Mixtape 129 :: Heroes and Villains
In order to locate the psychedelic rainbow treasure trove that is Joey Joesph, you will have to navigate and defeat countless auto-corrects.
In order to locate the psychedelic rainbow treasure trove that is Joey Joesph, you will have to navigate and defeat countless auto-corrects.
Two artists look at fathers and sons - Doug Hoekstra experiences Springsteen on Broadway.
(I Can’t Get No) Stevie Jackson (Banchory Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Carl Gauze reviews 19 important people who died this year and just didn’t get the Ink they deserved. Spoiler alert: it was a bad year for Jacks.
Keep This Love Goin’ (Clang! / Big Notes). Review by Carl F Gauze.
How do you dethrone the “King of Pop”? Let the current king disappear to Bahrain and get sued for $7 million by an Arab sheik; take your kaleidoscopic and playful songs to California’s Westlake Studios where Michael Jackson recorded Thriller; or simply be a boy named Pop. Pop Levi goes 2 of 3 and emerges with Never Never Love, an album shot through with the ghosts of Prince, MJ, and R. Kelly. S D Green and the musical shape-shifter talk the process of Pop.
Matt Parish looks into the eyes of soul at a recent Leon Russell show.
Introducing (I and Ear). Review by Jen Cray.
Pennsylvania’s best-kept secret, a little band called Illinois , is about to go out on a large-scale U.S. tour with The Kooks. Their EP is one of Jen Cray’s latest mailbox treasures, so she called up singer/songwriter Chris Archibald for a chat.
Reunion (Fuel 2000). Review by Carl F Gauze.
HotSocky (Billtown USA). Review by – Gail Worley.
Ready Ready Set Go (Hollywood). Review by Stein Haukland.
Just Me (Davy Jones Productions). Review by James Mann.
The Wrecks feed fans butter and whiskey at the Beacham Theater as RJ Bowen steps up for a taste.
Mommyheads announce new cerebral pop-prog record; share first song/video
Jack White on a big, fat roll with Entering Heaven Alive.
Henry Hall dances to own tune and not that of famous mother Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Third Eye Blind & Alexis Krauss (Sleigh Bells) Share Live Version of “Losing a Whole Year / Screamer,” Neutralizing Carbon on 2022 Tour
Spend an evening in this prohibition-era hot spot somewhere up in Harlem.
KnuckleBonz Rock Iconz Collectible Statue Honors Metallica’s Cliff Burton
A delightful stop motion animation about a snail separated from his tribe.