Surviving Civilization
Did reality TV and shock radio finally go too far by depicting the slaughter of animals on air? Shad Clark analyzes the phenomenon, and comes up with some chilling conclusions…
Did reality TV and shock radio finally go too far by depicting the slaughter of animals on air? Shad Clark analyzes the phenomenon, and comes up with some chilling conclusions…
Irony Is (Novamute). Review by Terry Eagan.
Split Image (Rotten). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Give ‘Em Enough Booze (Broken Rekids). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
Figureheads on the Forefront of Pop Culture (Tooth and Nail). Review by Terry Eagan.
Midnight Sound (Ninja Tune). Review by Joshua Krause.
John Wolfington (Smells Like). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
Creation (Reverb). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
Heart of a Woman and Matriarch of the Blues (Private Music) and Love Songs (MCA/Chess). Review by Bettie Lou Vegas.
As Brass and Satin (Self-released). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
Precipitate8 sweeps back into Gainesville on a wave of degradation and bad vibes. Too much hurt. Time to get a real job. Time to hide.
Karaoke Night featuring the Fabulous Blues Brothers at VFW Post 2093 in Orlando, FL on February 16, 2001. Review by Carl F. Gauze.
1985-1992 Past Life Trauma (Noise). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Lucy Mongrel (Joe). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
Ritual (Sunrise Recordings/Strictly Hype). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Rock Bottom (Peek-A-Boo). Review by Randall J. Stephens.
Refreaked (Six Degrees). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Habily: What Was Old Is New (Cleopatra). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Volven (Well Of Urd). Review by Dave Aftandilian.
Necrophones (Dischord). Review by Jason Rockhill.
Gasoline Lollipops’ newest single, “Freedom Don’t Come Easy,” is today’s mother lovin’ punk rock folk anthem.
Frank Henenlotter’s gory grindhouse classic Basket Case looks as grimy as the streets of Times Square, and that is one of the film’s greatest assets. Arrow Video gives this unlikely candidate a welcome fresh release.
Despite the Mother’s Day factor, hundreds of fervent, faithful followers still flocked to Orlando’s famed Plaza Live to catch an earlybird set from Jimmy Failla — one of the hottest names on today’s national comedy scene.
Ink 19 readers get an early listen and look at “Cool Sparkling Water,” a new single from Lonnie Walker.
Jeremy Glazier has a bucket list day at a Los Lobos 50th Anniversary show in Davenport, Iowa.
Carl F. Gauze reviews the not-quite one-woman show, Always… Patsy Cline, based on the true story of Cline’s friendship with Louise Seger, who met the star in l961 and corresponded with Cline until her death.
Carl F. Gauze reviews this interesting look at the surprising history and scandalous etymology of jazz, in Weird Music That Goes On Forever, by Bob Suren.
Two new releases from Free Dirt Records use sound and music to tell stories about our history.
A lady Tarzan and her gorilla have a rough time adapting to high society in Lorraine of the Lions (1925), one of four silent films on Accidentally Preserved: Volume 5, unleashed by Ben Model and Undercrank Productions, with musical scores by Jon C. Mirsalis.