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Our latest episode of New Music Now features our own Frank Dreyer and musical guests Fancey, the solo project of New Pornographers guitarist Todd Fancey, with vocalist Micae Pirritano. Stream the show for new music and a mini-course in music theory. Enjoy.
If I could use synesthesia to describe Woods’ music, I would say it sounds like sparkling pastel day-go colors.
Billy Martin’s drumming makes me think of oxymorons like “precisely sloppy” and “intensely casual” and “red hot chill out”.
The Hornet’s Nest. Review by James Mann.
Memories & Birds (Little Criminal Records). Review by James Mann.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band 50th Anniversary Collection (Legacy Recordings). Review by Carl F Gauze.
I Like to Keep Myself in Pain (Anti). Review by James Mann.
American Legacies (McCoury Music). Review by James Mann.
A recent Gayngs concert in Chicago swept Chris Catania up in its euphoric blurring of musical lines.
Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to Shel Silverstein (Sugar Hill Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Dark Was the Night (Red Hot Organization). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Movie Theatre Haiku (A Masque of Backwards Ballads, a Picturesque Burlesque) (Cutthroat Pop). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Til the Dawn (Bloodshot). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Weather Systems (Grimsey Records). Review by James Mann.
Present a Christmas Spanking (Bloodshot). Review by James Mann.
Ink 19’s Roi J. Tamkin reviews Drumming With Dead Can Dance and Parallel Adventures, Peter Ulrich’s memoir of an artistic life fueled by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard’s remarkable friendship.
Tymisha Harris tells the story of Josephine Baker with the perfect mix of theater, history, and jazz in Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play.
Maggie McClure and Shane Henry are the singer-songwriter, husband-wife duo who join forces as The Imaginaries. Jeremy Glazier digs their creativity.
Ween announce first extensive tour since reuniting in 2016
In this installment, Christopher Long receives a massive love gift from his nail tech: a ravaged original vinyl pressing of the classic 1971 Alice Cooper LP, Killer, for free.
All the Sandy Bottom characters come to life in The Spongebob Musical at the Orlando Rep. Carl F. Gauze reviews.
55th Anniversary Super Deluxe Double LP (Don Giovanni Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Macabre masterpiece The House that Screamed gets a stunning Blu-ray makeover, revealing a release good enough to convert non-believers. Phil Bailey reviews.
Ink 19’s Stacey Zering talks with writer Doug Bratton, who takes us inside his indie murder mystery comic book series, Isolation.