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Ani DiFranco

Event Reviews

This fall, Ani DiFranco brought new Righteous Babe labelmate Kristen Ford to Iowa City, where Jeremy Glazier enjoyed an incredible evening of artistry.

Articles

Garage Sale Vinyl: Ian Hunter

Garage Sale Vinyl: Ian Hunter

Garage Sale Vinyl

This week Christopher Long grabs a bag of bargain vinyl from a flea market in Mount Dora, Florida — including You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, the classic 1979 LP from Ian Hunter.

Archive Archaeology

Archive Archaeology

Archive Archaeology

Bob Pomeroy gets into four Radio Rarities from producer Zev Feldman for Record Store Day with great jazz recordings from Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Cal Tjader, and Ahmad Jamal.

Archive Archaeology: Phil Alvin

Archive Archaeology: Phil Alvin

Archive Archaeology

Bob Pomeroy digs into Un “Sung Stories” (1986, Liberation Hall), Blasters’ frontman Phil Alvin’s American Roots collaboration with Sun Ra and his Arkestra, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and New Orleans saxman Lee Allen.

News

Grand Valley – Issue 002

Grand Valley – Issue 002

Issues
The October 2023 issue of our printed edition, focused on the music and culture of Western Colorado's Grand Valley. Available free at Triple Play Records in downtown Grand Junction.

The Breeders

Label News

September 22, Breeders will release Last Splash (30th Anniversary Original Analog Edition) on 4AD. Remastered from the actually not-lost original analog tapes, the two-disc special includes unreleased tracks for the megastans.

Grand Valley – Issue 001

Issues
The premiere issue of our printed edition, focused on the music and culture of Western Colorado's Grand Valley. Available free at Triple Play Records in downtown Grand Junction.
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Garage Sale Vinyl: The Time

Garage Sale Vinyl: The Time

Garage Sale Vinyl

Feeling funky this week, Christopher Long gets his groove on while discovering a well-cared-for used vinyl copy of one of his all-time R&B faves: Ice Cream Castle, the classic 1984 LP from The Time, for just a couple of bucks.

Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir

Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir

Interviews

During AFI Fest 2023, Lily and Generoso interviewed director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, whose impressive debut feature, City of Wind, carefully examines the juxtaposition between the identity of place and tradition against the powers of modernity in contemporary Mongolia.

Garage Sale Vinyl: Bonnie Raitt

Garage Sale Vinyl: Bonnie Raitt

Garage Sale Vinyl

Ever-focused on finding (affordable) vinyl treasures, Christopher Long returns this week with his latest gem — a reasonably well-cared-for LP copy of The Glow, the 1979 studio classic from Bonnie Raitt.

AFI Fest 2023

AFI Fest 2023

Event Reviews

Since 2015, Lily and Generoso have reviewed the offerings from the American Film Institute’s annual festival. With AFI Fest 2023 in the books, they are here to present their top ten favorite features from this year’s impressive slate of 140 films!

Mike Baggetta

Mike Baggetta

Features

Steven Garnett has a conversation with Mike Baggetta on the night of a mssv show at Will’s Pub.

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A Darker Shade of Noir

A Darker Shade of Noir

Print Reviews

Roi J. Tamkin reviews A Darker Shade of Noir, fifteen new stories from women writers completely familiar with the horrors of owning a body in a patriarchal society, edited by Joyce Carol Oates.

Messiah of Evil

Messiah of Evil

Screen Reviews

The curious and often-neglected horror masterwork Messiah of Evil is again reborn in a terrific new Blu-ray from Radiance Films.

The Toxic Avenger Collection

The Toxic Avenger Collection

Screen Reviews

A four-volume collection of Troma’s popular hero films, The Toxic Avenger Collection gives you all the Toxie you could ever want — and even a little Kevin Bacon.

Featured Music

The Blasters

The Blasters

Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

More Music

Juliana Hatfield

Juliana Hatfield

Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.

Bombay Rickey

Bombay Rickey

Bombay Rickey (Cowboys and Indian). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

The Inciters

The Inciters

Bring Back the Weekend (Pirate Press Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Foghat

Foghat

Sonic Mojo (Foghat Records). Review by Christopher Long.

Doug Bielmeier

Doug Bielmeier

Music For Billionaires (New Focus Recordings). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Santa Chiara

Santa Chiara

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

The Slants

The Slants

The Band Plays On. Review by Bob Pomeroy.

The Feelies

The Feelies

Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of the Velvet Underground (Bar None Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Tom Heyman

Tom Heyman

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

Marvelous 3

Marvelous 3

IV (Marvelous 3). Review by Christopher Long.

Descartes a Kant

Descartes a Kant

After Destruction (Cleopatra Records). Review by Christopher Long.

Rancid

Rancid

Tomorrow Never Comes (Epitaph). Review by Steven Cruse.

Grrrl Gang

Grrrl Gang

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

Kavita Shah

Kavita Shah

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

From the Archives...

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

Event Reviews

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