Last Train to Nibroc
A WW2 love story set in rural Kentucky.
A WW2 love story set in rural Kentucky.
A Russian woman grows a tail. Amazingly, men find this attractive and she falls in love with a doctor and out of favor in her job.
No Ghost (Bella Union). Review by Jeff Schweers.
You, You’re History in Rust (Constellation). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Offshore (Secretly Canadian). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The protagonist of Small Town Odds is stuck in rural West Virginia, his dreams of college faded, working two jobs, caring for his daughter, drinking too much, and of course, dealing with the prospects of romance. For readers like Joe Frietze who’ve paid their dues to Small Town America, Jason Headley’s debut novel will strike more than one familiar chord.
Out Past the Lights (Grace & Parkinsong). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Kuutarha (Locust). Review by Aaron Shaul.
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Heron King Blues (Thrill Jockey). Review by Aaron Shaul.
A Walk with Rocco (Pagliacci). Review by Stein Haukland.
Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State (Asthmatic Kitty/Sounds Familyre). Review by Aaron Shaul.
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.