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Staff writer Christopher Long wedges his way into a private after-show soirée with reigning British pop-rock princess Lauran Hibberd. In the process, the 25-year-old singer songwriter reveals her passion for pop music, Disaronno, and Taco Bell.
It’s been 45 years since Chrissie Hynde initially hit her stride with the Pretenders, and she hasn’t slowed down for anybody since.
The Interpreter: Live at Largo (Maximum Sunshine Records). Review by Sean Slone.
Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull have joined forces as the gorgeously poetic pop group Bad Books, but fill their recent tour setlists with songs from their collective catalogs. Jen Cray enjoys the music, but yearns for an espresso or two.
Goodbye, Killer (Ashmont Records). Review by Sean Slone.
Shame, Shame (Anti-). Review by Sean Slone.
The Sea, The Sea (Self-Released). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Silver Lightning from a Black Sky (Division). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Stars & Curses. Review by Andrew Ellis.
Perhapst (In Music We Trust). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Wisely (Oglio Records). Review by Linda Tate.
How to Make a Bad Situation Worse? (In Music We Trust). Review by Tim Wardyn.
We Can Create (Mute). Review by Andrew Coulon.
The Drunken Dance of Modern Man in Love (Cutthroat Pop Records/In Music We Trust). Review by Tim Wardyn.
A Collection of Short Stories (Skyeyesea). Review by Carl F Gauze.
The Light Divides (Signature Sounds). Review by Sean Slone.
Nothin’ No (Secretly Canadian). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Syd Matters (V2 Records). Review by Sean Slone.
The Lawlessness of the Ruling Class (Hyrbis). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Friendly Fire (Capitol Records). Review by Matt Parish.
This week, Christopher Long reveals one of his most amazing vintage vinyl acquisitions: an original pressing of Aladdin Sane — the iconic 1973 slab from David Bowie. Why so amazing? He nabbed it for FREE!
Who’s Making You Feel It (Darkroom/Polydor/Capitol). Review by Danielle Holian.
Film noir meets Sci-fi horror in Evan Marlowe’s bizarre puppet film Abruptio. Phil Bailey promises you have never seen anything quite like it.
Cheerleader’s Wild Weekend, aka The Great American Girl Robbery, entered the fray in 1979 with its odd mashup of hostage drama, comedic crime caper, and good old fashioned T & A hijinks. Phil Bailey reviews the Blu-ray release.
In this latest installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long discovers and scores a secondhand vinyl copy of one of his all-time favorite LPs: 2XS (To Excess), the splendid 1982 flop from the iconic Scottish powerhouse, Nazareth.
A Murmuration of Capitalist Bees (Expert Work Records, Dipterid Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Author and longtime Ink 19 contributor Christopher Long kicks off the 2025 edition of his popular weekly Garage Sale Vinyl series with a bona fide banger: the blues-soaked, whisky-injected, self-titled 1971 debut record from Bonnie Raitt.
Hear My Song: The Collection, 1966 - 1995 (Madfish Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.