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Shitty Times Volume 3. Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Shitty Times Volume 3. Review by Julius C. Lacking.
The first wave of UK punk crested and shrank back, but the Mekons are still thrashing and foaming.
M. Ward could get by on his smoky velvet voice alone, but he also happens to be a supreme connoisseur of what alert musicians call songcraft.
Sweet Candy Power (Good Charamel Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Sounds Like Music (Omnivore Recordings ). Review by James Mann.
Learn what piece of vinyl various pop stars first purchased in their youth.
Soulfire Live! (Wicked Cool Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Brimming with compelling interviews, and bursting with action-packed concert performances, this newly-released DVD documentary provides music enthusiasts with a riveting, behind-the-scenes look at one of rock’s most influential festivals.
Barry Goldberg reminisces about his lengthy careerin the music biz, a career that is still thriving, during an interview with Michelle Wilson.
Another Night: The Sire Recordings 1979-1981 (Omnivore). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Shonen Knife play their first show in Tampa. If their fans have their way, it won’t be Shonen Knife’s last visit. Bob Pomeroy fills in the details.
Carrboro (Bloodshot Records). Review by James Mann.
The Damned was the first UK punk band to release an album. Join Captain Sensible and David Vanian as they look back over their long and winding career.
s/t Cassette EP (Infinity Cat). Review by Jen Cray.
Adventure (Good Charamel Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
White Reaper Does It Again (Polyvinyl). Review by Jen Cray.
The People Are Home (Recess Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Snake Oil (Cleopatra Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Big Words Make the Baby Jesus Cry, Dark Clouds Gather over Middlemarch, The Great Boston Molasses Flood. Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Songs about Cars, Space and The Ramones (New! Records). Review by James Mann.
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar). Review by Peter Lindblad.
This week, Christopher Long goes “gaga” over discovering an ’80s treasure: an OG vinyl copy of Spring Session M, the timeless 1982 classic from Missing Persons — for just six bucks!
Both bold experiment and colossal failure in the 1960s, Esperanto language art house horror film Incubus returns with pre-_Star Trek_ William Shatner to claim a perhaps more serious audience.
You Can’t Tell Me I’m Not What I Used To Be (North & Left Records). Review by Randy Radic.
In this latest installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long is betrayed by his longtime GF when she swipes his copy of Loretta Lynn’s Greatest Hits Vol. II right out from under his nose while rummaging through a south Florida junk store.