest work. The album will be released digitally on March 2, 2018 and on CD on March 16, 2018 by UMe, and two of its tracks are available immediately via digital album preorder: “Here Comes the Sun” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Not your typical tribute album, By George – By … [Read more...]
Altice One Fits Modem, Router & Streaming Box Into One Device
Story by Kevin Parrish, via our partner site, Digital Trends / During the 2018 Winter Olympics, Altice USA flooded viewers with commercials advertising its new Altice One, an all-in-one device for Optimum subscribers. Some brief history: Netherlands-based Altice Group purchased Suddenlink in December 2015 for $9.1 billion, and Cablevision in June 2016 for $17.7 billion. Altice Group retired the Cablevision brand and renamed the newly … [Read more...]
Chicago Celebrates ‘VI Decades Live (This Is What We Do)’ With 4CD/1DVD Box Set on April 6
Chicago has been a concert force for more than (yes!) 50 years, believe it or not. To celebrate such a storied live legacy, the Windy City-bred Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will release VI Decades Live (This Is What We Do), a 4CD/1DVD collection of previously unreleased concert recordings, via Rhino on April 6, 2018. The box set, which includes several deep cuts that have never appeared on any of the band's live albums, also comes with a 24-page … [Read more...]
Steve Miller Band Targets ‘Complete Albums Volume 1 (1968-1976)’ 180-Gram Vinyl Box Set for May 18
It's been 50 years since the Steve Miller Band’s first two Capitol Records albums were released in 1968, and now Miller and Capitol/UMe have announced the May 18, 2018 release of the band's first nine studio albums in a new 180-gram vinyl box set collection called Complete Albums Volume 1 (1968-1976). The collection spans the band’s first studio album Children of the Future through 1976’s multiplatinum masterpiece Fly Like an Eagle. Each album … [Read more...]