Andreu Codrescu and Mark Bingham
Valley of Christmas (Gert Town). Review by Ian Koss
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.
Valley of Christmas (Gert Town). Review by Ian Koss
Live at the Ryborn (Black Top). Review by Phillip Hailre
So Long, and Thanks for All the Shoes (Epitaph). Review by Brian Shelley
Hiddenforbidden (Secretly Canadian). Review by Chad Bidwell
Corporate Monkey (Prime 8). Review by Julio Diaz
Headspace (Progressive Arts/Conquest). Review by George Jegadesh
New Lands (Drag City). Review by Chad Bidwell
Controlled Developments (Astralwerks). Review by drew West
Big Baby (Locked Groove). Review by David A Clark
you speak in too many voices (Black Rider). Review by S.D. Fitzpatrick
Various (Sony Classical). Review by Bertha Ledbetter
An Industrial Tribute to the Kings of High Voltage, AC/DC (Cleopatra). Review by Gail Worley
Volume 4 (Big Deal). Review by Kurt Channing
Unhinged (Shanachie). Review by Julio Diaz
The Dwarves Are Young And Good Looking (Epitaph). Review by Charles D.J. Deppner
Original Soundtrack Recording (Razor & Tie). Review by Anton Wagner
Wolf Songs for Lambs (DreamWorks). Review by Cindy Rivers
Various Artists (Grand Royal/Capitol). Review by Kurt Channing
Come To Daddy EP (Warp/Sire). Review by Michael Welch
Forever and Counting (Doghouse). Review by Keith Mercer
Joe Jackson brought his Two Rounds of Racket tour to the Lincoln Theatre in Washington D.C. on Monday. Bob Pomeroy was in the area and caught the show.
A Beach of Nightly Glory (Metropolitan Groove Merchants). Review by Rose Petralia.
With only a week to go before powerful new feature Louis Riel or Heaven Touches The Earth premieres in the Main Slate at UNAM International Film Festival, Lily and Generoso sat down for an in-depth conversation with the film’s director, Matías Meyer.
Carl F. Gauze reviews the fascinating Mostly True: The West’s Most Popular Hobo Graffiti Magazine, a chronicle of forgotten outsider subculture.
The Winter Park Playhouse explores the life of George M. Cohan and his landmark contributions to the American Songbook.
Anthony Mann’s gorgeous monochrome western, The Tin Star, may have been shot in black and white, but its themes are never that easily defined.
Charles DJ Deppner finds Flipside to be a vital treatise on mortality, creativity, and purpose, disguised as a quirky documentary about a struggling record store.