GOTH: A History
Founding member of The Cure Lol Tolhurst takes readers on a very personal tour of the people, places, and events that made goth an enduring movement and vital subculture, in GOTH: A History. Bob Pomeroy reviews.
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Villages
Dark Island (Sonic Records). Review by Judy Craddock.
Nashville Ambient Ensemble
Cerulean (Centripetal Force). Review by James Mann.
Mixtape 145 :: Gin Tonic State of Mind
The effervescent jangle of German trio A Tale of Golden Keys is intricately engineered to make your ears ask “what was that?”
Dead Can Dance
Dionysus (PIAS). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Spahn Ranch
Back to the Woods (Dais Records). Review by Scott Adams.
The Roses
Dreamlover (Group Tightener Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
The Oyster Murders
Mourning Birds EP (Independent). Review by Carl F Gauze.
45 Grave: June 2013
Matthew Moyer unveils the secrets of this month’s 45 Grave.
Dot Hacker
Dot Hacker (EP) (ORG Music). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Elaine LaChica
I Think I Can See the Ocean (Stunning Models On Display). Review by Jeff Schweers.
Film School
Fission (hi-speedsoul). Review by jeff schweers.
Book of Love
Book of Love, Lullabye, Candy Carol, Lovebubble (Noble Rot). Review by Scott Adams.
The Mary Onettes
Islands (Labrador Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Lightning Dust
Infinite Light (JagJaguwar). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Phosphorescent
Phosphorescent bathed Jacksonville in a pool of saturated country rock, fairly drenching Matthew Moyer in the glory.
Zaki Ibrahim
Operating in a genre dominated by paint-by-numbers R&B, Zaki Ibrahim paints soul – outside the lines – with a purple paint brush. S D Green talks to the emergent Canadian soulstress about globalism in her sound, the unlikely influence of Tom Waits, and why critics refuse to believe Canadian artists have soul.
Lycia
Cold (Silber Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Little Name
How to Swim and Live (Sleepy). Review by Linda Tate.
Lycia
The Burning Circle And Then Dust (Silber). Review by Matthew Moyer.
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