Fruit Bats
A River Running to Your Heart (Merge). Review by Judy Craddock.
A River Running to Your Heart (Merge). Review by Judy Craddock.
Blue Hearts (Merge). Review by Scott Adams.
Vessel of Love (Merge). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Getaway (Merge). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Beat the Champ (Merge). Review by Scott Adams.
Optica (Merge). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Miracle Temple (Merge). Review by Jen Cray.
Eight (Merge). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Copper Blue/Beaster EP & File Under: Easy Listening Reissues (Merge). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Reissues! (Merge). Review by Scott Adams.
Civilian (Merge). Review by Jeff Schweers.
= Sentridoh III (Merge). Review by jeff schweers.
Leaves in the Gutter (Merge). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Now or Heaven (Merge). Review by Andrew Coulon.
Can’t Wait Another Day (Merge). Review by Andrew Coulon.
God Save the Clientele (Merge). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Night of the Furies (Merge). Review by Aaron Shaul.
If Looks Could Kill (Merge). Review by Aaron Shaul.
To Go Home (Merge). Review by Aaron Shaul.
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.
Ever-focused on finding (affordable) vinyl treasures, Christopher Long returns this week with his latest gem — a reasonably well-cared-for LP copy of The Glow, the 1979 studio classic from Bonnie Raitt.