Matt Sweeney + Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Superwolves (Drag City). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Superwolves (Drag City). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Esker (Drag City). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Fanatic Voyage (Drag City). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Low-budget posters for lo-fi bands that made the 1980’s bearable in Louisville Kentucky.
Physical Emotions (Drag City). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Rad Times Express IV (Drag City). Review by Jen Cray.
Overloaded Ark (Drag City). Review by Aaron Shaul.
III (Drag City). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Wyrd Meme (Drag City). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Spoils (Drag City). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh (Drag City). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Overture: Live in Nippon Yusen Soko 2006 (Drag City). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Blow It Up, Burn it Down, Kick It Til It Bleeds (Drag City). Review by Omar de la Rosa.
No Earthly Man (Drag City). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Sand and the Stars (Drag City). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Sand and the Stars (Drag City). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Beet Maize & Corn (Drag City). Review by Sean Slone.
Farewell Sorrow (Drag City). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Spirituals (Drag City). Review by Stein Haukland.
Insignificance (Drag City). Review by David Sussex.
For Lily and Generoso, 2023 was a fantastic year at the cinema! They select and review their ten favorite films, six supplemental features, and one extraordinary repertory release seen at microcinemas, archives, and festivals.
The hidden gem of the French New Wave, Le Combat Dans L’île gets a lovely Blu-ray from Radiance Films.
This fall, Ani DiFranco brought new Righteous Babe labelmate Kristen Ford to Iowa City, where Jeremy Glazier enjoyed an incredible evening of artistry.
This week Christopher Long grabs a bag of bargain vinyl from a flea market in Mount Dora, Florida — including You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, the classic 1979 LP from Ian Hunter.
Bob Pomeroy gets into four Radio Rarities from producer Zev Feldman for Record Store Day with great jazz recordings from Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Cal Tjader, and Ahmad Jamal.
Bob Pomeroy digs into Un “Sung Stories” (1986, Liberation Hall), Blasters’ frontman Phil Alvin’s American Roots collaboration with Sun Ra and his Arkestra, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and New Orleans saxman Lee Allen.
Roi J. Tamkin reviews A Darker Shade of Noir, fifteen new stories from women writers completely familiar with the horrors of owning a body in a patriarchal society, edited by Joyce Carol Oates.
Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Feeling funky this week, Christopher Long gets his groove on while discovering a well-cared-for used vinyl copy of one of his all-time R&B faves: Ice Cream Castle, the classic 1984 LP from The Time, for just a couple of bucks.
During AFI Fest 2023, Lily and Generoso interviewed director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, whose impressive debut feature, City of Wind, carefully examines the juxtaposition between the identity of place and tradition against the powers of modernity in contemporary Mongolia.
Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.