Kinks
Part 1. Lola Versus The Powerman and The Moneygoround (ABKCO, BMG). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Part 1. Lola Versus The Powerman and The Moneygoround (ABKCO, BMG). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
1967 (Mint 400 Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Small Faces and From the Beginning (Hip-O Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Congratulations (Sony/Columbia). Review by Matthew Moyer.
#1 Record/Radio City (Concord Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
On the Chewing Gum Floor (K Records). Review by Andrew Coulon.
Live At Budokan (Epic/Legacy). Review by Scott Adams.
Lonely People of the World, Unite! (Mousse). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Spazz Out With The Shemps (Reservation Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Sing Me a Song (Sonic Boomerang). Review by Terry Eagan.
Honeyspot (Turquoise Mountain). Review by Stein Haukland.
Vells (Luckyhorse Industries). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Life On Other Planets (Island Records). Review by Sean Slone.
Triptych (Rubric). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Learning About Your Scale (Asthmatic Kitty). Review by Kurt Channing.
Say You’re a Scream (Kindercore). Review by Kurt Channing.
BBC Sessions 1964 - 1977 (BMG). Review by Anton Warner.
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.