Garage Sale Vinyl: The Beatles
This week Christopher Long visits his local flea market and comes home with a banger — an early vinyl pressing of the Beatles 1970 classic, Let it Be — for a buck!
This week Christopher Long visits his local flea market and comes home with a banger — an early vinyl pressing of the Beatles 1970 classic, Let it Be — for a buck!
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: GIDEON, Woz, Pussy Riot, Woody Guthrie, Kamala Harris, Vinyl, George Harrison, Tenacious D, Animals As Leaders
Black Horse Records issues a second definitively packaged volume of Joe Strummer’s musical career. Charles DJ Deppner reflects.
Jacob Slade. Review by Stacey Zering.
He was the creative driver of the original incarnation of The Guess Who, and the originator of Bachman-Turner Overdrive. For Canadian rock fans, he is an icon, but for American fans, he’s just “oh yeah, that guy.”
It was a night of songs and stories with Croz and friends.
TX Jelly (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
Clipper Ship (Three Lobed Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Midnight Highway (Provogue/Mascot Label Group). Review by Michelle Wilson.
2 (Reprise Records). Review by James Mann.
Travels (Hitchhike Records). Review by James Mann.
The Coming Tide (Bloodshot). Review by James Mann.
Living by the Days (Real Gone Music). Review by James Mann.
Ghost on the Canvas (Surfdog Records). Review by Sean Slone.
McCartney and McCartney II (Reissued) (MPL communications). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Goodbye, Killer (Ashmont Records). Review by Sean Slone.
Connected (Larkio Music). Review by Matt Parish.
OK Go and opening acts The Booze and Earl Greyhound rock Firestone Live in Orlando.
Does that sound like the Beatles to you? Author Kristofer Engelhardt delivers an updated version of his exhaustive 1998 guide, detailing the individual Beatles’ musical contributions to other artists’ recordings.
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.
This fall, Ani DiFranco brought new Righteous Babe labelmate Kristen Ford to Iowa City, where Jeremy Glazier enjoyed an incredible evening of artistry.
This week Christopher Long grabs a bag of bargain vinyl from a flea market in Mount Dora, Florida — including You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, the classic 1979 LP from Ian Hunter.
Bob Pomeroy gets into four Radio Rarities from producer Zev Feldman for Record Store Day with great jazz recordings from Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Cal Tjader, and Ahmad Jamal.
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.
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.
Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
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.
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.
Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.