Chris Maxwell
New Store No. 2 (Max Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
New Store No. 2 (Max Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
In Space (Omnivore). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
From Memphis to New Orleans - Songs From Robin Hood Lane (Bar/ None). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Cabaret of Daggers (Org Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Memphis Rent Party (Fat Possum Records). Review by James Mann.
A Tav Falco Christmas. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
A Man Called Destruction (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Thank You, Friends Big Star’s Third Live…and More (Concord Music Group). Review by James Mann.
Complete Third (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.
New Mourning (Jet Fighter Records). Review by Christopher Long.
Electricity by Candlelight- NYC 2/13/97 (Bar/None Records). Review by James Mann.
Nothing Can Hurt Me Soundtrack (Omnivore). Review by Scott Adams.
Carl F Gauze reviews 19 movers and shakers we’ll miss in the New Year.
#1 Record/Radio City (Concord Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Words of Wisdom and Hope (Alternative Tentacles). Review by Matt Cibula.
Various Artists (LunaSea). Review by James Mann.
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.
Roi J. Tamkin reviews A Darker Shade of Noir, fifteen new stories from women writers completely familiar with the horrors of owning a body in a patriarchal society, edited by Joyce Carol Oates.
Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Feeling funky this week, Christopher Long gets his groove on while discovering a well-cared-for used vinyl copy of one of his all-time R&B faves: Ice Cream Castle, the classic 1984 LP from The Time, for just a couple of bucks.
During AFI Fest 2023, Lily and Generoso interviewed director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, whose impressive debut feature, City of Wind, carefully examines the juxtaposition between the identity of place and tradition against the powers of modernity in contemporary Mongolia.
Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Ever-focused on finding (affordable) vinyl treasures, Christopher Long returns this week with his latest gem — a reasonably well-cared-for LP copy of The Glow, the 1979 studio classic from Bonnie Raitt.