2020 on Fire
Sound Salvation takes on current events with a playlist addressing the current fight for racial and social justice in America and the battles playing out in the streets in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.
Sound Salvation takes on current events with a playlist addressing the current fight for racial and social justice in America and the battles playing out in the streets in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.
MITH (Jagjaguwar). Review by James Mann.
Trouble Man (Hipp-O Select/Motown). Review by Scott Adams.
Thirty-five years of Soul Train on three DVDs leaves Scott Adams with a serious ’70s jones.
Black Moses / Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak) (Stax). Review by Scott Adams.
Robert Mugge’s documentary about Al Green’s tragedy-strewn return to the Church is given the deluxe 25th Anniversary DVD treatment. Can Scott Adams get an amen?
Matt Parish looks into the eyes of soul at a recent Leon Russell show.
Chris Catania files a report from the Chicago stop of the hip-hoptastic Bounce Tour, featuring N.W.A. alumni and pop culture junkies-turned-rappers- like Madlib- alike. And of course, tour headliner and organizer, dj Peanut Butter Wolf.
Travelin’ On (King Mouse). Review by Andrew Ellis.
White Bread Black Beer (Nonesuch/Rough Trade). Review by Ben Varkentine.
eMOTIVe (Virgin). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Changing Into Me (). Review by Kyrby Raine.
Heart (Arts & Crafts). Review by Ben Varkentine.
Late Night Tales (Ultra Records). Review by Bill Campbell.
Liza Hearon talks to Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein about women in rock, Eddie Vedder and watching 13-year-olds make out in front of the stage.
Ten Thousand Mornings (Signature Sounds). Review by Matt Cibula.
Crack (Red Tide). Review by Matt Cibula.
The Way I Feel (Motown). Review by Bill Campbell.
Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life and Be Happy Anyway / Bliss Out v. 18 (Darla). Review by Henry “Hank” McCoy.
The ubiquitous trombonist has finally busted out with his first solo record, Cherry. Now Josh Roseman talks to Matt Cibula about what it’s like to be a “sex symbol rock-star trombone player.”
A.J. Croce celebrates the 50th anniversary of his father, Jim Croce’s, three ground breaking albums, with a nationwide tour of Croce Plays Croce.
High Above Harlesden 1978 - 2023 from On-U Sound collects 60 dub and reggae tracks from Creation Rebel, an astounding set of musicians.
Gerta O. Egy’s beautifully drawn fungi almost eclipse their fairyland habitats in her Mushroom Daydream Coloring Book.
One of the last of the classic wuxia swordplay films stands as a fitting coda to the grand period of the genre. Phil Bailey reviews a new Blu-ray release of the 1975 film The Valiant Ones.
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Smash Mouth takes us back to The Brady Bunch circa 1973, with “Sunshine Day,” featuring Barry Williams, the original Greg Brady.
Not everyone can be excited by blocks spinning on a screen, but if you are, Ian Koss recommends you pay attention to Best of Five.
The final two films in the bonkers Hong Kong action comedy series The Inspector Wears Skirts hit Blu-ray from 88 Films.
A pair of early “girls with guns” action films from superstars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock have arrived from 88 Films.