Mixtape 161 :: Sand Angel
As individuals, Jay Som and Palehound each have their musical quirks and unique style. Together as Bachelor they plot a strange new course through the realm of dream pop.
As individuals, Jay Som and Palehound each have their musical quirks and unique style. Together as Bachelor they plot a strange new course through the realm of dream pop.
Ballad of the Runaway Girl (Bonsound). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Live At the Cathedral ( Hornblow Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Feels So Good ( TRC Records). Review by James Mann.
Lucy & Wayne and The Amairican Stream (). Review by James Mann.
High Violet (4AD). Review by Jeff Schweers.
The English Beat , a division of the Two Tone Army, invades Firestone Live in Orlando, but it’s opening band Fishbone that emerges victorious.
William Weikart , the mastermind behind the band Obscured by Clouds , is one literate and surprising person. Tim Wardyn unveils Weikart’s impressive cast of influences (including Chris Cornell and Baroque music), how ex-girlfriends contributed to one of the best songs on their album Psycheclectic, and how his bandmate Thee Slayer Hippy got his name.
Madvillainy 2 (Stones Throw). Review by S D Green.
Acoustic Philosophy II (Dark Moon Records). Review by Kyrby Raine.
Songs Sung Low from the British Highlands… John Hood explains why Elbow isn’t your average mope.
So maybe it doesn’t all fall on the same calendar. It all still merits a mention, or so James Mann thinks.
Black Feather Wings (Accurate). Review by Stein Haukland.
Dalaba/Frith/Glick Rieman/Kihlstedt (Accretions). Review by Matt Cibula.
The Evening Drag (Kimchee Records). Review by Terry Eagan.
Twinemen (Hi-N-Dry). Review by Kahlil Sadat.
Recordings of Music For Film (Warp). Review by Kiran Aditham.
When Morphine leader Mark Sandman collapsed and died in July of 1999, music l…
The Presidents of the United States of America are back (sort of) with a brand new album, Freaked Out and Small. Julio Diaz takes the opportunity to talk to Dave Dederer and Chris Ballew for a lot longer than you can possibly imagine about just about everything under the sun. We dare you to find a more extensive interview than this one!
The Night (Rykodisc/Dreamworks). Review by Anton Wagner
Earl is about to learn the Graboids have evolved and are deadlier than ever! Tremors 2: Aftershocks, the 1996 film by the original Tremors creative team, gets a 4k restoration for modern audiences.
Joe Stamm opens for Chris Knight at First Avenue Club in Iowa City, Iowa, and the audience is there for absolutely all of it.
This week Christopher Long is gifted a slightly scuffed, original vinyl pressing of Now & Then, the classic 1973 LP from the Carpenters, FOR FREE!
Just in time for the heavy metal Christmas shopping season, European author Alexandros Anesiadis delivers his latest — a thorough and riveting encyclopedia-type account of the hard-working DIY American bands that created an important underground music scene that’s well worth remembering.
In a beautiful testament to Peter Weir’s vision, the director’s 1985 classic, Witness, gets a fresh restoration from Arrow Video.
Ready for a cold one this season? We thought so! Enjoy, as Christopher Long reflects on his favorite VINYL releases of 2023 — an intoxicating (and satisfying) “six-pack,” to be sure.
Concert addict Jeremy Glazier talked with A.J. Croce near the beginning of his year-long Croce Plays Croce tour about embracing his father’s music and his own while honoring both their familial bond and shared influences.
For Lily and Generoso, 2023 was a fantastic year at the cinema! They select and review their ten favorite films, six supplemental features, and one extraordinary repertory release seen at microcinemas, archives, and festivals.
The hidden gem of the French New Wave, Le Combat Dans L’île gets a lovely Blu-ray from Radiance Films.