The Fest 15
The annual festival that Punkifies a college town is back, in its 15th year!
The annual festival that Punkifies a college town is back, in its 15th year!
No coast (Top Shelf Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Frankie Welfare Boy Age 5, The Age of Octeen, Movie Music Vol.1, Movie Music Vol. 2 (Reissues) (Polyvinyl Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Menos el Oso (Suicide Squeeze). Review by Aaron Shaul.
My Favorite Songwriters (Five One). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Mind Is Not Brain (Silverthree Sound). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Pockets (Southern). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Daniel Mitchell discusses Braid’s upcoming summer reunion tour with guitarist Chris Broach.
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Mog (Thick). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
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The Incredible Sinking Feeling (Greyday). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Distance and Darkness (Deep Elm). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
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Perris, CA (Limekiln). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Perris, CA (Limekiln). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
method: fail, repeat… (Suburban Home). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Words and Inaction EP. Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Possiblies and Maybes (Second Nature). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
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.