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Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (Candlelight). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (Candlelight). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
The Final Countdown and Balls To the Wall (Portrait/Epic/Legacy). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
A Fine Day to Exit (Koch/Music For Nations). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Go Forth (Frenchkiss/The Self-Starter Foundation). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Live Evolution (Sanctuary). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Dead Yuppies (Epitaph). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Supercharger (Roadrunner). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Greatest Hits (Deadline). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Sonic Excess in its Purest Form (Spitfire). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Revolution Revolucion (Roadrunner). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Uncivilization (Sanctuary). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Neither Of Gods and Annihilation (Hammerheart). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Yahweh or the Highway (Skin Graft). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Come Clean (Geffen/Flawless). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Know By Heart (Tiger Style/Southern). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
True Carnage (Metal Blade). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Fires At Midnight, Under a Violet Moon, and Shadow of the Moon (SPV/Steamhammer). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Northern Failures (Hydrahead). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Alien Breed (1991-2001) (Olympic). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
In Contrast of Tomorrow (Victory). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Twenty-three years after his Sonic Recipe for Love, Steve Stav writes a playlist for the brokenhearted victims of another corporate holiday: the first Valentine’s Day of the second Trump era.
Phil Bailey reviews Rampo Noir, a four part, surreal horror anthology film based on the works of Japan’s horror legend, Edogawa Rampo.
In this latest installment of his popular weekly series, Christopher Long finds himself dumpster diving at a groovy music joint in Oklahoma City, where he scores a bagful of treasure for UNDER $20 — including a well-cared-for $3 vinyl copy of Life for the Taking, the platinum-selling 1978 sophomore set from Eddie Money.
Ink 19’s Liz Weiss spends an intimate evening with Gregory Alan Isakov.
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar). Review by Peter Lindblad.
This week, Christopher Long goes “gaga” over discovering an ’80s treasure: an OG vinyl copy of Spring Session M, the timeless 1982 classic from Missing Persons — for just six bucks!
Both bold experiment and colossal failure in the 1960s, Esperanto language art house horror film Incubus returns with pre-_Star Trek_ William Shatner to claim a perhaps more serious audience.
You Can’t Tell Me I’m Not What I Used To Be (North & Left Records). Review by Randy Radic.