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Night Owls (Wicked Cool Records). Review by Steven Cruse.
Faced with the rich sonic twister of music ever churning around us, our writers strap on headphones and hunker down with these tunes and their words to lead everyone to the bottom of what sounds good right now.
Night Owls (Wicked Cool Records). Review by Steven Cruse.
Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Bombay Rickey (Cowboys and Indian). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Grit & Grace (Sunnyside). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Bring Back the Weekend (Pirate Press Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Sonic Mojo (Foghat Records). Review by Christopher Long.
Art Dealers (Missing Piece). Review by Joe Frietze.
Music For Billionaires (New Focus Recordings). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Imported (Kill Rock Stars). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Band Plays On. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of the Velvet Underground (Bar None Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Shift. Review by Judy Craddock.
24th Street Blues (Bohemian Neglect Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
IV (Marvelous 3). Review by Christopher Long.
Devil Songs and Other Such Nonsense . Review by Christopher Long.
After Destruction (Cleopatra Records). Review by Christopher Long.
Night Birds (Robalo Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Tomorrow Never Comes (Epitaph). Review by Steven Cruse.
Spunky (Kill Rock Stars). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Just in time for the heavy metal Christmas shopping season, European author Alexandros Anesiadis delivers his latest — a thorough and riveting encyclopedia-type account of the hard-working DIY American bands that created an important underground music scene that’s well worth remembering.
In a beautiful testament to Peter Weir’s vision, the director’s 1985 classic, Witness, gets a fresh restoration from Arrow Video.
Ready for a cold one this season? We thought so! Enjoy, as Christopher Long reflects on his favorite VINYL releases of 2023 — an intoxicating (and satisfying) “six-pack,” to be sure.
Concert addict Jeremy Glazier talked with A.J. Croce near the beginning of his year-long Croce Plays Croce tour about embracing his father’s music and his own while honoring both their familial bond and shared influences.
For Lily and Generoso, 2023 was a fantastic year at the cinema! They select and review their ten favorite films, six supplemental features, and one extraordinary repertory release seen at microcinemas, archives, and festivals.
The hidden gem of the French New Wave, Le Combat Dans L’île gets a lovely Blu-ray from Radiance Films.
This fall, Ani DiFranco brought new Righteous Babe labelmate Kristen Ford to Iowa City, where Jeremy Glazier enjoyed an incredible evening of artistry.
This week Christopher Long grabs a bag of bargain vinyl from a flea market in Mount Dora, Florida — including You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, the classic 1979 LP from Ian Hunter.
Bob Pomeroy gets into four Radio Rarities from producer Zev Feldman for Record Store Day with great jazz recordings from Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Cal Tjader, and Ahmad Jamal.
Bob Pomeroy digs into Un “Sung Stories” (1986, Liberation Hall), Blasters’ frontman Phil Alvin’s American Roots collaboration with Sun Ra and his Arkestra, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and New Orleans saxman Lee Allen.