News Feed for Wednesday, June 21
In the news today: Baroness, Beck, Phoenix, Jarvis Cocker, Wes Anderson, Seu Jorge, M. Ward, First Aid Kit
In the news today: Baroness, Beck, Phoenix, Jarvis Cocker, Wes Anderson, Seu Jorge, M. Ward, First Aid Kit
Ghost of Vroom 2 EP (Mod y Vi). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Taking their name from Australian slang for something not good, The Chats are here to strike fear in the hearts of parents and guidance counselors across the globe.
Matt Sharp and The Rentals have always attracted a stellar cast of musicians to help them assemble their popsong symphonies.
The world of Khruangbin is made up of velvet sunsets, shimmering dunes, and cool river rocks. There’s also a guitar, some drums, and a bass. And lately, vocals.
When An Electric Storm. (Educational Recordings) Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Unwilling Participant. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Human Performance (Rough Trade). Review by Jen Cray.
Decline of the West Vol. I & II (Partisan Records). Review by James Mann.
Jenny Lewis overcomes being the opening band, and sound and lighting issues, to overwhelm an Orlando audience, as Jen Cray knew she would.
Lonerism (Modular Fontana). Review by Jason O’Neal Griggs.
The Sounds strut back through Orlando and Jen Cray is part of the small but devoted crowd that welcomes them.
Demolished Thoughts (Matador). Review by Chet Barker.
Vintage interviews with the triumvirate of guitar gods.
Insert Coin. Review by Robert Sutton.
Hello=Fire (Schnitzel Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Shame, Shame (Anti-). Review by Sean Slone.
Cage the Elephant proves to Jen Cray that while you may try to contain the animal, there’s nothing like a room full of screaming fans to set that beast free!
Rockabilly, blues, jazz - delightful Dublin diva Imelda May put everything but the kitchen sink on the Moore Theater’s stage. Seattle hepcat Steve Stav was there to admire it all.
Tragically, The Knack’s career has come to a close with the passing of frontman/ songwriter/ guitarist Doug Fieger on Valentine’s Day 2010. Steve Stav remembers the man, resurrecting this interview conducted for Ink 19 a few days after Fieger’s 53rd birthday in 2005.
A.J. Croce celebrates the 50th anniversary of his father, Jim Croce’s, three ground breaking albums, with a nationwide tour of Croce Plays Croce.
High Above Harlesden 1978 - 2023 from On-U Sound collects 60 dub and reggae tracks from Creation Rebel, an astounding set of musicians.
Gerta O. Egy’s beautifully drawn fungi almost eclipse their fairyland habitats in her Mushroom Daydream Coloring Book.
One of the last of the classic wuxia swordplay films stands as a fitting coda to the grand period of the genre. Phil Bailey reviews a new Blu-ray release of the 1975 film The Valiant Ones.
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Smash Mouth takes us back to The Brady Bunch circa 1973, with “Sunshine Day,” featuring Barry Williams, the original Greg Brady.
Not everyone can be excited by blocks spinning on a screen, but if you are, Ian Koss recommends you pay attention to Best of Five.
The final two films in the bonkers Hong Kong action comedy series The Inspector Wears Skirts hit Blu-ray from 88 Films.
A pair of early “girls with guns” action films from superstars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock have arrived from 88 Films.