News Feed for Thursday, May 25
In the news today: Marc Ribot, The Bad Plus, Buck Meek, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Lzzy Hale, Ashley McBryde, Jenny Lewis, Converge, Smoking Popes
In the news today: Marc Ribot, The Bad Plus, Buck Meek, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Lzzy Hale, Ashley McBryde, Jenny Lewis, Converge, Smoking Popes
The Hideout Sessions (Pravda). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
The Smoking Popes remind us of a time when Pop/Punk wasn’t an insult, and bands didn’t have to try so hard to be cool. The recently reunited Chicago band brought their sounds to Orlando and Jen Cray checked in for the fun.
Lady Melody (Kung Fu). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
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Volume & Density (Asian Man Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Volume & Density (Asian Man Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Songs To ____ To (SideCho). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Various Artists (Double Zero Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
The Party’s Over (Double Zero Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
The Measure of All Things (Springman). Review by Brian Broccoli.
A young dancer becomes a legal genius in this fun and fast musical comedy.
Forgotten ’70s action film Fear Is the Key is as gritty as the faces of the men who populate it. Phil Bailey reviews the splashy new Blu-ray.
Coffin Joe returns in a comprehensive Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.
Bob’s been looking for a replacement copy of the rare John Cale release Sabotage/Live (1979, Spy Records) since 1991. He still hasn’t found a copy at a reasonable price, but a random YouTube video allowed him to listen and reminisce.
Hidden gem and hallmark of second-generation martial arts film, 1978’s The Shaolin Plot manages to provide a glimpse of things to come. Charles DJ Deppner reviews Arrow Video’s pristine Blu-ray release, which gives this watershed masterpiece the prestige and polish it richly deserves.
The HawtThorns invite you to soar, with the premiere of “Zero Gravity.”
There’s nothing as humiliating as a cattle call. Unless it’s a cattle call in your undies.