Various Artists
First Class Rock Steady (17 North Parade, VP Records). Review by Generoso Fierro.
First Class Rock Steady (17 North Parade, VP Records). Review by Generoso Fierro.
Hooray For Me (Help Yourself Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Sweet Crude brought a bit of New Orleans to Tampa. Bob Pomeroy catches up with the group.
Stay Gold (Dangerbird Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Belly brought lot of grit and a touch of grace to the Bowery Ballroom in NYC.
Echo En Mexico (Vampisoul). Review by James Mann.
Pendarvis Farms transforms for three extraordinary days into the fun and psychedelic fest of your wildest indie music loving dreams, Pickathon. Alexa Harris was there to experience the joys of farm life for the weekend.
Mortal Micronotz, Smash, Live, The Beast that Devoured Itself, 40 Fingers (Bar/None). Review by Scott Adams.
Stake My Claim (Don Giovanni Records). Review by Jen Cray.
I Dreamed A Role - posted by Carl Gauze on August 21, 2016 16:22
A triple bill of underground Goth, led by NYC’s Pawns, transforms Uncle Lou’s into a time machine. Jen Cray did not wear eye makeup, but she did wear a black shirt to the show.
Money Maker (Studio One). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Best of Bossacucanova (Six Degrees Records). Review by James Mann.
Lookin’ (Rough Beast Records). Review by Jen Cray.
A Place Called Bad (The Numero Group). Review by James Mann.
“No instruments. Just voices” – the New Jersey-based, RockNRoll Chorus, celebrated a milestone this summer, with a special 10th Anniversary U.S. concert tour.
Public Hi Fi Sessions 3 (Public Hi Fi Records. ). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Big River - posted by Carl Gauze on August 13, 2016 17:36
Is A Toad In The Rain (Exploding In Sound Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Japanese female revenge women-in-prison movies have never been so graphic.
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.
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.
Our Ancestors Swam to Shore (Free Dirt / PM Press). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
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.
Squeeze and Boy George dazzle in Clearwater, Florida, as Michelle Wilson ticks two off her Bucket List.