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American Nervoso (Hydra Head Records). Review by Andrew Coulon.
American Nervoso (Hydra Head Records). Review by Andrew Coulon.
The Club @ Firestone is once again booking rock shows, and Seattle’s Minus The Bear packed the place for an eclectic evening of sounds. Jen Cray found the venue to be more inspiring than the bands.
Learn To Let It Go (Law of Inertia). Review by Addam Donnelly.
A Love Hate Relationship (Revelation). Review by Addam Donnelly.
They Make Beer Commercials Like This (Arena Rock). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Ideas of Reference (Black Market Activities). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
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Left in Kowloon (Victory). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
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When White Becomes Black (At A Loss). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
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Australasia (Hydrahead). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Tacomatose (Initial Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
You Come Before You (Atlantic). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
The Beautiful Sounds of… (Escape Artists). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Remission (Relapse Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Highly Refined Pirates (Suicide Squeeze). Review by Aaron Shaul.
To Sing for Nights (Dim Mak). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Beggar 7” (McCarthyism). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Where Love is Dead and Hope Never Lived (Too Damn Hype). Review by Daniel L. Mitchell.
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.