Mong Tong
Epigraphy (No Gold). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Faced with the rich sonic twister of music ever churning around us, our writers strap on headphones and hunker down with these tunes and their words to lead everyone to the bottom of what sounds good right now.
Epigraphy (No Gold). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Collective (Matador). Review by Steven Garnett.
Fortuna (Dixiefrog Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Knights of the Round Table (Madre Vaca Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Loss of Life (Mom + Pop Music). Review by Steven Cruse.
Problematica (People Places Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Hip to the Skip (Spice Rack). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Duo Work (Attaboygirl Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Life After 40 (Raining Music / Mint 400 Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Strong (Ivy Music Company). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Jonesville (Hot Cup Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
With Fathieh Honari (Attaboygirl Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Lia Fail (Yan Shen). Review by Rose Petralia.
Canto (Relative Pitch Record). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Magnet Factory (Strollin’ Bones). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
I Will Never Let You Down (Gutfeeling). Review by Steven Garnett.
Olimpik Soul (Bone Entertainment). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Interrogator (Bar None). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Groove Street (Strikezone Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Caribbean Blue (Ruzztone Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
A young dancer becomes a legal genius in this fun and fast musical comedy.
Forgotten ’70s action film Fear Is the Key is as gritty as the faces of the men who populate it. Phil Bailey reviews the splashy new Blu-ray.
Coffin Joe returns in a comprehensive Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.
Bob’s been looking for a replacement copy of the rare John Cale release Sabotage/Live (1979, Spy Records) since 1991. He still hasn’t found a copy at a reasonable price, but a random YouTube video allowed him to listen and reminisce.
Hidden gem and hallmark of second-generation martial arts film, 1978’s The Shaolin Plot manages to provide a glimpse of things to come. Charles DJ Deppner reviews Arrow Video’s pristine Blu-ray release, which gives this watershed masterpiece the prestige and polish it richly deserves.
The HawtThorns invite you to soar, with the premiere of “Zero Gravity.”
There’s nothing as humiliating as a cattle call. Unless it’s a cattle call in your undies.