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The first wave of UK punk crested and shrank back, but the Mekons are still thrashing and foaming.
Bride of the Devil (Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
How Dare You? (Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Fresh Blood For Tired Vampyres (Metropolis Records ). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Human Zoo ( Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party. Review by Carl F Gauze.
Mustang (Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Heartbeats and Brainwaves (Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Zodiac (Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Electric Six set the crowd on fire at Orlando’s best small club. Carl F Gauze was close enough to get singed.
Ian Koss has seen the future of boy bands, and boy, does it have one #&@% of a potty mouth. Skip the bar, and settle in for the latest batch of music to piss off your parents.
Where Did All My People Go (Long Nights, Impossible Odds). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Carl F Gauze takes an armchair tour through old Atlanta, courtesy of Zeus Henderson’s super-8 camera.
It matters not that they seem to play The Social every six months or so, Orlando will always come out, drink up, and have a great time to the sounds of Detroit’s Electric Six. Jen Cray finally showed up to see what all the fuss was about.
Fire (XL / Beggars). Review by Stein Haukland.
“Melodic with a touch of groove and an anemic, very white approach to the vocals, but still soulful.” Gail Worley talks to Johnny Marr, currently of The Healers and formerly of the Smiths, and manages to keep it together. Mostly.
Danger! High Voltage (XL/Beggars Banquet). Review by Kiran Aditham.
All-American music legend Bonnie Raitt played the Riverwind Casino Showplace Theatre in Norman, Oklahoma, recently while on her Live 2025 international concert tour. Longtime Ink 19 contributor Christopher Long was there and got the goods.
“Little Dreaming” (Darkroom / Polydor / Capitol). Review by Danielle Holian.
Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same (Tapete Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Stories I Only Tell My Friends (Blackbird Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Bone Bells (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
In this installment of his popular weekly series, Christopher Long recalls rolling up on a used record joint in Myrtle Beach where he scored a clean and quiet vinyl copy of Hermit of Mink Hollow, the 1978 masterpiece from Todd Rundgren, for just $2.
Ink 19 spoke with Brendan James to discuss the inspiration behind Chasing Light, his uniquely alluring sound, and why he makes music.
Serving as an inspirational beacon for aspiring musicians and artists — women and men alike — Beat Keepers: The Next Chapter may not be a big-budget feature, but its heartbeat is HUGE!