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In this latest installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long discovers and scores a secondhand vinyl copy of one of his all-time favorite LPs: 2XS (To Excess), the splendid 1982 flop from the iconic Scottish powerhouse, Nazareth.
Cum on Feel the Hitz (BMG). Review by Scott Adams.
Bride of the Devil (Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
No Hope No Future (Brille Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Live At Budokan (Epic/Legacy). Review by Scott Adams.
Ruff Draft (Stones Throw). Review by S D Green.
Capture / Release (V2 Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
The Pleasures of Schizophrenia (Rock Garden). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Spring blooms with exciting new productions in Orlando’s vibrant Theater Scene! Carl Gauze loads up on antihistamines and reports on this season’s spores.
Keith Kofron and the League of Poetic Justice (Ohm Sound). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Won’t Reach the Fifth (Absolute Marketing). Review by Vinnie Apicella.
Hi-Fi Serious (Mammoth). Review by Stein Haukland.
Rèalistes (Kill Rock Stars). Review by Stein Haukland.
The Best of Britny Fox (Columbia/Portrait/Legacy). Review by David Lee Beowulf.
Alfred Sole’s Alice, Sweet Alice is a very Generation X movie, mirroring our 1970s lives in important and disturbing ways. Phil Bailey reviews the new 4K UHD version.
In 1977, Here at Last… Bee Gees …Live cemented the Bee Gees’ budding reputation as world-class master songsmiths. 46 years later, longtime Ink 19 writer Christopher Long nabs a well-loved $6 vinyl copy at a Florida flea market — replacing his long-loved and lost-to-the-ages original record.
All-American music legend Bonnie Raitt played the Riverwind Casino Showplace Theatre in Norman, Oklahoma, recently while on her Live 2025 international concert tour. Longtime Ink 19 contributor Christopher Long was there and got the goods.
“Little Dreaming” (Darkroom / Polydor / Capitol). Review by Danielle Holian.
Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same (Tapete Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Stories I Only Tell My Friends (Blackbird Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Bone Bells (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
