Garage Sale Vinyl: The Partridge Family
In this final installment of his year-long series, Christopher Long rediscovers a true pop-rock treasure — a well-loved, six-dollar vinyl copy of Sound Magazine, the 1971 stinger from The Partridge Family.
In this final installment of his year-long series, Christopher Long rediscovers a true pop-rock treasure — a well-loved, six-dollar vinyl copy of Sound Magazine, the 1971 stinger from The Partridge Family.
Episode 006 is a live review of new music by Aldous Harding, Suki Waterhouse, Destroyer, and Earth From The Moon. Catch it while it’s hot!
Sea Glass (Susan James Music). Review by Rose Petralia.
Restless Ones (Partisan Records). Review by Rose Petralia.
Lest Melbourne lag behind the trendsetters, Open Mike’s hosts a variety of swell weekly open-mic events. Rose Petralia sat in on a Jazz Jam, but she had beer, not wine.
Tookah (Rough Trade US). Review by Rose Petralia.
Hey, kids of the Baby Boom era! Eat your nostalgia – and like it!
Raleigh Briggs, our DIY best friend, returns with practical instruction for maintaining clothes, food, and home with neither fuss nor muss.
Two Gallants graciously return to stage to woo the fans that love them – a lot.
Driving Toward the Sun (MRI Associated). Review by Rose Petralia.
Sadie’s allergic to peanuts, and everyone knows it.
Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar). Review by Rose Petralia.
Medicine County (Transdreamer). Review by Rose Petralia.
Mojo (Reprise / Wea). Review by Rose Petralia.
Laws of Illusion (Arista). Review by Rose Petralia.
Ayun Halliday gathers the punk rock inside scoop on NYC. Read Zinester’s Guide to NYC from the comfort of your friend’s Brooklyn sofa – and don’t forget the hostess gift.
NA$TYJAM$ (Sharing Machine). Review by Rose Petralia.
Present Passed (Postfact Records). Review by Rose Petralia.
American Gong (Kill Rock Stars). Review by Rose Petralia.
Gasoline Lollipops’ newest single, “Freedom Don’t Come Easy,” is today’s mother lovin’ punk rock folk anthem.
Frank Henenlotter’s gory grindhouse classic Basket Case looks as grimy as the streets of Times Square, and that is one of the film’s greatest assets. Arrow Video gives this unlikely candidate a welcome fresh release.
Despite the Mother’s Day factor, hundreds of fervent, faithful followers still flocked to Orlando’s famed Plaza Live to catch an earlybird set from Jimmy Failla — one of the hottest names on today’s national comedy scene.
Ink 19 readers get an early listen and look at “Cool Sparkling Water,” a new single from Lonnie Walker.
Jeremy Glazier has a bucket list day at a Los Lobos 50th Anniversary show in Davenport, Iowa.
Carl F. Gauze reviews the not-quite one-woman show, Always… Patsy Cline, based on the true story of Cline’s friendship with Louise Seger, who met the star in l961 and corresponded with Cline until her death.
Carl F. Gauze reviews this interesting look at the surprising history and scandalous etymology of jazz, in Weird Music That Goes On Forever, by Bob Suren.
Two new releases from Free Dirt Records use sound and music to tell stories about our history.
A lady Tarzan and her gorilla have a rough time adapting to high society in Lorraine of the Lions (1925), one of four silent films on Accidentally Preserved: Volume 5, unleashed by Ben Model and Undercrank Productions, with musical scores by Jon C. Mirsalis.