Bethany Thomas
BT/She/Her. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
BT/She/Her. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The first wave of UK punk crested and shrank back, but the Mekons are still thrashing and foaming.
I spent my pandemic “vacation” taking online courses and playing with TicTok. Veteran musicians the Mekons and Yo La Tengo spent their time making music.
Deserted (Bloodshot Records). Review by James Mann.
S/T (Bloodshot Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Fanatic Voyage (Drag City). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Love & Bombs (Yep Roc). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Operators Are Standing By: The Essential Gary Lucas 1988-1996 (Knitting Factory). Review by James Mann.
A highly subjective listing of 19 things from 2002 that stuck in Bob Pomeroy’s head and would not leave even when asked politely.
Bob Pomeroy pokes holes in the old maxim about rock n’ roll being a young man’s game with profiles of the Ex, Mekons, and Sonic Youth.
Stories Often Told (Yep Roc). Review by Sean Slone.
New Deal (Bloodshot). Review by Rob Walsh.
I Have Been to Heaven and Back: Hen’s Teeth and Other Lost Fragments of Unpopular Culture Vol. 1 (Quarterstick). Review by Ian Koss
Me (Quarterstick). Review by Ian Koss
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.