The Current (Potomak ). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
If the LAPD is hassling your punk rock show, move it out into the desert and bus the punks out to party in peace.
Bang Messiah (Smog Veil). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Animal Collective put the hip-pie in hip-ster, so why was the Orlando audience so ornery? S D Green ponders the lack of love at the concluding date of the band’s recent tour with Black Dice.
The Unified Pounding Theory (Innova Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Beautiful People Ltd. (Atavistic Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
A dangerously high-quality DVD release of a Bad Seeds gig at Le Transbordeur, Lyon, France, 8th June 2001… Matthew Moyer is transported and somehow manages to get in a review from the other side.
October (Transparent). Review by Kiran Aditham.
WAT (Mute Records). Review by Matthew Damascus.
Strategies Against Architecture III (1991-2001) (Mute). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Tom “Tearaway” Schulte rounds up a shitload of new compact discs and other media, ripe for the pickings in this holiday season. Come on, Cold Meat Industry product in the X-Mas stocking is enough to make any little girl or boy dance for joy.
Flow (Thirsty Ear). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
The Death of Last Year’s Man EP and Tableland (Emperor Jones). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Einsturzende Neubauten (Nothing/Interscope). Review by Matthew Moyer
Event Review by Rob Lawi
2×4 (ROIR). Review by drew West
Yacht Rock Revue’s “Hot Dads In Tight Jeans” Tour rolled into Central Florida and wowed the sold-out crowd with their tribute to ’70s and ’80s light rock hits. Michelle Wilson was there and loved every minute!
Guitarist Juewett Bostick opens up about his new album Shades of Blu and his musical journey.
The Gods travel to Setzuan province looking for one good person.
Two best friends sing their favorite modern pop tunes.
Taking the World by Storm (APO Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze
Lucio Fulci’s gore classic comes to life on this 3 disc Blu-ray release.
Ignored upon release, Marty Stuart’s The Pilgrim is now regarded as a classic of the genre. Read how it came to be in this lavish look.
