These New Puritans
Hidden (Domino). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Hidden (Domino). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Love Comes Close (Matador). Review by Kiran Aditham.
May I Meet My Accuser (Imaginary Conflict). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Playing The Angel (Sire/Reprise/Mute). Review by Jorge C. Galban.
Dreamweb (Metropolis Records). Review by Jorge C. Galban.
Kaskade (Metropolis Records). Review by Jorge C. Galban.
After 11 years of not speaking to one another, the Pixies are back together and touring. The fans come out in droves, as the band sells out show after show, including a recent trip to Orlando. Jen Cray reports.
Tubed (Emperor Norton). Review by Stein Haukland.
Danger! High Voltage (XL/Beggars Banquet). Review by Kiran Aditham.
R.U.O.K? (Run). Review by Dan Stapleton.
Suture (Invisible). Review by Matthew Moyer.
T (Metropolis). Review by Jorge C. Galban.
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.