Steve Earle
Guitar Town (MCA / Universal). Review by Hal Horowitz.
Guitar Town (MCA / Universal). Review by Hal Horowitz.
The Soul and the Edge: The Best of Johnny Paycheck (Sony Legacy). Review by James Mann.
Fashion Over Function (Tooth & Nail). Review by Daniel L. Mitchell.
Features Editor James Mann tells of the night five spuds from Ohio changed his life…
The Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell (Telarc Blues). Review by James Mann.
Goddess in the Doorway (Virgin). Review by James Mann.
Déjà Vu (Beat). Review by Vanessa Bormann.
Custom/10 (self-released). Review by James Mann.
Fear Not the Obvious (Bloodshot). Review by Nicholas Vroman.
In an unconventional interview, Gail Worley gets an in-depth, song-by-song look at the influences that inspire Buckcherry guitarist Keith Nelson. His answers just may surprise you!
All Is Dream (V2). Review by Sean Slone.
Loud And Clear (Doghouse). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
The Greenhornes (Telstar). Review by Julio Diaz.
Flowers (spinART). Review by Gail Worley.
Hello (Alternative Tentacles). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Eleni Mandell isn’t your average, run-of-the-mill female singer/songwriter. Turning her back on computer-aided recording and “perfection,” she opts for a warts-and-all sound that’s as influenced by the music of the thirties and forties as it is by modern day rock n’ roll. Phil Bailey learned more from this fiercely independent artist.
Event Review by Cindy Harper
This week, cuddly curmudgeon Christopher Long finds himself feeling even older as he hobbles through a Florida flea market in pursuit of vinyl copies of the four infamous KISS solo albums — just in time to commemorate the set’s milestone 45th anniversary.
Starting with small-time jobs, two gangsters take over all the crime in Marseilles in this well-paced and entertaining French film. Carl F. Gauze reviews the freshly released Arrow Video Blu-ray edition of Borsalino (1970).
Aaron Tanner delivers 400 pages of visual delights from the ever-enigmatic band, The Residents, in The Residents Visual History Book: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2.
Two teenage boys build a sexy computer girlfriend with an 8-bit computer… you know the story. Carl F. Gauze reviews Weird Science (1985), in a new 4K UHD Blu-ray release from Arrow Films.
Cauldron Films’ new UHD/Blu-ray release of Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) preserves one of the best Italian horror films, according to Phil Bailey.
Marleen Gorris’s first theatrical feature is a potent feminist look at the easily disposable lives of sex workers in Amsterdam. Phil Bailey reviews Broken Mirrors.
Late bloomer Tony Bowman spins a tale of past decades with a Jimmy Buffett soundtrack.