The Top 19 Obscure-Ass Records That I Loved in 2002
Matt Cibula listens to weird records you never heard of, maybe. Here are 19 of them that deserve a wider audience.
Matt Cibula listens to weird records you never heard of, maybe. Here are 19 of them that deserve a wider audience.
Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack (MCA). Review by Bill Campbell.
Being Black (Waxploitation / Spun). Review by Bill Campbell.
U.S.S.R.: The Art of Listening (Ninja Tune). Review by Bill Campbell.
Rat Race Vacation (Headsnack / Global Hip Hop). Review by Bill Campbell.
Fuck The People (Ubiquity). Review by Bill Campbell.
Blazing Arrow (Quannum Projects / MCA). Review by Bill Campbell.
All of the Above (Coup d’Etat). Review by Christopher R. Weingarten.
Understanding (Big Dada). Review by Stein Haukland.
Wave Motion (Mush). Review by Bill Campbell.
The Living Soul (Hum Drums/Groove Attack). Review by Bill Campbell.
Got Lyrics? (Weightless). Review by Bill Campbell.
Vol. 2 (Groove Attack). Review by Bill Campbell.
Government Music (Groove Attack). Review by Bill Campbell.
A young dancer becomes a legal genius in this fun and fast musical comedy.
Forgotten ’70s action film Fear Is the Key is as gritty as the faces of the men who populate it. Phil Bailey reviews the splashy new Blu-ray.
Coffin Joe returns in a comprehensive Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.
Bob’s been looking for a replacement copy of the rare John Cale release Sabotage/Live (1979, Spy Records) since 1991. He still hasn’t found a copy at a reasonable price, but a random YouTube video allowed him to listen and reminisce.
Hidden gem and hallmark of second-generation martial arts film, 1978’s The Shaolin Plot manages to provide a glimpse of things to come. Charles DJ Deppner reviews Arrow Video’s pristine Blu-ray release, which gives this watershed masterpiece the prestige and polish it richly deserves.
The HawtThorns invite you to soar, with the premiere of “Zero Gravity.”
There’s nothing as humiliating as a cattle call. Unless it’s a cattle call in your undies.