Transmission Four
Various Artists (Space380). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
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.
Various Artists (Space380). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Shreds Of Dignity (Spitfire). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Just Do Me Right (Fat Possum). Review by Bill Campbell.
BYO Split Series Volume III (BYO). Review by Julio Diaz.
The Reputation (Initial). Review by Phil Bailey.
Some Things Plural (Slowdance). Review by Bettie Lou Vegas.
Black Ivory Soul (Columbia). Review by Bill Campbell.
Circus Town (Sideburn). Review by James Mann.
Horizontal (Water). Review by Vanessa Bormann.
Songs from a Room (Rectangle). Review by Cordelia Cassavetes.
Sub-Basement (Black Widow). Review by Stein Haukland.
Boulevard: New Version - The Complete Series (F Communications). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Time Crunch (Magna Carta). Review by George Jegadesh.
Fragile (Buddha Belt). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
My Songs and a Poem (RealWorld). Review by Bill Campbell.
Family Secrets (Smile). Review by Henry “Hank” McCoy.
Gore Obsessed (Metal Blade). Review by Stein Haukland.
White Lilies Island (RCA). Review by Vanessa Bormann.
Millions Of Brazilians (Southern). Review by Matt Cibula.
Monsters, Inc.: Original Soundtrack (Disney). Review by Joe Frietze.
A pair of early “girls with guns” action films from superstars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock have arrived from 88 Films.
A very focused memoir of a singular year in Robyn Hitchcock’s early life provides Ian Koss with insight on basement Happenings and more.
Get ready for an incredible lineup from Seattle’s 51st Bumbershoot Arts and Music Festival, this Labor Day weekend.
A pair of Tinto Brass films from the ’90s reminds viewers we weren’t always so uptight. Phil Bailey gets erotic with All Ladies Do It and Frivolous Lola from the esteemed Italian director.
Christopher Long takes us on a personal journey of rediscovering the magic of music. It’s just the inspiration I needed to continue my own.