The Royal Arctic Institute
From Catnap to Coma (Already Dead Tapes and Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Month: January 2022
The Mountaintop
Martin Luther King’s last night on earth.
Broadcast
BBC Maida Vale Sessions (Warp Records). Review by James Mann.
Roky Erickson and The Explosives
Halloween Live 1979-1981 (Freddie Steady Sound Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Tony Malaby’s Sabino
The Cave of Winds (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Shock (1977)
Arrow Video delivers Mario Bava’s final film, Shock, on Blu-ray.
Coming Full Circle: Remembering Don Wilson of The Ventures
Steve Stav recalls an American pioneer, Don Wilson of The Ventures.
Zea
Witst Noch Dat D’r Neat Wie (Makkum Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Aria Rostami
Bolbol (Shayton Records ). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Eddie Berman
Broken English (Nettwerk Records). Review by James Mann.
The Toolbox Murders
Spade bit, to the head of the nude woman, in the bathtub. That’s all you really need to know about this creepy variant of Clue.
Spencer Hoffman
A Flower from Behind (Park the Van). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Sweet Water Taste
Discrimination lasts longer than a mans lifetime in this black and white comedy.
Plus 1: Athens—Show Flyers From a Legendary Scene 1967-2002
Plus 1 Athens: Show Flyers from a Legendary Scene reproduces over 150 Athens, Georgia band flyers in a beautifully designed book.
Southern Accents…Groove Me!
Swingin’ instrumentals from King Curtis, Lazy Lester, Roy Buchanan and more from KMRD 96.9, Madrid New Mexico.
Shawscope Volume One Blu-ray
Revisit some of the most memorable martial arts movies of the kung fu era with this 12-film box set from legendary Hong Kong film studio, Shaw Brothers.
Seafarers
II (Self-released). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
The Black Keys
El Camino: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Nonesuch Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Hard + Fast
A look back at the early days of Los Angeles punk through the lens of photographer Melanie Nissen and her book HARD + FAST.
GSW: The Film
A documentary on gun violence in urban America through the eyes of our nation’s leading trauma surgeons.
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