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High Violet (4AD). Review by Jeff Schweers.
High Violet (4AD). Review by Jeff Schweers.
S D Green peels back the tuxedo and gets an earful – about celebrities living in cardboard boxes, Carrot Top pooing into a trunk, and even a little bit about Hamburger’s new album, Neil Hamburger Sings Country Winners.
All The Walls Are Bare (Film Guerrero). Review by Stein Haukland.
The Creek Drank the Cradle (Sub Pop). Review by Terry Eagan.
Tiltawhirl (Future Farmer). Review by Stein Haukland.
Tom “Tearaway” Schulte has probably listened to it and reviewed it before you’ve even heard of it. This month he includes vinyl reviews and longer pieces on Tom Waits and Fred Frith.
Notes Left Out (One Mad Son). Review by Stein Haukland.
The Jefferson Fracture (Big Sleep). Review by Terry Eagan.
Mark Eitzel, with For Stars at The Sapphire Supper Club in Orlando, FL on July 2, 2001. Concert review by Terry Eagan.
Caught in a Trap and I Can’t Back Out ‘Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby (Matador). Review by Terry Eagan
The Shadow Boxing, a neglected part of the Chinese Hopping Vampire cycle, returns on a spooky Blu-ray from 88 Films.
Daniel Rachel gives us a comprehensive account of the 2 Tone Records label and the innovative ska bands who fueled the movement in Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation.
Our Ancestors Swam to Shore (Free Dirt / PM Press). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Jason Vorhees is back in 2009’s soft reboot of Friday the 13th, and it is time for a re-evaluation of the most recent film in the long running franchise.
Squeeze and Boy George dazzle in Clearwater, Florida, as Michelle Wilson ticks two off her Bucket List.
Three strong women oust their evil boss and bring reasonable policies to the workplace in this hit musical.
Marvelous martial arts masterpiece To Kill a Mastermind is finally released from the Shaw Brothers’ vault.
Possessing all the coziness of a gawk-worthy car crash, Permanent Damage, the salacious memoir from the notorious, outrageous “groupie” Miss Mercy Fontenot and celebrated pop culture journalist Lyndsey Parker, provides a surprise payoff.