Swans
40 years on, Michael Gira and Swans continue to bring a ritualistic experience that needs to be heard in order to be believed. Featured photo by Reese Cann.
40 years on, Michael Gira and Swans continue to bring a ritualistic experience that needs to be heard in order to be believed. Featured photo by Reese Cann.
Rampen (apm: alien pop music) (POTOMAK). Review by Steven Cruse.
The Beggar (Mute / Young God Records ). Review by Steven Cruse.
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Human Impact (Ipecac Recordings). Review by Scott Adams.
If the LAPD is hassling your punk rock show, move it out into the desert and bus the punks out to party in peace.
The Seer (Young Gods Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Flutes, leather vests on bare skin, werewolf songs, and kids on stage. It’s not your average recipe for a rock show, but then, as Matthew Moyer points out, Faun Fables is not a rock band.
Liturgy crashes a party brought to you by indie buzz acts to 1: confuse fans who came out to see Sleigh Bells and Diplo, and 2: give Matthew Moyer a reason to show up.
Hissing Veils (Dais ). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Shadow Temple (Captured Tracks). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Freed of this Flesh (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.
My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky (Young God Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Interpol (Matador). Review by jeff schweers.
Renihilation (20 Buck Spin). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Shut Up and Bleed (Atavistic Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Enemy Mine (Jagjaguwar). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Monoliths and Dimensions (Southern Lord). Review by Matthew Moyer.
An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Black Fortress of Opium. Review by Matthew Moyer.
A.J. Croce celebrates the 50th anniversary of his father, Jim Croce’s, three ground breaking albums, with a nationwide tour of Croce Plays Croce.
High Above Harlesden 1978 - 2023 from On-U Sound collects 60 dub and reggae tracks from Creation Rebel, an astounding set of musicians.
Gerta O. Egy’s beautifully drawn fungi almost eclipse their fairyland habitats in her Mushroom Daydream Coloring Book.
One of the last of the classic wuxia swordplay films stands as a fitting coda to the grand period of the genre. Phil Bailey reviews a new Blu-ray release of the 1975 film The Valiant Ones.
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Smash Mouth takes us back to The Brady Bunch circa 1973, with “Sunshine Day,” featuring Barry Williams, the original Greg Brady.
Not everyone can be excited by blocks spinning on a screen, but if you are, Ian Koss recommends you pay attention to Best of Five.
The final two films in the bonkers Hong Kong action comedy series The Inspector Wears Skirts hit Blu-ray from 88 Films.
A pair of early “girls with guns” action films from superstars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock have arrived from 88 Films.