Steve Stav remembers Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst and the band’s lasting musical attitude.

This week, Christopher Long is forced to go rogue and does the unthinkable when he locates and actually buys a pre-owned vinyl copy of Welcome Home, the 1986 sophomore set from ‘Til Tuesday — off the Internet. Say what? Clearly, he’s got a lot of explaining to do!

A collection of engaging interviews culled from the personal archives of Canadian radio host Shane Christopher Neal, the recently released After the Encore: Intimate Conversations with Music Legends is a page-turner for classic rock-crazed enthusiasts.

Dizzy: The Medicine Label Anthology (Omnivore Recordings). Review by Peter Lindblad.

This week, Christopher Long goes “gaga” over discovering an ’80s treasure: an OG vinyl copy of Spring Session M, the timeless 1982 classic from Missing Persons — for just six bucks!

Joe Frietze talked with Sass Jordan about her new live album featuring a set from 1994 with a young Taylor Hawkins on drums, the changing music industry, the use of rain as a musical trope, and electrolytes.

Seek Asylum From Myself. Review by Misty Marcus.

Doomed lighthouses, flying saucers above British coastal villages, and a grandmother who prepared to poison the Nazis… Thomas Dolby discusses the many eye-opening aspects of his film, The Invisible Lighthouse - now the anchor of a unique concert/visuals tour of the U.S. - with Steve Stav.

Doomed lighthouses, flying saucers above British coastal villages, and a grandmother who prepared to poison the Nazis... Thomas Dolby discusses the many eye-opening aspects of his film, The Invisible Lighthouse - now the anchor of a unique concert/visuals tour of the U.S. - with Steve Stav.

Rick Springfield is alive and well and rocking hard from cruise ships to Swedish metal festivals. And if you ever fantasized about middle-aged groupies, you’ll love this documentary.

Credo (Wall of Sound). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Live in Germany - 1980 (Eagle Records). Review by Christopher Long.

Before John Hughes and Molly Ringwald came along, “Pretty in Pink” was a song on a seminal post-punk album, Talk Talk Talk. The Psychedelic Furs are celebrating the disc’s 30th anniversary with a tour, and Steve Stav was there to soak up the nostalgia – and a few surprises.

Faith (2 CD / DVD Special Edition) (Epic Records). Review by Cark F Gauze.

The Fountain (Ocean Rain). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Another tough year is dead and gone, leaving only the tough and the clever. Carl F Gauze remembers 19 of 2009’s great and not so great dead people.

Topanga (Compass). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Shelton Hull suspects Jimmy Page is pleased with this unabashedly unauthorized biography.

The English Beat refuses to die with the ’80s. Ink 19’s Robert M. Sutton chats with The Beat’s Dave Wakeling about the early days of the 2-Tone ska revival in England and the challenge of taking the past back into the future.

I Am The Messer (Self Released). Review by Carl F Gauze.