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A Dark Murmuration of Words (Everyone Sang /Thirty Tigers). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
A Dark Murmuration of Words (Everyone Sang /Thirty Tigers). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Twix and Dive (La Tempesta). Review by Scott Adams.
Train (Semafore Music). Review by Stacey Zering.
Mourning Birds EP (Independent). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Hard rocking Australian band Rose Tattoo reunite for the closing of the Boggo Road Jail in this 1993 concert.
Always. Review by Al Pergande.
Speak Up (Matinee). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Spring a Leak (Matinee). Review by Aaron Shaul.
In the Pines (Domino). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Pebbles (Soft Abuse). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Reservations (Hausmusik). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Unidirectional. Review by Kyrby Raine.
Digital media wizard Jason Nelson returns to his old Flash Fictions stomping grounds with tales of gas-guzzling dingoes, baggies full of holy water, and disappearing boxes.
Eternal Holiday (Modular People). Review by Carl F Gauze.
We’ll be catching up with this man’s talent for decades. Jason Nelson sends along six evocative postcards from Australia.
Black Coats & Bandages (G7 Welcoming Committee). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Hour Of The Seventh Moon (Laughing Outlaw). Review by Carl F Gauze.
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Cass, with Ryan Papa at Lot 33, Canberra, Australia on December 31, 2002. Concert review by Dan Stapleton.
Australia (Epic). Review by Dan Stapleton.
For Lily and Generoso, 2023 was a fantastic year at the cinema! They select and review their ten favorite films, six supplemental features, and one extraordinary repertory release seen at microcinemas, archives, and festivals.
The hidden gem of the French New Wave, Le Combat Dans L’île gets a lovely Blu-ray from Radiance Films.
This fall, Ani DiFranco brought new Righteous Babe labelmate Kristen Ford to Iowa City, where Jeremy Glazier enjoyed an incredible evening of artistry.
This week Christopher Long grabs a bag of bargain vinyl from a flea market in Mount Dora, Florida — including You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, the classic 1979 LP from Ian Hunter.
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.