Saltwater Hank
G̱al’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
G̱al’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Joe Frietze talked with Sass Jordan about her new live album featuring a set from 1994 with a young Taylor Hawkins on drums, the changing music industry, the use of rain as a musical trope, and electrolytes.
A pair of century old silent films from multiple Academy Award winning director Frank Borzage hit Blu-ray/DVD with new scores by Andrew Earle Simpson. Phil Bailey reviews the 1922 silent Frank Borzage double feature Back Pay & The Valley of Silent Men.
Teen pregnancy and small town politics nearly tear a family apart.
Western Swing and Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs (La Honda Records/ Thirty Tigers). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Just Words (Continental Holland). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Dawson, North West Territory, Canada had one of the biggest gold strikes ever. Silent movies entertained the miners between gambling and drinking, but the films were later dumped into the permafrost.
Bandit Queen (King of the Road Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
The Courtneys II (Flying Nun). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Melokaane (Pump Up the World). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Various Canadians (Manitoba Music). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Grey Buried (Quite Scientific). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night (Jagjaguwar). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Cops Don’t Care 7”/ Spring St. (M’Lady Records/ Quite Scientific). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Is Passed in Sleep; At Night He Hunts (Jumberlack Media). Review by Nora Richardson.
Yukon Blonde (Bumstead Productions Ltd., Nevado Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
This Is Thirteen (VH1 Classics). Review by Duncan B. Barlow.
Let Go EP (SideCho). Review by P. McEver.
The Asheville Squints (Quite Scientific). Review by Aaron Shaul.
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.