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The winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2021 Viennale, The Tale of King Crab has documentarians Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis creating their first hybrid-fiction feature, which expands on the provocative mythologies birthed in the town of Vejano, Italy. Generoso and Lily review this immersive and imaginative film.
Black Sabbath (Idelsohn Society For Musical Preservation). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Logan (Cedar Fever Records). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Mondo Dell’Orrore (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Scott Adams travelled all the way to Chicago to scope out the veteran indie label’s birthday. And with Big Black , Scratch Acid and the Didjits , amongst other label mainstays, reforming just for the event, there was no way he would leave disappointed.
Find the Sun (Sick Room). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Freeze! (Coalition Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
We Are All Sluts of Trust (Chemikal Underground). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Rise, Rise, Rise (Narnack). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Rise, Rise, Rise (Narnack). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Australasia (Hydrahead). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
The Spirituality (Threespheres). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Daniel Mitchell enjoys the occasional musico-archaelogical jaunt through the wonderful world of Ohio record shop dollar bins; what follows are his top 19 finds of 2003.
Split 7” (What Else?). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Death Metal is For (Bifocal Media). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
At Crystal Palace (Troubleman). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Pretest (Relapse Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Flattening Mountains and Creating Empires (Redwood Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Chicago noise veteran Todd Trainer has been pounding drums for the likes of Big Black, Riflesport and lately, Shellac. Daniel Mitchell discusses men’s hair products with the man.
Color Sympathy (Clearly). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
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.