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Slamming Bricks 2023

Event Reviews

Small-town Grand Junction, Colorado, comes out in droves to Slamming Bricks 2023, as our beloved queer community event eclipses its beginnings to command its largest audience yet. Liz Weiss reviews the performance, a bittersweet farewell both to and from the Grand Valley’s most mouthy rebel organizer, Caleb Ferganchick.

Articles

Dio: Dreamers Never Die

Dio: Dreamers Never Die

Screen Reviews

Carl F. Gauze reviews Dreamers Never Die, the loving documentary on the career of rocker extraordinaire Ronnie James Dio.

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: Linda Ronstadt

Garage Sale Vinyl: Linda Ronstadt

Garage Sale Vinyl

This week, Christopher Long nearly fights a famed rock star in defense of his 1970s pin-up princess. To prove his point, Chris goes into his own garage and digs out his musty vinyl copy of the self-titled 1972 alt. country classic from Linda Ronstadt.

Garage Sale Vinyl: KISS, The Solo Albums

Garage Sale Vinyl: KISS, The Solo Albums

Garage Sale Vinyl

This week, cuddly curmudgeon Christopher Long finds himself feeling even older as he hobbles through a Florida flea market in pursuit of vinyl copies of the four infamous KISS solo albums — just in time to commemorate the set’s milestone 45th anniversary.

Pixies and Modest Mouse

Pixies and Modest Mouse

Event Reviews

Pixies: Kid Tested, Mother Approved. Saturday night in Vail, Liz and Jackie Weiss were just a couple of cool kids on a pretty sweet road trip that ended up at Frank Black’s feet.

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Borsalino

Borsalino

Screen Reviews

Starting with small-time jobs, two gangsters take over all the crime in Marseilles in this well-paced and entertaining French film. Carl F. Gauze reviews the freshly released Arrow Video Blu-ray edition of Borsalino (1970).

The Residents Visual History Book

The Residents Visual History Book

Print Reviews

Aaron Tanner delivers 400 pages of visual delights from the ever-enigmatic band, The Residents, in The Residents Visual History Book: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2.

Weird Science

Weird Science

Screen Reviews

Two teenage boys build a sexy computer girlfriend with an 8-bit computer… you know the story. Carl F. Gauze reviews Weird Science (1985), in a new 4K UHD Blu-ray release from Arrow Films.

City of the Living Dead

City of the Living Dead

Screen Reviews

Cauldron Films’ new UHD/Blu-ray release of Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) preserves one of the best Italian horror films, according to Phil Bailey.

Broken Mirrors

Broken Mirrors

Screen Reviews

Marleen Gorris’s first theatrical feature is a potent feminist look at the easily disposable lives of sex workers in Amsterdam. Phil Bailey reviews Broken Mirrors.

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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.

Cornelius

Cornelius

Dream In Dream (Warner Music Japan). Review by Steven Cruse.

Elisapie

Elisapie

Inuktitut (Bonsound). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Teddy Thompson

Teddy Thompson

My Love of Country (Chalky Sounds). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac

Rumours Live (Warner Records). Review by Christopher Long.

Kris Davis

Kris Davis

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

mssv

mssv

Human Reaction (Big Ego Records). Review by Steven Garnett.

Ben Folds

Ben Folds

What Matters Most (New West Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.

Birds of Play

Birds of Play

Birdsongs of the American West. Review by Judy Craddock.

Ratboys

Ratboys

The Window (Top Shelf). Review by Judy Craddock.

SWANS

SWANS

The Beggar (Mute / Young God Records ). Review by Steven Cruse.

Olivia Jean

Olivia Jean

Raving Ghost (Third Man). Review by Christopher Long.

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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.