The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
This week, Christopher Long has his local used record dealer on all fours, digging up a true treasure: a near-mint vinyl copy of Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet, the 1982 pop-rock classic from Rick Springfield — for only $6.
In the news today: Renee Rapp, Spider-Man, Is For Lovers Festival, George Winston, Noel Gallagher, Foo Fighters, Mantra of the Cosmos, Happy Mondays, Oasis, Ride, supergroup, Jason Isbell, The 400 Unit, Alice Phoebe Lou, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Miyazaki, Wilco, Allison Russell, Brian Eno, Queens of the Stone Age, Phantogram, Viagra Boys, tour news, Drug Church
In the news today: Jason Heeter, Moldy Peaches, Creeper, Slam Dunk Festival, Boston Manor, Slam Dunk Festival, Cynthia Weil, Ronnie James Dio, Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, Foo Fighters, LGBTQIA Rock Icons, Weird Nightmare, Ramones, The Lonely Together, Turnstile, I Think You Should Leave, Tim Robinson, The Mysterines
In the news today: The Natvral, Be Your Own Pet, MESS, Portola Fest 2023, Seattle Freakout Fest, George Harrison, Allyson McCabe, Sinéad O’Connor, Paul Simon, The Cadillac Three, The Natvral, Marie Dahlstrom, Sipprell, Kristin Hersch, Foo Fighters, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I Think You Should Leave, Tim Robinson, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, TMNT movie, Unearth, Guns N’ Roses, Alice in Chains, Pretenders, Carrie Underwood, Lagwagon, Caroline Polachek, Radio City, Ethel Cain, True Blue, Kruder & Dorfmeister, tour news
In the news today: Roosevelt, U.S. Girls, Model/Actriz, Crumb, Palm, Outline Summer at Knockdown Center, Cruel World, Iggy Pops, Echo and the Bunnymen, Love and Rockets, Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Helloween, Swimming Paul, Maynard James Keenan, 100 gecs
In the news today: Osees, Death Cab For Cutie, Foo Fighters, Queens Of The Stone Age, Riot Fest, The Cure, The Mars Volta, The Postal Service, Turnstile, The Sisters of Mercy, Andy Rourke, The Smiths, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer, Knower, Patti Smith, Pavement, The Walkmen, The National
Chrissie Hynde has become relentless.
No need to worry about offending delicate sensibilities with this playlist. We’re not talking about profanity, so just take the title at face value.
So It Is (Legacy). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
“Ring Spiel” Tour ‘95 (Columbia Records). Review by James Mann.
Human Performance (Rough Trade). Review by Jen Cray.
Pleasure to Meet You (Pocket Kid Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Pioneering ’90s emo band Rye Coalition were close enough to stardom to taste it. So what happened?
Jack White plays Jacksonville, FL for the first time ever and gives the sold-out audience, and Jen Cray, a night they won’t soon forget.
An expansive and exhaustive behind-the-scenes account of Nirvana’s meteoric rise to fame, and the untimely death of its iconic frontman, Kurt Cobain.
Sparkle and Shine (Reckless Grace Music). Review by James Mann.
This is the End of Control (Hollywood). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers sell out Orlando’s Amway Arena with the grace and ease of a well-seasoned band with nothing to prove. Jen Cray joins in with the masses on some memorable sing-alongs.
Sugar Daddy Live (Ipecac Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Various Artists (Armoury Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
This week, Christopher Long nearly fights a famed rock star in defense of his 1970s pin-up princess. To prove his point, Chris goes into his own garage and digs out his musty vinyl copy of the self-titled 1972 alt. country classic from Linda Ronstadt.
A former convict returns to London to avenge his former enemies and save his daughter. Carl F. Gauze reviews the Theater West End production of Sweeney Todd.
This week, cuddly curmudgeon Christopher Long finds himself feeling even older as he hobbles through a Florida flea market in pursuit of vinyl copies of the four infamous KISS solo albums — just in time to commemorate the set’s milestone 45th anniversary.
Starting with small-time jobs, two gangsters take over all the crime in Marseilles in this well-paced and entertaining French film. Carl F. Gauze reviews the freshly released Arrow Video Blu-ray edition of Borsalino (1970).
Aaron Tanner delivers 400 pages of visual delights from the ever-enigmatic band, The Residents, in The Residents Visual History Book: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2.
Two teenage boys build a sexy computer girlfriend with an 8-bit computer… you know the story. Carl F. Gauze reviews Weird Science (1985), in a new 4K UHD Blu-ray release from Arrow Films.
Cauldron Films’ new UHD/Blu-ray release of Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) preserves one of the best Italian horror films, according to Phil Bailey.
