News Feed for Saturday, May 13
In the news today: Liam Gallagher, Oasis, David Byrne, St. Vincent, Sparks, My Morning Jacket
In the news today: Liam Gallagher, Oasis, David Byrne, St. Vincent, Sparks, My Morning Jacket
Circuital (Deluxe Edition) (ATO). Review by Judy Craddock.
The mysterious Orville Peck is a modern cowboy marvel, a rare and legendary masked man with a dusty guitar and a lonesome coyote howl.
Remember You (Edgeout Records/UME). Review by Michelle Wilson.
Heroes, Guns and Snakes. Review by Al Pergande.
Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to Shel Silverstein (Sugar Hill Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Infinite Arms (Columbia). Review by Sean Slone.
Shame, Shame (Anti-). Review by Sean Slone.
Dark Was the Night (Red Hot Organization). Review by Tim Wardyn.
First-time author and rock-concert veteran Steve Weinberger has written perhaps the funniest overview of the mosh-pit population ever. Like a mad scientist, Weinberger categorizes and analyzes every species of concertgoer in No Air Guitar Allowed, painting them with deft satirical strokes and a surprisingly empathetic eye. Ink 19 and Weinberger discuss how he spent years of his life illustrating the differences between KISS and indie-rock fans.
I’m Not There: Original Soundtrack (Sony Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Million Lifetimes (Girlfight). Review by Jen Cray.
Nothin’ No (Secretly Canadian). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Second Guessing (Amish). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Brimstone Solar Radiation Band (Big Dipper). Review by Aaron Shaul.
It Still Moves (ATO). Review by Aaron Shaul.
For a brief while, James Mann puts the old 78s down and clues us in on those few things he liked in 2003 that weren’t around in 2002.
Youth & Young Manhood (RCA). Review by Sean Slone.
Always a master of doing-it-later, Ian Koss highlights his procrastination prowess with this roundup of records that didn’t quite get reviewed in their proper time frame.
Volume 17 (Darla). Review by Ian Koss.
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.