Tag: Erasure

Adam Ant

Adam Ant

Event Reviews

Adam Ant storms Orlando and proves that the ’80s are still alive. Jen Cray had to check it out for herself.

AFI

AFI

Event Reviews

AFI remind a sold-out Orlando crowd, and Jen Cray, that just because you’re emo doesn’t mean you can’t have fun.

Erasure

Event Reviews

The timeless appeal of Erasure wooed Jen Cray and a couple-thousand Orlando fans, who put on their party hats and left their inhibitions at home.

Cut Copy

Music Reviews

Zonoscope (Modular Recordings). Review by Jen Cray.

Sparks: No. 1 Songs In Heaven

Print Reviews

Lucky for us and Cherry Red Books, Dave Thompson is a HUGE Sparks fan. Matthew Moyer calls Sparks: No. 1 Songs in Heaven his strongest piece of writing yet.

Surfer Blood

Event Reviews

Surfer Blood stole the headlining spot right out from under tour mates The Pains of Being Pure at Heart for a semi-hometown Orlando gig, but Jen Cray doesn’t think that they earned it.

Pandemonium Live

Screen Reviews

Carl F Gauze appreciates the little things about this concert DVD/CD featuring The Pet Shop Boys.

Juliette & the Licks

Event Reviews

Celebrating Halloween in Orlando, Juliette & the Licks gave the crowd at The Social- and Jen Cray - the ultimate party.

Erasure

Event Reviews

In a celebration of all things shiny and happy, Erasure brought their circus of glitter to Orlando’s Hard Rock Live, and Jen Cray was there for the party.

Erasure

Music Reviews

Light At The End of The World (Mute). Review by Jen Cray.

Erasure

Music Reviews

Union Street (Mute). Review by Kiran Aditham.

Erasure

Event Reviews

Dance/pop darlings of the 80’s, Erasure, bring a flamboyant display of unadulterated fun to Orlando’s House of Blues. Jen Cray is pleasantly surprised.

Moonlife

Music Reviews

Reach the Stars (Planet XOX). Review by Kyrby Raine.

VH1 Classic

Screen Reviews

Do you feel alienated from the buy-everything teen demographic of MTV? Guest writer Jane Cora returns with a solution we would have all laughed at 20 years ago.

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Archive Archaeology

Archive Archaeology

Archive Archaeology

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Archive Archaeology: Phil Alvin

Archive Archaeology: Phil Alvin

Archive Archaeology

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.

A Darker Shade of Noir

A Darker Shade of Noir

Print Reviews

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.

Garage Sale Vinyl: The Time

Garage Sale Vinyl: The Time

Garage Sale Vinyl

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.

Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir

Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir

Interviews

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.

Garage Sale Vinyl: Bonnie Raitt

Garage Sale Vinyl: Bonnie Raitt

Garage Sale Vinyl

Ever-focused on finding (affordable) vinyl treasures, Christopher Long returns this week with his latest gem — a reasonably well-cared-for LP copy of The Glow, the 1979 studio classic from Bonnie Raitt.