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- April 9, 2021
Grecian Urn (Taxi Gauche Records). Review by Scott Adams.
The Glass Bottom Boat of the Cultural Press
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A Dark, Dark Man
- Screen Reviews
- April 8, 2021
After several orphaned children are found murdered in a remote Kazakh village, and the suspects mysteriously die in custody, a reporter is sent in to investigate potential police corruption in director Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s impressive neo-noir, A Dark, Dark Man.
Filmage: The Story of the Descendents
- Screen Reviews
- April 5, 2021
The story of the rise and fall of an important South Bay punk band.
Yawning Man “Live at Giant Rock”
- Screen Reviews
- March 31, 2021
Psychedelic music filmed live in the Coachella Valley.
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Doug Hoekstra: Unseen Undetected
- Features
- March 22, 2021
Doug Hoekstra’s first record in a decade, The Day Deserved is out April 30th.
002-My Chiffon is Wet
- Cassingled Out
- March 18, 2021
Saving Disco Songs from Demolition
Belle Notte
- Archikulture Digest
- March 11, 2021
An Italian themed cabaret presented by Winter Park Playhouse featuring Courtney and Dustin Cunningham.
New Wave Dance Party!
- Mann About Sound
- March 10, 2021
Southern Accents show 23
The 39 Steps
- Archikulture Digest
- March 9, 2021
War time spy story filled with suspense and laughter.
Mixtape 152 :: The Power of the One
- The Lacking Organization
- February 26, 2021
You can say that bedrock funk bassist Bootsy Collins is The One, and you would be right on so many levels.
Mixtape 151 :: Lovesick
- The Lacking Organization
- February 19, 2021
Sometimes rock and roll seems to get stuck in a rut, but The New Madness bring fresh life to a sound that was old before they were born.
As It Is In Heaven
- Archikulture Digest
- February 19, 2021
Shaker girls have visions of Heaven and get kicked out of their community.
My Lord, What a Night
- Archikulture Digest
- February 17, 2021
Singer Marian Anderson crashes at Albert Einstein’s place in Princeton when she can’t stay at the hotel she just sang at.
Violated Angels (1967)
- Stroke of Midnight
- February 17, 2021
Kôji Wakamatsu’s 1967 horror film inspired by the Richard Speck nurse murders is still shocking decades later.
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Shogun’s Joy of Torture
- Screen Reviews
- March 31, 2021
Teruo Ishii’s first torture film gets the love from Arrow Video on a lush new Blu-ray.
Mandibles
- Screen Reviews
- March 24, 2021
The latest feature from the surrealist comedy mind of Quentin Dupieux, Mandibles is that timeless story of two clueless lifelong friends who toil relentlessly to train their giant house fly Dominique to rob banks for them.
Music from Hurley Mountain
- Screen Reviews
- March 17, 2021
Folk music and history from Hurley County, NY.
Under-Earth
- Print Reviews
- March 16, 2021
A graphic novel about a dystopian prison society obsessed with sewage and fighting.
Bad Girls
- Screen Reviews
- March 11, 2021
A sex, drugs and guns make this low budget film a classic American road trip.
The Bloodhound
- Screen Reviews
- March 10, 2021
Modern update of Fall of the House of Usher where all may not be as it seems.
Lake Michigan Monster
- Screen Reviews
- March 5, 2021
A low budget nautical adventure filled with high concept effects.
The Invisible Man Appears/The Invisible Man Vs the Human Fly
- Screen Reviews
- March 4, 2021
A pair of Japanese takes on The Invisible Man make their first appearance in the U.S.
Keep An Eye Out
- Screen Reviews
- March 3, 2021
Opening on VOD through independent theaters on March 5th, Keep An Eye Out is director Quentin Dupieux’s (Rubber, Deerskin) deviously surreal and comedic take on the police procedural.
Burst City
- Screen Reviews
- March 2, 2021
A low budget Japanese art film about punks, drag racing and teenage rebellion.
More Music Reviews
Charlie Rauh
- Music Reviews
- April 8, 2021
The Silent Current From Within (Destiny Records). Review by Stacey Zering.
Noah Lekas
- Music Reviews
- April 7, 2021
Sounds From the Shadow Factory (Blind Owl). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Here Lies Man
- Music Reviews
- April 6, 2021
Ritual Divination (Riding Easy Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Witch Camp
- Music Reviews
- April 2, 2021
I’ve Forgotten Now Who I Used To Be (Six Degrees Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Carina La Dulce
- Music Reviews
- March 26, 2021
Ella 12 Mystical Secrets Of Woman’s Soul. Review by Stacey Zering.
Nashville Ambient Ensemble
- Music Reviews
- March 26, 2021
Cerulean (Centripetal Force). Review by James Mann.
Shpongle
- Music Reviews
- March 8, 2021
Carnival of Peculiarities (Twisted Music). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Kinks
- Music Reviews
- March 4, 2021
Part 1. Lola Versus The Powerman and The Moneygoround (ABKCO, BMG). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Buster Shuffle
- Music Reviews
- February 26, 2021
Our Night Out (Burning Heart Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
From the archives...
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Visions of 2020
- Features
- December 30, 2020
A not at all definitive list of music videos that helped get me through 2020.
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Monster Movie
- Music Reviews
- October 27, 2005
To The Moon (Claire Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
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The Kite-Eating Tree
- Music Reviews
- April 30, 2004
method: fail, repeat… (Suburban Home). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
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Bill Laswell
- Music Reviews
- February 21, 2002
Points Of Order (Innerhythmic). Review by Bill Campbell.
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Truby Trio / The Season
- Music Reviews
- April 11, 2000
A Go Go/Carajillio/Prima Vera (Beanfield). Review by Aaron Schultz
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Pole
- Music Reviews
- January 2, 2004
Pole (Mute). Review by Stein Haukland.
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Arise From Thorns
- Music Reviews
- August 22, 2000
It’s not often I have the pleasure of listening to an album that sounds origi…
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Thievery Corporation
- Music Reviews
- October 16, 2002
The Richest Man in Babylon (ESL). Review by Bill Campbell.
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Little Feat
- Music Reviews
- February 26, 2001
The greatest American rock band, if such a beast can be captured, wasn’t the …
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Leatherface/Hot Water Music
- Music Reviews
- July 29, 1999
BYO Split Series # 1 (BYO). Review by Brian Kruger
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Hermas Zopoula
- Music Reviews
- August 18, 2009
Espoir / Live in Ouagadougou (Asthmatic Kitty). Review by Carl F Gauze
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Birddog
- Music Reviews
- July 23, 2001
A Sweet and Bitter Fancy (Happy Happy Birthday to Me). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
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Duraluxe
- Music Reviews
- August 9, 2002
The Suitcase (Hidden Agenda / Parasol). Review by Stein Haukland.
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Lust for Youth
- Music Reviews
- July 15, 2014
International (Sacred Bones Records). Review by Alexa Harris.
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Walter Trout and Friends
- Music Reviews
- May 30, 2007
Full Circle (Ruf Records). Review by Sean Slone.
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Miles On Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis
- Print Reviews
- February 5, 2009
Shelton Hull finds there is much to learn in this collection of conversations with the enigmatic and innovative trumpeter, not nearly as reticient with interviewers as legend has it.
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Sons Of Otis
- Music Reviews
- September 3, 2001
Songs For Worship (The Music Cartel). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
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Classical Ass
- Music Reviews
- March 31, 2005
After Lunch, Lets Kill Tony (Diaphragm Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
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Black Heart Procession
- Event Reviews
- August 13, 1999
Event Review by Frank Mullen