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The Bells of Spring (Dais). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Small Black EP (Jagjaguwar). Review by Matthew Moyer.
In and Out and Back Again (HoZac). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Death To God (Noise On Noise). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Priceless Concrete Echoes (Citizen). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Can’t Come Down (Rainbow Quartz). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Sleepwalker (Vibraphone). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Nord (Radar Swarm). Review by Matthew Moyer.
To The Moon (Claire Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
In A Different Place: Atmosphere Inspired Songs From The NW (Reverb). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Life of the Party EP (RCA). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Mitch Easter, Let’s Active, the dBs, Rob Levy, interview
They don’t come more seminal than Mitch Easter, who has influenced music from both sides of the mixing board, with his band Let’s Active and as the producer for acts like REM, Pavement and Marshall Crenshaw. Rob Levy grabs a few moments with the busy man.
The Shore (Maverick). Review by Stein Haukland.
Safety in Numbers (Deep Elm). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Waves: Seventeen original BBC recordings from the Radio 1 sessions (1990-1994) (The First Time). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
A Music Sampler (Ba Da Bing). Review by Stein Haukland.
Monster Zero (Loveless). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads (Bella Union). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Five years have passed since the release of the The Tree House, the remarkable hybrid documentary film by director Trương Minh Quý. Việt and Nam is Trương’s first fiction feature, and with about a week before it screens at AFI Fest in Los Angeles, Lily and Generoso had an in-depth discussion with Trương about his ethereal and complex film.
Judy Craddock has a pulled pork sandwich after Colby Acuff’s set, not missing a beat of Midland’s wild west tour stop. Grand Junction, Colorado, gets “lucky sometimes.”
The granddaddy of old dark house mysteries, The Bat (1926) creeps onto Blu-ray from Undercrank Productions.
The Shadow Boxing, a neglected part of the Chinese Hopping Vampire cycle, returns on a spooky Blu-ray from 88 Films.