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The Shadow Boxing

Screen Reviews

The Shadow Boxing, a neglected part of the Chinese Hopping Vampire cycle, returns on a spooky Blu-ray from 88 Films.

Articles

Too Much Too Young, The 2 Tone Records Story

Too Much Too Young, The 2 Tone Records Story

Print Reviews

Daniel Rachel gives us a comprehensive account of the 2 Tone Records label and the innovative ska bands who fueled the movement in Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation.

Friday the 13th (2009)

Friday the 13th (2009)

Screen Reviews

Jason Vorhees is back in 2009’s soft reboot of Friday the 13th, and it is time for a re-evaluation of the most recent film in the long running franchise.

News

Stereophonic

Music News

Tony-nominated smash success Stereophonic delivers a brand-new Broadway cast recording — straight from 1976.

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Warren Haynes Band

Warren Haynes Band

Event Reviews

Michelle Wilson soaks up the jam band vibes when Warren Haynes Band brings their Million Voices Whisper Tour to Jacksonville.

Midge Ure

Midge Ure

Event Reviews

Midge Ure brings his Band In A Box tour to historic Mount Dora, Florida, where Michelle Wilson revels in ’80s nostalgia.

Jeffrey Foucault

Jeffrey Foucault

Interviews

Judy Craddock speaks with Jeffrey Foucault about his first album in six years, The Universal Fire, and connecting all kinds of dots in the wake of loss.

Steve Earle

Steve Earle

Event Reviews

Channing Wilson opens for Steve Earle as Steve tours on his Alone Again Live album.

PYPY, “Lonely Striped Sock”

PYPY, “Lonely Striped Sock”

Features

Lonely Striped Sock,” a tiny fraction of Montreal band PYPY’s upcoming fireball album, Sacred Times, won’t get lost in your dryer, I promise.

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Permanent Damage: Memoirs of an Outrageous Girl

Permanent Damage: Memoirs of an Outrageous Girl

Print Reviews

Possessing all the coziness of a gawk-worthy car crash, Permanent Damage, the salacious memoir from the notorious, outrageous “groupie” Miss Mercy Fontenot and celebrated pop culture journalist Lyndsey Parker, provides a surprise payoff.

Matt and Mara

Matt and Mara

Screen Reviews

Lily and Generoso review director Kazik Radwanski’s poignant comedic drama Matt and Mara, which explores the emotionally nuanced relationship between two longtime friends.

Tattooed Life

Tattooed Life

Screen Reviews

Sejin Suzuki’s unorthodox Yakuza film, Tattooed Life (1965) makes its Blu-ray debut from Radiance Films.

Featured Music

Cursive

Cursive

Devourer (Run For Cover Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.

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Propaganda

Propaganda

Propaganda (Bureau B Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Naked Giants

Naked Giants

Shine Away (Devil Duck Record). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Nick Adema

Nick Adema

Urban Chaos (ZenneZ Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

The The

The The

Ensoulment (Cinéola / earMUSIC). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Being Dead

Being Dead

EELS (Bayonet). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

Soul Asylum

Soul Asylum

Slowly but Shirley (Blue Elan). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Leif Vollebekk

Leif Vollebekk

Revelation (Secret City Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Midland

Midland

Barely Blue (Big Machine). Review by Judy Craddock.

Conner Youngblood

Conner Youngblood

Cascades, Cascading, Cascadingly (Missing Piece Group). Review by Judy Craddock.

Galaxie 500

Galaxie 500

Uncollected Noise New York ‘88-‘90 (Silver Current Records / 20-20-20). Review by Steven Cruse.

Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock

1967: Vacations In The Past (Tiny Ghost). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

Hataałii

Hataałii

Waiting For a Sign (Dangerbird Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Spirit Mother

Spirit Mother

Trails (Heavy Psych Sounds Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Pulsars

Pulsars

Pulsars (Tiny Global Productions). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Jeffrey Foucault

Jeffrey Foucault

The Universal Fire (Fluff and Gravy). Review by Judy Craddock.

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Requiescant

Requiescant

Screen Reviews

A tale of dissolution and vengeance set in the Old West, told Italian style.

Pinetop Perkins

Pinetop Perkins

Music Reviews

Live at Antones Vol. 1/Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie (New West Records). Review by James Mann.

Mac DeMarco

Mac DeMarco

Event Reviews

Mac DeMarco and his crew of misfits brought good tunes and a good time to Portland, Oregon. Alexa Harris was all smiles.