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- January 25, 2021
Live at Ronnie Scott’s with Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette (Resonance Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
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The Book Tour
- Print Reviews
- January 27, 2021
A low-energy author heads out on a book tour that becomes more and more nightmarish as his life falls apart.
Pizza – A Love Story
- Screen Reviews
- January 26, 2021
New Haven CT. Makes a pretty sound argument it’s pizza is better than New York or Chicago. And Detroit? Please. Have some respect.
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
- Screen Reviews
- January 26, 2021
Generoso reviews Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, the mesmerizing second feature by Hungarian writer/director Lili Horvát.
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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.
Ted Lasso
- TV Party
- December 28, 2020
Julius C. Lacking explains how this show managed to hook him in despite its lack of postmodern ironic content
Mixtape 146 :: Gear Summer
- The Lacking Organization
- December 26, 2020
It’s hard to to live up to a name like Young Fresh Fellows when you’ve been at it for almost 40 years, but good time rock and roll never goes out of style.
The Expansive Sonic Universe of Satoko Fujii
- Features
- December 21, 2020
As the weirdest year in memory draws to a close, Sokoto Fujii releases three adventurous albums of out there jazz.
Mixtape 145 :: Gin Tonic State of Mind
- The Lacking Organization
- December 18, 2020
The effervescent jangle of German trio A Tale of Golden Keys is intricately engineered to make your ears ask “what was that?”
Mixtape 144 :: Model Village
- The Lacking Organization
- December 11, 2020
I am generally skeptical and disrespectful of band names with special capitalization, but IDLES look and sound like they mean business.
Begone, foul year
- Features
- December 11, 2020
Let’s leave 2020 in our rearview, shall we?
Sidemen – Long Road to Glory
- The Art Inside The Craft
- December 10, 2020
Jeremy Glazier talks to filmmaker Scott Rosenbaum about his documentary about three obscure but legendary blues musicians
Mixtape 143 :: Lonely Heather
- The Lacking Organization
- December 4, 2020
If you got The Nude Party to perform at your next get-together, it would be the kind of shindig that produces two marriages, three break-ups, and gossip for years to come.
Robert Evan Trop
- Interviews
- December 2, 2020
Guitarist Robert Evan Trop of Beach Viper discusses his influences and growing up on Elvis.
More Reviews
Exam
- Screen Reviews
- January 21, 2021
Young Farjid has an exam, but dad wants her to deliver a package and pick up some cash. You can guess the rest.
Seniors, A Dogumentary
- Screen Reviews
- January 19, 2021
Meet the people who do more than rescue dogs. They rescue older dogs who are the hardest to place.
Fast Forward, Play, and Rewind
- Print Reviews
- January 18, 2021
Music reviews covering the critical years of rock and roll from 1967 to 1973 by critic and band manager Michael Oberman.
He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefe Collection Blu-ray
- Screen Reviews
- January 13, 2021
In spite of, or perhaps because of, the films’ budget and time restraints the filmography of William Grefé is not without considerable charm and which is masterfully captured in this four disc Blu-ray set from Arrow Video.
Guitar Man
- Screen Reviews
- January 11, 2021
He’s the best-selling artist on the Billboard Blues charts, and most people don’t know his name. Who is Joe Bonamassa? Guitar Man tells you that story.
Dahmer
- Screen Reviews
- January 6, 2021
A biopic of Jeffery Dahmer, Milwaukee’s most famous mass murderer. Not for the faint of heart.
Wyrm
- Screen Reviews
- January 4, 2021
Welcome to a retro future world where everyone wears an electronic dog collar until their first sexual experience. Making out counts.
Uncle Peckerhead
- Screen Reviews
- December 29, 2020
Maybe getting a roadie from a creepy van isn’t the best idea, but then again having a cannibal driving your tour bus can smooth out a lot of little issues.
Herb Alpert Is…
- Screen Reviews
- December 25, 2020
This biopic follows Herb Alpert’s rise to the top of the music world, and his life time of continued success.
Silent Running
- Screen Reviews
- December 23, 2020
The early ’70s cult classic Silent Running gets major upgrade from Arrow Video.
More Music Reviews
The JCA Orchestra
- Music Reviews
- January 20, 2021
Live at the BPC (JCA Recording). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
The Lickerish Quartet
- Music Reviews
- January 14, 2021
Threesome Vol. 2 (Lojinx). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
The Coathangers
- Music Reviews
- December 18, 2020
The Coathangers (Suicide Squeeze). Review by Scott Adams.
Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams
- Music Reviews
- December 16, 2020
Plastic Bouquet (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
Chas Justus and friends
- Music Reviews
- December 15, 2020
Joyeux Noël, Bon Chrismeusse: A Holiday EP from South Louisiana. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Nick Perri & The Underground Thieves
- Music Reviews
- December 14, 2020
Sun Via (Underground Thieves LLC). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Eric Revis
- Music Reviews
- December 9, 2020
Slipknots Through A Looking Glass (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
From the archives...
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Magnetic Fields
- Interviews
- October 30, 2000
Not only is Stephin Merritt one of the most revered songwriters around, he’s also one of the most prolific, with the massive three-disc 69 Love Songs and records from alter-egos the 6ths and the Future Bible Heroes out in just the last year. Randall Stephens caught up with Merritt in a rare moment between projects to try to catch up.
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Grief
- Music Reviews
- October 19, 1998
Review by David Lee Beowülf
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Bishop Briggs
- Event Reviews
- May 24, 2017
Bishop Briggs brings a stacked bill of up and comers to Orlando for a sold-out party at The Social. Jen Cray joins in the fun.
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DeciBelle Festival
- Event Reviews
- November 4, 2008
Chris Catania gets in touch with his feminist side at Chicago’s DeciBelle Festival.
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Nifelheim
- Music Reviews
- July 3, 2008
Envoy of Lucifer (Regain Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
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Julian Plenti
- Music Reviews
- October 19, 2009
Julian Plenti is…Skyscraper (Matador). Review by Kiran Aditham.
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Little Plastic Pilots
- Music Reviews
- January 25, 2006
self titled (Kanpai/Domo). Review by Ben Varkentine.
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Canyon
- Music Reviews
- December 16, 2002
Empty Rooms (Mordam). Review by Stein Haukland.
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Albert King
- Music Reviews
- July 27, 2012
I’ll Play the Blues for You (Stax). Review by James Mann.
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American Prince
- Screen Reviews
- April 17, 2000
Screen Review by Frank Bacon
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Rare Earth
- Music Reviews
- March 30, 2001
Best Of: The Millennium Collection (Motown/Universal). Review by Hal Horowitz.
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Bill Deasy
- Music Reviews
- June 3, 2003
Good Day No Rain (Bound To Be Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.
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S.O.L.O.
- Music Reviews
- February 11, 2000
Out Is In (Sulfur/Beggars Banquet). Review by Ian Koss
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Husker Du
- Music Reviews
- November 10, 2017
Savage Young Du (Numero Group). Review by Scott Adams.
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Yoko Love
- Music Reviews
- February 23, 1998
Who’s Your Daddy? (Epiphany). Review by Phillip Haire
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Catie Curtis
- Music Reviews
- February 9, 2007
Long Night Moon (Compass). Review by Andrew Ellis.
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White Skull
- Music Reviews
- November 14, 2000
Man, call me an idiot, but I could’ve sworn that was a dude singing on White …
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Sculpture
- Music Reviews
- May 11, 1999
Sculpture (Nuclear Blast). Review by Nathan T. Birk
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Dave's Lexicon of Jerkdom
- Features
- July 27, 1998
Feature by David Lee Beowülf