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The English Beat refuses to die with the ’80s. Ink 19’s Robert M. Sutton chats with The Beat’s Dave Wakeling about the early days of the 2-Tone ska revival in England and the challenge of taking the past back into the future.
The Sounds take a night off from their opening stint on No Doubt’s big tour to seduce an excited Orlando audience, Jen Cray among them.
Bent Perspective. Review by Robert M. Sutton.
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (RemLo Productions). Review by Jen Cray.
The Dollyrots and Suffrajett conquer a small crowd in Orlando, Jen Cray included.
What is in a name? Well, Mortimer Taylor Coleridge, Professor Fillmore Skinny, and Bertrand Fuddle suggest oddly mannered eccentrics contrived to knee-jerk the reader into a fantastical parallel world where it’s all evolutionary biology, hot dogs and Gwen Stefani. S D Green explores whether or not it’s a world worth visiting.
EP (Sony). Review by Jen Cray.
My Dear (TVT). Review by Jen Cray.
The Fabulous Rudies (Fun One Records ). Review by Chris Catania.
Both Before I’m Gone (Blackheart). Review by Jen Cray.
Cultivation (Stinky). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Sweet Weaponry (Heinous/Doghouse). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Catch Me If You Can! (TFY). Review by Stein Haukland.
Catch Me If You Can! (TFY). Review by Stein Haukland.
Everything Goes Numb (Victory). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Slut Bomb (Dead Teenager). Review by Aaron Shaul.
September (Solid State). Review by Stein Haukland.
Shakedown (The Label). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
They’re just making a name for themselves in the States, but in their native Australia, teen-friendly rockers Killing Heidi create a frenzy of Backstreet Boys proportions wherever they go. Gail Worley gets to the root of the madness with drummer Adam Pedretti.
A.J. Croce celebrates the 50th anniversary of his father, Jim Croce’s, three ground breaking albums, with a nationwide tour of Croce Plays Croce.
High Above Harlesden 1978 - 2023 from On-U Sound collects 60 dub and reggae tracks from Creation Rebel, an astounding set of musicians.
Gerta O. Egy’s beautifully drawn fungi almost eclipse their fairyland habitats in her Mushroom Daydream Coloring Book.
One of the last of the classic wuxia swordplay films stands as a fitting coda to the grand period of the genre. Phil Bailey reviews a new Blu-ray release of the 1975 film The Valiant Ones.
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Smash Mouth takes us back to The Brady Bunch circa 1973, with “Sunshine Day,” featuring Barry Williams, the original Greg Brady.
Not everyone can be excited by blocks spinning on a screen, but if you are, Ian Koss recommends you pay attention to Best of Five.
The final two films in the bonkers Hong Kong action comedy series The Inspector Wears Skirts hit Blu-ray from 88 Films.
A pair of early “girls with guns” action films from superstars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock have arrived from 88 Films.