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A curated feed of links from around the internet.
Carl F. Gauze sits in on Nick Cavalier’s Kasama, the story of Genie Kwon and Tim Flores, who open a restaurant in Chicago during a certain global pandemic.
Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite (Sunnyside Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Boule Oui (Saustex Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
With its 4K restoration ready to hit theaters in early 2023, Lily and Generoso review director Bernardo Bertolucci’s masterful 1970 feature, The Conformist.
Our latest episode of New Music Now features our own Frank Dreyer and musical guests Fancey, the solo project of New Pornographers guitarist Todd Fancey, with vocalist Micae Pirritano. Stream the show for new music and a mini-course in music theory. Enjoy.
Chuck out the fuzzy bootlegs, the 1976 Bigfoot cult classic Creature from Black Lake is coming home on a pristine Blu-ray. Phil Bailey reviews.
An aspiring young filmmaker gets a sneak peak at the production of the first Star Wars movie and changes his life forever. This is a movie, after all. Carl F. Gauze reviews.
The Toadies revive their Rubberneck 25th Anniversary Tour, stopping in Kansas City with the fantastic Nashville Pussy and Reverend Horton Heat sharing the stage. Jeremy Glazier reviews.
The prestige horror film Audrey Rose gets a new life on Blu-ray from Arrow Video. Phil Bailey reviews.
Parched staff writer Christopher Long reveals the album “six-pack” that quenched his thirst best in 2022.
Earth Worship (Independent). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Close Connection (Sunnyside Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Steven Garnett catches up with the inimitable Jennifer Herrema in the wake of two festivals, lots of art projects, and more than 35 years of doing her thing.
“Buy a Little Time,” from Should Have Known by Now (Thirty Tigers). Review by Judy Craddock.
You’re Still Here (The Long Road Society and Speakeasy Studios SF). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
With Miko Marks opening a wonderful evening in Iowa City, Little Feat plunder their back catalog as Jeremy Glazier stands beneath the freak flag.
Carl F. Gauze reviews some crisp and clean Shakespeare on a super cool set.
Politics is Crime. Crime is Politics. Discuss… Carl F. Gauze reviews Meditations on Crime, the book half of Harper Simon’s super-collaborative art and music project.
Three aimless misfits find themselves a purpose when they unwittingly start a band. It’s not your typical rock story, as Ian Koss explains.
Bring your loupe and spend some time poring over the maps that open Navola with Ian Koss.
On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System (Sub Pop). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Lily and Generoso review director Gürcan Keltek’s mesmerizing supernatural drama, New Dawn Fades, winner of the Best Feature Boccalino D’Oro Award of the 24th Independent Film Critics Awards of the 2024 Locarno International Film Festival.
Channing Wilson opens for Steve Earle as Steve tours on his Alone Again Live album.
“Lonely Striped Sock,” a tiny fraction of Montreal band PYPY’s upcoming fireball album, Sacred Times, won’t get lost in your dryer, I promise.