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Almost Fiction (Phase 2 Records). Review by Christopher Long.
Almost Fiction (Phase 2 Records). Review by Christopher Long.
IV (Marvelous 3). Review by Christopher Long.
Sleepwalkers (Island Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Where does the time go? Contributing writer Christopher Long reflects on his first decade with Ink 19.
Kicking off his current Stay Gold tour, pop music “golden boy,” Butch Walker returned to Orlando for yet another sold-out performance at The Social. Christopher Long was there.
Stay Gold (Dangerbird Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Painkillers (Island). Review by Jen Cray.
Afraid of Ghosts (Dangerbird Records). Review by Christopher Long.
Holly Grove. Review by James Mann.
Pop music’s modern-day messiah, Butch Walker delivered a headliner performance despite his opening act billing.
Orlando, Florida’s Megaphone wraps up an amazing year with a high energy hometown show.
The salacious details of pop messiah Butch Walker’s recent sold-out Orlando concert, as told by willing follower Christopher Long.
Sycamore Meadows (Original Signal Recordings/Power Ballad). Review by Christopher Long.
The Great Burrito Extortion Case (Jive). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Gold Medal (Atlantic Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.
What’s the difference between young bands and old bands, and why would you want to be one and not the other? Lynn Wallace talks to Allister and finds out.
Bright Idea (Self-released). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Letters (Epic Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Tomorrow (RCA). Review by James Mann.
From Ink 19 ad rep to the Marvelous 3 to a career as a solo artist, songwriter, and producer, it’s been an interesting journey for Butch Walker, and he discusses it all in a candid interview with Gail Worley.
A Murmuration of Capitalist Bees (Expert Work Records, Dipterid Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Author and longtime Ink 19 contributor Christopher Long kicks off the 2025 edition of his popular weekly Garage Sale Vinyl series with a bona fide banger: the blues-soaked, whisky-injected, self-titled 1971 debut record from Bonnie Raitt.
Hear My Song: The Collection, 1966 - 1995 (Madfish Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Seijun Suzuki’s 1958 widescreen film noir feature, Underworld Beauty, comes to Blu-ray.
Phil Bailey reviews quirky sexploitation film Facets of Love (1973), a saucy Hong Kong costume drama from director Li Hsang-han of kung fu powerhouse Shaw Brothers, now out on Blu-ray.
Longtime Ink 19 staff writer Christopher Long spent almost the entire year consuming and writing about new music. Here are his personal Dirty Dozen: the 12 records that made his heart the happiest in 2024.
Stormchaser (Inebriated Music / Anthem Entertainment). Review by Christopher Long.
Let It Rock: Live from the San Francisco Civic Center 1980 (Liberation Hall). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Lily and Generoso wrap an outstanding year at the cinema, with capsule reviews of ten favorite films, eight supplemental features, and one outstanding repertory release seen at microcinemas, archives, and festivals in 2024.