Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Happy Birthday, Pearl Jam!
Happy Birthday, Pearl Jam!
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Neil Young's Mirrorball Reissue
Neil Young has announced the reissue of his album, Mirror Ball, featuring "the Band." It will release on October 24th as part of a CD or vinyl, 4-album boxed set that includes Unplugged, Harvest Moon, and Sleeps with Angels. Though the album is not available by itself, single-album releases from Neil Young's archives generally become available in the following months. So, keep your eyes out, and we'll let you know.
You can pre-order the boxes at Greedy Hand Store at Neil Young Archives (NYA) or wherever you buy your favorite music.
Mirror Ball is an analog recording and the album has been remastered from the original analog masters by John Hanlon and Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Additionally, four of the tracks have been remixed in analog by John Hanlon, as the originals were from digital mixes ("I'm the Ocean," "Big Green Country," "Truth Be Know," and "Throw Your Hatred Down").
Mirror Ball, originally released in 1995 and recorded with Pearl Jam. Considering the Seattle band was one of the prime movers of rock bands in the 1990s, it was an event immediately upon its release, and found a rabid, younger audience and inspired long-time fans alike with its inherent high energy. Songs like "I Am the Ocean" and "Throw Your Hatred Down" helped impact so much of the second half of the 1990s.
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Happy Birthday, Josh Klinghoffer!
The Love Bone Earth Affair
This week, Pearl Jam released an HD remaster of The Love Bone Earth Affair, a 1993 VHS documentary directed by Josh Taft about Mother Love Bone released after the release of their original compilation album (now Apple and Shine).
Here is what the band has to say:
This video, originally released on VHS, features never-before-seen footage of Mother Love Bone in concert and includes interviews with frontman Andrew Wood, bassist Jeff Ament, and guitarist Stone Gossard.
In honor of the enduring impact of Mother Love Bone’s music, individual reissues of Shine EP and the seminal full-length debut Apple are available now! A limited-edition, newly remastered Japan-exclusive Mini-LP/SHM-CD that includes both records will be available on October 10.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Elements EP by Barking Dog
Last month when your humble TSIS author was drowning in his day job, Loosegroove Records announced the release of a new album by Barking Dog, a band featuring former Pearl Jam drummer, Jack Irons. What does it sound like? Imagine Jack Irons grooving with his friends on some instrumental tracks full of experimental rhythm. There you go, you've got it.
If you still have doubts, it's available on all streaming services, and once you fall in love, you can get the 12" on copper vinyl from Loosegroove Records.
Here is what Loosegroove had to say about the album:
Barking Dog’s Elements EP blends years of musical collaboration, friendship, and shared passions. The band features Jack Irons (drummer for Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers), Anthony LoGerfo (longtime drummer for Neil Young and Promise of The Real), and Micah Nelson(musician and founder of Particle Kid). Together, they share a love for rhythm, Neil Young, and dogs.
Their connection began in 2016 at Ohana Festival, where Jack and Anthony bonded over music and life. Anthony, best known for his work with Neil Young and Promise of the Real, is currently touring with Micah in Neil’s band Chrome Hearts. His "meditation grooves" formed the early rhythmic foundation for the project, which Jack built upon with experimental drums and percussion and Micah rounded out with his signature sonic layers.
After reconnecting in 2023, the band recorded the final tracks at Jack’s home studio, including the addition of a steel drum, a nod to Jack’s past work on Pearl Jam’s No Code and Yield. The tracks were mixed by Adam Hawkins, bringing together the elements of their collective sound.
The EP’s tracks, each named after natural elements, represent their sonic journey:
Heat Of The Sun Broken Water Sprouted Stream of Consciousness Light of White Moon Clouds Over Shadows
The band name, Barking Dog, reflects their shared love for their dogs, Charms, Plato, and Tsuki, and the record is dedicated to them. Elements is a testament to the band’s deep friendship, musical exploration, and the connections that shape their sound.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Trilogy Tuesday: Hail To The Chief
OK, let's try this again. We promised you a weekly trilogy and delivered one. Just one, then we failed you for two weeks in a row. Shall we try a reboot? Sure, let's go for it.
In today's trilogy, Pearl Jam is going to get political. They are known for singing about all types of political topics, mostly environmental, but they tap into the military industrial complex, women's rights, and anti-capitalism, but a few times, they've taken direct aim at our Presidents.
Today's trilogy features three songs specifically about U.S. Presidents. Bu$hleaguer (George W. Bush), Barack Around the Clock (Barack Obama), and Can't Deny Me (Donald Trump). We'll learn the Pearl Jam doesn't always attack the man at the top, but if they don't, they snuff out the song and try to pretend that they never offered it as a free download.
Maybe keep the microphone away from Stone for a while.
Sorry, it's the best we could do for an embargoed song.
Friday, September 19, 2025
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Trilogy Tuesday: The Hand Trilogy
Pearl Jam announced they were going to play some songs about hands in Raleigh on May 11th [2025] and proceeded to play Upper Hand and Severed Hand, somehow forgetting that they did have a third song with "hand" in the title as part of their repertoire, Sleight of Hand. Ed seemed to have caught the mistake and made good on the full trilogy at their show in Pittsburgh on May 16th.
Well, this got us thinking! We all know about the infamous Mamasan (or Momma-Son) Trilogy (Once, Alive, and Footsteps), and a few lucky fans have heard the "Man" Trilogy (Leatherman, Nothingman, and Better Man), played together in Detroit in 2003, but can we think of some other trilogies? Can we dig through Pearl Jam's catalog and mix up some better ideas? Will Pearl Jam play them after reading about our ideas on TheSkyIScrape.com and then endorse our book, I Am No Guide: Pearl Jam Song by Song?
We don't know the answer, but we're going to see what comes of it. Each Tuesday (when we remember, and until we get sick of it), we're going to present a Pearl Jam trilogy of songs that we think goes together. Maybe the titles match, maybe the songs tell a story, maybe the covers of the 45s look pretty together. Either way, we should have some fun with this. You can even suggest ideas via BlueSky.
Let's start this off with the trilogy that started us down this dangerous, likely stupid, path: Sleight of Hand, Severed Hand, and Upper Hand. Give a listen to the songs form Pittsburgh this year, and see if you're not inspired to enjoy Pearl Jam in a new way.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Mother Love Bone Reissues (2025)
The Ten Club has announced that they are reissuing Mother Love Bone's two albums Shine (1989) and Apple (1990) for the first time in a decade on vinyl and CD. Fan Club members can pre-order Shine (on "Purple Haze" vinyl) and Apple (on "Red Alert" vinyl) or both albums as a "Japanese exclusive" CD set in a "mini-LP gatefold." CDs of the individual albums are coming tomorrow (?), featuring bonus tracks: "Capricorn Sister" on Shine and "Gengle Groove" and "Mr. Danny Boy" on Apple.
In honor of the enduring impact of Mother Love Bone’s music, both Shine and Apple will be reissued and available in CD, Vinyl LP, and digital formats on Sept. 26! Preorder begins today and tomorrow.













