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RAT WARS (Loma Vista Recordings). Review by Steven Cruse.
RAT WARS (Loma Vista Recordings). Review by Steven Cruse.
Hey, Heartland America! Where’s the heart? In Go Ask Ogre, Jolene Siana welds a Skinny Puppy obsession into her painful Middle American adolescence. But Tom “Tearaway” Schulte assures us happy valleys await on the other side of the early ’90s, Midwest goth scene.
Jorge Galban reviews Skinny Puppy on their Greater Wrong of The Right US Tour.
Spend an hour with Al Jourgensen and you’re guaranteed to get a lot of dirt. But probably not quality dirt, like Gail Worley digs up. Reissues, the parting of ways with Paul Barker, and the dreaded Curse of Seattle – get a fresh pack and pour the wine for this one.
The Greatest Wrong of the Right (SPV). Review by Rob Levy.
Skinny Puppy,The Greatest Wrong of the Right,SPV Records,Rob Levy
From the subtleties of covering Magazine songs to prompting riots in Pearl Harbor, the Men of Ministry are not afraid to discuss anything. First of a two-part interview with Gail Worley.
Paul and Al spill the beans on the death of River Phoenix, Lenny Kravitz’ little secret, and messing with Spielberg’s head on the set of AI, as their informal chat with Gail Worley continues.
Interview by Gail Worley
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.