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BBC Maida Vale Sessions (Warp Records). Review by James Mann.
BBC Maida Vale Sessions (Warp Records). Review by James Mann.
Argentum Dreams (8D Industries). Review by Steven Garnett.
Illinois River Valley Blues (Thrill Jockey). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Elevator (EP) (Independent). Review by Carl F Gauze.
m b v. Review by James Mann.
Adam Pierce, head mouseketeer in the rhythm-heavy, fuzz-laden collective known as Mice Parade, chats with Ink 19 about his process – and lack thereof.
See Mystery Lights (DFA records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Fans of cutting-edge electronic music most likely have Michael Rother to thank. Rother was one of the prime movers in a German music scene, dubbed krautrock, that still sets the standard for exciting, weird, and groovy music. Ink 19 had the pleasure of chatting with Rother, who seems as comfortable with creating new music as he is with being a careful archivist of the music and legacy of his previous bands.
Psychic Psummer (Important). Review by Aaron Shaul.
We Started Nothing (Columbia Records). Review by Andrew Coulon.
Dichotomies and Dreamland (Aloft Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Radiation (Celebrity Lifestyle). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Daughters and Suns (Magic Marker). Review by Aaron Shaul.
We Can Create (Mute). Review by Andrew Coulon.
Easy Tensions (Orange). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Last Temptation of… (Gigantic). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Blow It Up, Burn it Down, Kick It Til It Bleeds (Drag City). Review by Omar de la Rosa.
Absolute Noon (Hometapes). Review by Aaron Shaul.
La Fin Du Monde (Boompa). Review by Kiran Aditham.
To The Moon (Claire Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
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.
Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.