See You in Miami (Y&T). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Memphis Rent Party (Fat Possum Records). Review by James Mann.
Punk heroes unite to give a rowdy look at the classic L.A.M.F. album 40 years down the road.
Lydia Loveless bares her soul in this riveting film.
Friday Night Is Killing Me (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Dirty Pictures Pt. 1 (Contender Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Blues & Ballads: A Folksinger’s Songbook: Volumes I & II (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
The Phage EP (Burger Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Water Walker (Rock Ridge Music). Review by James Mann.
Guns N’ Roses… well, sort of… arrive “fashionably” late to their first US show in over five years. Jen Cray is still trying to decide if Axl Rose can shoulder the legendary metal band on his own.
Divine Providence (Partisan Records). Review by James Mann.
Rock & Roll Submarine (UO Records). Review by Sean Slone.
The Black Dirt Sessions (Partisan Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
The lineup isn’t as important as the experience when it comes to the Van’s Warped Tour. Jen Cray smeared on some sunblock and took in the annual summertime tradition when the traveling circus hit Orlando.
In The Dark (ATO). Review by Joe Frietze.
Alex Chilton died March 17 in New Orleans. James Mann remembers the man who gave so much to so many.
#1 Record/Radio City (Concord Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
In light of the recent charges levied against Jammie Thomas-Rasset in the RIAA’s case against her, we’ve unearthed this review on Steal This Music, a book concerning the history of copyright in music.
Leaves in the Gutter (Merge). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Matthew Moyer spends a quiet night in with TSOL.
Two men play 8 characters, and a staff of stage hand ghosts build a campy comedy of British faded nobility banished to the moorlands for the crimes of poverty and aristocracy.
Get Your Groove! (American Showplace Music). Review by Michelle Wilson.
Let’s visit an America attacked by birds that peck us to death at high tide. Not sure how things are going in Phoenix.
Basso-tenor Dustin Cunningham hits the low notes in this very masculine evening of cabaret.
The Eclipse Sessions (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
Horrors of Malformed Men begs for a Midnight Movie release.
After the Salem Witch trials, the pain continued for years to come.
Soulfire Live! (Wicked Cool Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
New Wave Rockers Midge Ure and Paul Young brought their co-headlining tour to Orlando, and Michelle Wilson was there to enjoy two of her favorites from the ’80s.
High Water I (Eagle Rock Entertainment). Review by Jeremy Glazier.