Mixtape 121 :: So We Won’t Forget
The world of Khruangbin is made up of velvet sunsets, shimmering dunes, and cool river rocks. There’s also a guitar, some drums, and a bass. And lately, vocals.
The world of Khruangbin is made up of velvet sunsets, shimmering dunes, and cool river rocks. There’s also a guitar, some drums, and a bass. And lately, vocals.
When An Electric Storm. (Educational Recordings) Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Delusions of Grandeur (Red Eye Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Body builder Thor tries and ultimately falls short in this rock and roll documentary.
Tongue & Groove (Raw Toast Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Before the Coca Cola Company co-opted Santa, he was one mean mutha.
After 30 years in the music industry, producer, songwriter and musician Larry Dvoskin has released a set of his own music. Gail Worley finds out why it took so long.
Reimaginator. Review by Joe Frietze.
This Is Thirteen (VH1 Classics). Review by Duncan B. Barlow.
Nowhere does the line between Fantasy, Reality and Comedy blur more than in the music industry. Carl Gauze reports on the pseudonymous Mixerman’s journal of one album gone quite wrong. Or quite right, for the reader at home.
In which Kevin Johanssen punks a famous independent actor/director/composer/supermodel. Warning: contains profanity. And Vincent Gallo.
Black Holiday in Mexico City (Shut Eye Records and Agency). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Fancy (Prawn Song Records). Review by Cindy Barrymore.
Hot Tub of Blood (Death by Karaoke). Review by Carl F Gauze.
To coincide with their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour, Iron Maiden has released a double DVD that delivers a live concert from 1984 for the fans, and three hours of behind the scenes documentaries for the historians. Jen Cray has a marathon viewing of all things Maiden to better understand why the band is so important.
The Hives are opening up for Maroon 5 on the r&b act’s major US tour. Jen Cray was at the Orlando date- take a guess what band brought her in.
The Wind At Four To Fly (Diamond Riggs). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Party Animals (Abucus Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Canned Heat 1969-1999: The Boogie House Tapes Volume 2 (Ruf Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Benson Burner (Jetset). Fair and Balanced Review by Stein Haukland.
This week, Christopher Long nearly fights a famed rock star in defense of his 1970s pin-up princess. To prove his point, Chris goes into his own garage and digs out his musty vinyl copy of the self-titled 1972 alt. country classic from Linda Ronstadt.
A former convict returns to London to avenge his former enemies and save his daughter. Carl F. Gauze reviews the Theater West End production of Sweeney Todd.
This week, cuddly curmudgeon Christopher Long finds himself feeling even older as he hobbles through a Florida flea market in pursuit of vinyl copies of the four infamous KISS solo albums — just in time to commemorate the set’s milestone 45th anniversary.
Starting with small-time jobs, two gangsters take over all the crime in Marseilles in this well-paced and entertaining French film. Carl F. Gauze reviews the freshly released Arrow Video Blu-ray edition of Borsalino (1970).
Aaron Tanner delivers 400 pages of visual delights from the ever-enigmatic band, The Residents, in The Residents Visual History Book: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2.
Two teenage boys build a sexy computer girlfriend with an 8-bit computer… you know the story. Carl F. Gauze reviews Weird Science (1985), in a new 4K UHD Blu-ray release from Arrow Films.
Cauldron Films’ new UHD/Blu-ray release of Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) preserves one of the best Italian horror films, according to Phil Bailey.