20/20 and Shoes
20/20–Look Out! / Ignition (Real Gone Music, Black Vinyl). Review by James Mann.
20/20–Look Out! / Ignition (Real Gone Music, Black Vinyl). Review by James Mann.
Together (Matador). Review by Sean Slone.
Dark Was the Night (Red Hot Organization). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Beast Moans (Jagjaguwar). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Beautiful Targets (Tee Pee Records). Review by Andrew Coulon.
A brilliant band with brilliant songs is hampered by the unforgiving sound of the Crystal Ballroom. Bob Ham was, for better or worse, there.
Mitch Easter, Let’s Active, the dBs, Rob Levy, interview
They don’t come more seminal than Mitch Easter, who has influenced music from both sides of the mixing board, with his band Let’s Active and as the producer for acts like REM, Pavement and Marshall Crenshaw. Rob Levy grabs a few moments with the busy man.
Mass Romantic (Mint). Review by James Mann.
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.