Mixtape 161 :: Sand Angel
As individuals, Jay Som and Palehound each have their musical quirks and unique style. Together as Bachelor they plot a strange new course through the realm of dream pop.
As individuals, Jay Som and Palehound each have their musical quirks and unique style. Together as Bachelor they plot a strange new course through the realm of dream pop.
Into the Lime (Ashmont Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
What begins as a reunion pub crawl for five friends turns into a night of booze, bodies, and the bizarre, delving deeper into chaos as it leads to redemption, love, loss, and hope at a pub called The Worlds End.
With a riotous sonic assault that nearly brought down the balcony at the Bowery Ballroom, Superchunk showed they still have the fire and intensity of their youth, kicking out the jams, shredding the wallpaper, and bringing the noise to a very enthusiastic crowd that included Jeff Schweers.
Two Sunsets (Domino). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Bricolage (Slumberland). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Now or Heaven (Merge). Review by Andrew Coulon.
Can’t Come Down (Rainbow Quartz). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Susan’s in the Sky EP (Matinee). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Every Kind of Light (Ryko). Review by Sean Slone.
Stereo Blues (Action Musik). Review by Sean Slone.
Action Pact (Koch). Review by Stein Haukland.
Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds: A Shortcut to Teenage Fanclub (Jetset). Review by Troy Jewell.
Twice (Rough Trade). Review by Sean Slone.
Free Expression (Action Musik). Review by Sean Slone.
Can’t Hear Nothin’ (Panic Button / Lookout!). Review by Stein Haukland.
Son of Evil Reindeer (Pias America / Bright Star). Review by Matt Cibula.
55th Anniversary Super Deluxe Double LP (Don Giovanni Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Macabre masterpiece The House that Screamed gets a stunning Blu-ray makeover, revealing a release good enough to convert non-believers. Phil Bailey reviews.
Ink 19’s Stacey Zering talks with writer Doug Bratton, who takes us inside his indie murder mystery comic book series, Isolation.
On today’s show, Charley Deppner, Eszter Balint, and Pat Greene enjoy a discussion of terror, punk rock, and the duality of musical genius.
In this episode, Jeremy Glazier talks with Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono of The Mother Hips, just as their entire back catalog is released on vinyl in partnership with the Blue Rose Foundation.
This week, savvy shopper Christopher Long scores an abused vinyl copy of The Long Run, the 1979 Eagles classic, from a local junkie for a pack of smokes and a can of pop.
Black Holes Are Hard to Find (Nemu Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Carl F. Gauze reviews his second As You Like It in three days, the latest a candy-colored complexity from Rollins College’s Annie Russell Theatre.