News Feed for Saturday, July 8
In the news today: Sundara Karma, Peter Gabriel, Kristin Hersh, Wet Leg, Depeche Mode, Cinema Cinema!, Thor, Swans, The Voidz, Metric, Noel Gallagher, Garbage
In the news today: Sundara Karma, Peter Gabriel, Kristin Hersh, Wet Leg, Depeche Mode, Cinema Cinema!, Thor, Swans, The Voidz, Metric, Noel Gallagher, Garbage
Blue Weekend (RCA). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Carl F. Gauze reviews this graphic novel about a dystopian prison society obsessed with sewage and fighting.
Little Deaths (Fraternity As Vanity). Review by Jen Cray.
May Terry gets an audio-visual taste of East meets West with the L.A. shoegazing ethereal rock band, Io Echo, at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ.
2:54 (Fat Possum). Review by Jen Cray.
RJ Bowen knows that She Wants Revenge is a dish best served cold at the Club@Firestone in Orlando. Wait, that makes no sense whatsoever…
Cultivation (Stinky). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Bizarre Love Triangle (Planet XOX). Review by Kyrby Raine.
Face The Strange (DCide Records). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Based On Actual Events (Shiverstar Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
From the Land of Volcanos (The Control Group). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Safety in Numbers (Deep Elm). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
For Never and Ever (Atlantic). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Music for the Maases 2 (Hope / Kinetic). Review by Stein Haukland.
Log 22 (Palomine / Hidden Agenda). Review by Ian Koss.
In It But Not of It (self-released). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
The Blessing of Curses (Invisible). Review by Bettie Lou Vegas.
Gift (Hip-O). Review by James Mann.
Shakedown (The Label). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
Earl is about to learn the Graboids have evolved and are deadlier than ever! Tremors 2: Aftershocks, the 1996 film by the original Tremors creative team, gets a 4k restoration for modern audiences.
Joe Stamm opens for Chris Knight at First Avenue Club in Iowa City, Iowa, and the audience is there for absolutely all of it.
This week Christopher Long is gifted a slightly scuffed, original vinyl pressing of Now & Then, the classic 1973 LP from the Carpenters, FOR FREE!
Just in time for the heavy metal Christmas shopping season, European author Alexandros Anesiadis delivers his latest — a thorough and riveting encyclopedia-type account of the hard-working DIY American bands that created an important underground music scene that’s well worth remembering.
In a beautiful testament to Peter Weir’s vision, the director’s 1985 classic, Witness, gets a fresh restoration from Arrow Video.
Ready for a cold one this season? We thought so! Enjoy, as Christopher Long reflects on his favorite VINYL releases of 2023 — an intoxicating (and satisfying) “six-pack,” to be sure.
Concert addict Jeremy Glazier talked with A.J. Croce near the beginning of his year-long Croce Plays Croce tour about embracing his father’s music and his own while honoring both their familial bond and shared influences.
For Lily and Generoso, 2023 was a fantastic year at the cinema! They select and review their ten favorite films, six supplemental features, and one extraordinary repertory release seen at microcinemas, archives, and festivals.
The hidden gem of the French New Wave, Le Combat Dans L’île gets a lovely Blu-ray from Radiance Films.