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Dionysus (PIAS). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Dionysus (PIAS). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Back to the Woods (Dais Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Flutes, leather vests on bare skin, werewolf songs, and kids on stage. It’s not your average recipe for a rock show, but then, as Matthew Moyer points out, Faun Fables is not a rock band.
Far from being overly-serious and wonkish, Matthew Moyer finds Taraka and Nimai Larson (Prince Rama) to be funny, sarcastic, and in possession of minds that race from one idea to the next.
Zola Jesus creates a surreal and magical concert experience, Jen Cray learned at the songstress’ first ever Orlando date.
Conantus (Sacred Bones). Review by Jen Cray.
High Places (Thrill Jockey). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Lurker of Chalice (Southern Lord). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Cold (Silber Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Burning Circle And Then Dust (Silber). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Futurists Against The Ocean (Mimicry Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Moribund People (The End Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Thirteen Masks (Atavistic). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Reminiscence (Noir). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Whispering Wall (ROIR). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Second Nature (Ipecac Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Volunteers (Le Grand Magistery). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Scavenger Bride (Projekt). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Dave Aftandilian plays “20 Questions” with black tape for a blue girl (and Projekt Records) main man Sam Rosenthal, for an in-depth look at their new album, the scavenger bride.
Ishati (Projekt). Review by Dave Aftandilian.
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.