A TikTok video brings memories of long-ago escapades with girly magazines and rock and roll, kicking off an archival excavation to find a controversial 1972 album by Mama Lion. Welcome to Bob Pomeroy’s new occasional column, Archive Archaeology.

The Clearwater Jazz Holiday returned to their traditional home of Coachman Park and a brand new concert facility, The Sound. Bob Pomeroy spent the October weekend grooving to old, often surprising favorites and discovering some new, talented characters.

24th Street Blues (Bohemian Neglect Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Audrey Golden gives voice to the women who labored behind the scenes at Factory Records to make the magic happen.

Poet E. D. Evans collects her recent work in this sometimes sad, sometimes funny collection of poems and ballads, Time for My Generation to Die.

Founding member of The Cure Lol Tolhurst takes readers on a very personal tour of the people, places, and events that made goth an enduring movement and vital subculture, in GOTH: A History. Bob Pomeroy reviews.

Night Birds (Robalo Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Spunky (Kill Rock Stars). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Cape Verdean Blues (Folkalist Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Inuktitut (Bonsound). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Superfan Alexandros Anesiadis writes the encyclopedia of post-hardcore, melodic punk from around the world, We Can Be The New Wind. Bob Pomeroy reviews.

The Long Haul. Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Author Andrea Janov shares memories of living in the New York City fast lane in the early 2000s with Short Skirts and Whiskey Shots: Tales of Nights I Shouldn’t Have Made it Home Alive. Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Diatom Ribbons: Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Does it matter if there are few or no original members in that band you’re paying to see? Bob Pomeroy muses on legacy bands. Are they real or are they Memorex?

A selection of short reviews of recently released jazz records.

éclipse (Elastic Recordings). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Guji Guji (Godless America). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Yonder (Electric Muse). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Illustrator Rachel Moss transforms Bill Withers’ classic song into an uplifting children’s story about friendship and community. Bob Pomeroy reviews Lean on Me.