News Feed for Monday, June 19
In the news today: Ministry, Arlo Parks, Arctic Monkeys
In the news today: Ministry, Arlo Parks, Arctic Monkeys
Sound Salvation is resurrected with a howlingly good Halloween playlist that will weak the dead at your All Hallow’s Eve bash.
Iconic store, label, & genre-maker, Wax Trax!, celebrates with a new documentary & accompanying soundtrack!
Adam Ant storms Orlando and proves that the ’80s are still alive. Jen Cray had to check it out for herself.
Rosenkopf (Wierd). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Absolute Dissent (Spinefarm/Universal). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Dog Ear Days. Review by Matthew Moyer.
Lords of Acid allows the return to Orlando’s classic ’90s rave club, and all we can muster is two lousy glow sticks?
Monument to Time End (Southern Lord). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Revolting Cocks’ Lubricatour Tour sideswipes Orlando, nearly creaming Phillip Haire.
Martin Atkins imparts the wisdom of several decades worth of punk rock self-sufficiency into one book. Except for predictable sections on sex and drugs, Rob Ward is impressed.
Does Martin Atkins really expect folks to spend money on a DVD that promotes a book that bands can spend money on to learn how to save money on the road? Andrew Coulon hopes not.
Six (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Cover Up (Megaforce/13th Planet). Review by Kiran Aditham.
After watching this DVD, Crystal Lee is regretting forking over the 40 dollars to see NIN live. This DVD kicks so much more ass than the live show. Private concert anyone??
245t (CdBaby). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Last Sucker (13th Planet Records). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Al Jourgensen sounds off on the end of Ministry, its lauded history and plenty on politics. And he’s not going out quietly. Kiran Aditham has more with Uncle Al.
The Masterba_Tour_ is the Al Jourgensen show. Headlined by Ministry and also featuring Jourgensen’s longtime side project, Revolting Cocks, it’s an evening of industrial, experimental metal, and mayhem. Jen Cray finds herself front and center.
A young dancer becomes a legal genius in this fun and fast musical comedy.
Forgotten ’70s action film Fear Is the Key is as gritty as the faces of the men who populate it. Phil Bailey reviews the splashy new Blu-ray.
Coffin Joe returns in a comprehensive Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.
Bob’s been looking for a replacement copy of the rare John Cale release Sabotage/Live (1979, Spy Records) since 1991. He still hasn’t found a copy at a reasonable price, but a random YouTube video allowed him to listen and reminisce.
Hidden gem and hallmark of second-generation martial arts film, 1978’s The Shaolin Plot manages to provide a glimpse of things to come. Charles DJ Deppner reviews Arrow Video’s pristine Blu-ray release, which gives this watershed masterpiece the prestige and polish it richly deserves.
The HawtThorns invite you to soar, with the premiere of “Zero Gravity.”
There’s nothing as humiliating as a cattle call. Unless it’s a cattle call in your undies.