New Music Now 006: Earth From The Moon
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!
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!
International (Sacred Bones Records). Review by Alexa Harris.
Matthew Moyer gets all dreeeeeeeamy with Portland’s upstart dreampop army, pacific UV. They’ve just released an album that rivals Sigur Ros for lushness - what’s next?
Rest (The Kora Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Problem is Not a Problem Anymore (99 Hours of Secrets/Cerebral Cliff Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Kurr (Ever). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Live at the Fillmore (Interscope). Review by Addam Donnelly.
The Oaks are more than a band, they’re a humanitarian effort. Of the two founding members, one spent two years in Afghanistan helping refugees, while the other has a master’s in philosophy & environmental ethics. Jen Cray spoke with both Ryan Costello and Matt Antolick.
Ba Ba / Ti Ki / Di Do (Geffen). Review by Rob Levy.
Ba Ba / Ti Ki / Di Do (Geffen). Review by Rob Levy.
6 (Rune Grammofon/ECM). Review by Terry Eagan.
“Melodic with a touch of groove and an anemic, very white approach to the vocals, but still soulful.” Gail Worley talks to Johnny Marr, currently of The Healers and formerly of the Smiths, and manages to keep it together. Mostly.
On the Love Beach (Jagjaguwar). Review by Stein Haukland.
Meres Of Twilight (Silverthree). Review by Matt Cibula.
Sigur Ros, with Siggi Armann at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, WI on November 11, 2002. Concert review by Matt Cibula.
Lost Songs (Deep Elm). Review by Terry Eagan.
( ) (MCA). Review by Chad Perman.
Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat). Review by Stein Haukland.
Pathetic Me (TMT). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Concert addict Jeremy Glazier talked with A.J. Croce near the beginning of his year-long Croce Plays Croce tour about embracing his father’s music and his own while honoring both their familial bond and shared influences.
For Lily and Generoso, 2023 was a fantastic year at the cinema! They select and review their ten favorite films, six supplemental features, and one extraordinary repertory release seen at microcinemas, archives, and festivals.
The hidden gem of the French New Wave, Le Combat Dans L’île gets a lovely Blu-ray from Radiance Films.
This fall, Ani DiFranco brought new Righteous Babe labelmate Kristen Ford to Iowa City, where Jeremy Glazier enjoyed an incredible evening of artistry.
This week Christopher Long grabs a bag of bargain vinyl from a flea market in Mount Dora, Florida — including You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, the classic 1979 LP from Ian Hunter.
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.