Julius Hemphill
The Boyé Multi-National Crusade For Harmony (New World Records). Review by James Mann.
The Boyé Multi-National Crusade For Harmony (New World Records). Review by James Mann.
Suite for the End of the Earth / We Are All Branches of the Same Tree. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Albert Ayler’s Ghosts Live at the Yellow Ghetto (Smog Veil). Review by James Mann.
Antelope Freeway/Equinox Express Elevator (Impulse! ). Review by James Mann.
Truce Opium (Emergency Umbrella). Review by Michael Crown.
Idiosyncratic and in relentless pursuit of perfection, Sonny Rollins cut a swath through jazz music that has yet to fade out. Scott Adams examines this documentary of his musical achievements.
Obtanium (Ipecac). Review by Rob Walsh.
Vivid (Flying Note). Review by Nirav Soni.
Live in Greenwich Village (Impulse). Review by Tom Minarchic
Twenty-three years after his Sonic Recipe for Love, Steve Stav writes a playlist for the brokenhearted victims of another corporate holiday: the first Valentine’s Day of the second Trump era.
Phil Bailey reviews Rampo Noir, a four part, surreal horror anthology film based on the works of Japan’s horror legend, Edogawa Rampo.
In this latest installment of his popular weekly series, Christopher Long finds himself dumpster diving at a groovy music joint in Oklahoma City, where he scores a bagful of treasure for UNDER $20 — including a well-cared-for $3 vinyl copy of Life for the Taking, the platinum-selling 1978 sophomore set from Eddie Money.
Ink 19’s Liz Weiss spends an intimate evening with Gregory Alan Isakov.
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar). Review by Peter Lindblad.
This week, Christopher Long goes “gaga” over discovering an ’80s treasure: an OG vinyl copy of Spring Session M, the timeless 1982 classic from Missing Persons — for just six bucks!
Both bold experiment and colossal failure in the 1960s, Esperanto language art house horror film Incubus returns with pre-_Star Trek_ William Shatner to claim a perhaps more serious audience.
You Can’t Tell Me I’m Not What I Used To Be (North & Left Records). Review by Randy Radic.