Les Notres (Our Own)
Teen pregnancy and small town politics nearly tear a family apart.
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.
Listen to My Heartbeast (Bangor). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Andrew Coulon follows Jeff Lemire back to Essex County in this second volume of Lemire’s graphic novel series, and finds it a sad but very beautiful place to be.
A Cork Tale Wake (Quite Scientific). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Mikko Niskanen’s recently restored 1972 mini-series Eight Deadly Shots is a complex look at the real-life murders of four police officers in the farming community of Sääksmäki, Finland, in March 1969. Lily and Generoso review the powerful fictionalized adaptation of this tragic incident.
Lily and Generoso review Smoking Causes Coughing, the newest creation from surrealist comic genius Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Mandibles) that follows the adventures and storytelling endeavors of the kaiju-fighting Tobacco Force!
Ink 19’s Roi J. Tamkin reviews Drumming With Dead Can Dance and Parallel Adventures, Peter Ulrich’s memoir of an artistic life fueled by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard’s remarkable friendship.
Tymisha Harris tells the story of Josephine Baker with the perfect mix of theater, history, and jazz in Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play.
Maggie McClure and Shane Henry are the singer-songwriter, husband-wife duo who join forces as The Imaginaries. Jeremy Glazier digs their creativity.
Ween announce first extensive tour since reuniting in 2016
In this installment, Christopher Long receives a massive love gift from his nail tech: a ravaged original vinyl pressing of the classic 1971 Alice Cooper LP, Killer, for free.