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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.
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.