Mixtape 164 :: Radio Man ’56
The Fogerty Brothers are putting their upbringing to good use in the genuinely psychedelic outfit Hearty Har, parsing the electric sitars and paisleys of long ago into a legitimate translation.
The Fogerty Brothers are putting their upbringing to good use in the genuinely psychedelic outfit Hearty Har, parsing the electric sitars and paisleys of long ago into a legitimate translation.
Katie Crutchfield, performing as Waxahatchee, has been slowly and steadily building her repertoire and now her talent is overflowing her banks.
Congratulations (Sony/Columbia). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Susan’s in the Sky EP (Matinee). Review by Aaron Shaul.
What Goes Up Must Calm Down (Magic Marker). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Last Temptation of… (Gigantic). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Odd Church (Hybris). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Brimstone Solar Radiation Band (Big Dipper). Review by Aaron Shaul.
3WD (Gravitation). Review by Aaron Shaul.
If People In Planes don’t blow your mind then you’re not really listening! Jen Cray spoke with guitarist Peter Roberts about getting dropped from EMI and finding love in a foreign country.
JackInABox (Astralwerks). Review by Sean Slone.
Twice (Rough Trade). Review by Sean Slone.
Phantom Power (XL). Review by Sean Slone.
Something Fierce (self-released). Review by Stein Haukland.
Life On Other Planets (Island Records). Review by Sean Slone.
…Don’t Turn Me Off (Knw Yr Own). Review by Stein Haukland.
The Flying Tigers (Atlantic). Review by Stein Haukland.
Chauncey (Change). Review by Stein Haukland.
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.
Marleen Gorris’s first theatrical feature is a potent feminist look at the easily disposable lives of sex workers in Amsterdam. Phil Bailey reviews Broken Mirrors.
Late bloomer Tony Bowman spins a tale of past decades with a Jimmy Buffett soundtrack.
This week Christopher Long scores a timely treasure — a near-mint vinyl copy of The Dream Weaver, the classic 1975 LP from Gary Wright — for just eight bucks.