The Church
Further/Deeper (Unorthodox). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Further/Deeper (Unorthodox). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Neighborhood Veins (Potluck). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Nanobots (Idlewild). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Big Words Make the Baby Jesus Cry, Dark Clouds Gather over Middlemarch, The Great Boston Molasses Flood. Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Fade (Matador). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Almanac (Captured Tracks). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Eight (Merge). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
The Bears for Lunch. Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Copper Blue/Beaster EP & File Under: Easy Listening Reissues (Merge). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Split 12” (PotLuck/Tangible Formats). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Into Nostalgia EP (Breakfast Mascot). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
I Could Sleep for a Thousand Years (Second Motion Records). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Logan (Cedar Fever Records). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Duck Kee Sessions EP (CyTunes.org). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
How does one begin to plan the future of a country that deliberately uses late-night TV as a form of birth control? E.J. Iannelli mulls over the possibilities that IT mogul Nandan Nilekani dreams up in his book Imagining India.
Walking Papers EP (Grand Palace). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Chub EP (Cedar Fever Records). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Romanian Names (Dead Oceans). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Did rock ‘n’ roll begin and end with classic rock? Has there been a single landmark rock album since 1978? Eric J. Iannelli went looking for answers in I Hate New Music , Dave Thompson’s blustery “classic rock manifesto,” but all he found was a man with questionable beliefs shouting at him.
Can’t Come Down (Rainbow Quartz). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
A young dancer becomes a legal genius in this fun and fast musical comedy.
Forgotten ’70s action film Fear Is the Key is as gritty as the faces of the men who populate it. Phil Bailey reviews the splashy new Blu-ray.
Coffin Joe returns in a comprehensive Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.
Bob’s been looking for a replacement copy of the rare John Cale release Sabotage/Live (1979, Spy Records) since 1991. He still hasn’t found a copy at a reasonable price, but a random YouTube video allowed him to listen and reminisce.
Hidden gem and hallmark of second-generation martial arts film, 1978’s The Shaolin Plot manages to provide a glimpse of things to come. Charles DJ Deppner reviews Arrow Video’s pristine Blu-ray release, which gives this watershed masterpiece the prestige and polish it richly deserves.
The HawtThorns invite you to soar, with the premiere of “Zero Gravity.”
There’s nothing as humiliating as a cattle call. Unless it’s a cattle call in your undies.