Archive Archaeology: Tim Easton
Black Mesa reissues two seminal Tim Easton records, and Bob Pomeroy tells you about them.
Black Mesa reissues two seminal Tim Easton records, and Bob Pomeroy tells you about them.
Closure/Continuation. Live. Amsterdam 07/11/22 (Music For Nations/Megaforce Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Partly Cloudy (SQFT Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Ready for a cold one this season? We thought so! Enjoy, as Christopher Long reflects on his favorite VINYL releases of 2023 — an intoxicating (and satisfying) “six-pack,” to be sure.
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.
Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Bombay Rickey (Cowboys and Indian). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Grit & Grace (Sunnyside). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Bring Back the Weekend (Pirate Press Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Dollyrots ended their 2023 tour with a triumphant homecoming show at the Crowbar, in Tampa’s Ybor City.
Imported (Kill Rock Stars). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Band Plays On. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of the Velvet Underground (Bar None Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
A TikTok video brings memories of long-ago escapades with girly magazines and rock and roll, kicking off an archival excavation to find a controversial 1972 album by Mama Lion. Welcome to Bob Pomeroy’s new occasional column, Archive Archaeology.
The Clearwater Jazz Holiday returned to their traditional home of Coachman Park and a brand new concert facility, The Sound. Bob Pomeroy spent the October weekend grooving to old, often surprising favorites and discovering some new, talented characters.
24th Street Blues (Bohemian Neglect Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Audrey Golden gives voice to the women who labored behind the scenes at Factory Records to make the magic happen.
Poet E. D. Evans collects her recent work in this sometimes sad, sometimes funny collection of poems and ballads, Time for My Generation to Die.
Founding member of The Cure Lol Tolhurst takes readers on a very personal tour of the people, places, and events that made goth an enduring movement and vital subculture, in GOTH: A History. Bob Pomeroy reviews.
Charles DJ Deppner takes a look at a new book of artwork by DEVO’s Mark Mothersbaugh, and discovers the book is actually looking back at him.
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds’ “Wicked World” video features Alice Bag, previews That Delicious Vice, out April 19 on In The Red Records.
Despite serving up ample slices of signature snark, FOX News golden boy Jesse Watters, for the most part, just listens — driving the narrative of his latest book, Get It Together, through the stories of others.
Brooklyn rapper Max Gertler finds himself a bit ground up on “Put My Heart in a Jay,” his latest single.
The dissolution of a wealthy Russian family confuses everyone involved.