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Five years have passed since the release of the The Tree House, the remarkable hybrid documentary film by director Trương Minh Quý. Việt and Nam is Trương’s first fiction feature, and with about a week before it screens at AFI Fest in Los Angeles, Lily and Generoso had an in-depth discussion with Trương about his ethereal and complex film.
Fate & Alcohol (ANTI- Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Judy Craddock has a pulled pork sandwich after Colby Acuff’s set, not missing a beat of Midland’s wild west tour stop. Grand Junction, Colorado, gets “lucky sometimes.”
The granddaddy of old dark house mysteries, The Bat (1926) creeps onto Blu-ray from Undercrank Productions.
Smash Mouth takes us back to The Brady Bunch circa 1973, with “Sunshine Day,” featuring Barry Williams, the original Greg Brady.
Get ready for an incredible lineup from Seattle’s 51st Bumbershoot Arts and Music Festival, this Labor Day weekend.
Tony-nominated smash success Stereophonic delivers a brand-new Broadway cast recording — straight from 1976.
Squeeze and Boy George dazzle in Clearwater, Florida, as Michelle Wilson ticks two off her Bucket List.
Michelle Wilson soaks up the jam band vibes when Warren Haynes Band brings their Million Voices Whisper Tour to Jacksonville.
Midge Ure brings his Band In A Box tour to historic Mount Dora, Florida, where Michelle Wilson revels in ’80s nostalgia.
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.
Channing Wilson opens for Steve Earle as Steve tours on his Alone Again Live album.
The Shadow Boxing, a neglected part of the Chinese Hopping Vampire cycle, returns on a spooky Blu-ray from 88 Films.
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.
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.
Marvelous martial arts masterpiece To Kill a Mastermind is finally released from the Shaw Brothers’ vault.
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.
Blues Experience (40 Below). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Phoebe Rings! (Carpark Records). Review by Danielle Holian.
Okay? (12XU). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
No Obligation (Epitaph). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Devourer (Run For Cover Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Propaganda (Bureau B Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Our Ancestors Swam to Shore (Free Dirt / PM Press). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Shine Away (Devil Duck Record). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Urban Chaos (ZenneZ Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Synthesizer (Dedstrange). Review by Steven Cruse.
A New Day (ECM). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Ensoulment (Cinéola / earMUSIC). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
EELS (Bayonet). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Slowly but Shirley (Blue Elan). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Revelation (Secret City Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Barely Blue (Big Machine). Review by Judy Craddock.
Cascades, Cascading, Cascadingly (Missing Piece Group). Review by Judy Craddock.
Uncollected Noise New York ‘88-‘90 (Silver Current Records / 20-20-20). Review by Steven Cruse.
1967: Vacations In The Past (Tiny Ghost). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Waiting For a Sign (Dangerbird Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
A tale of dissolution and vengeance set in the Old West, told Italian style.
Live at Antones Vol. 1/Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
Mac DeMarco and his crew of misfits brought good tunes and a good time to Portland, Oregon. Alexa Harris was all smiles.
Rio en Medio Radio (WW Recordings). Review by James Mann.