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No need to worry about offending delicate sensibilities with this playlist. We’re not talking about profanity, so just take the title at face value.
No need to worry about offending delicate sensibilities with this playlist. We’re not talking about profanity, so just take the title at face value.
The Smashing Pumpkins’ return to glory is weird but brilliant. Jen Cray basks in over three hours of nostalgia and artistry.
Billy Corgan is The Smashing Pumpkins and, as a recent Orlando show proved to Jen Cray , his cast of brand new bandmates brings a whole new fist of fury to the band’s sound and performance.
Bitter Hands Resign (Sonic Unyon). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Hold On Love (Saddle Creek). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Digger vocalist Chris Benner, one of the The Grand Ole Men of Punk-Pop, takes time from endless touring to talk with Stein Haukland… about endless touring. And more!
Sarah Veladora (self-released). Review by Stein Haukland.
Gravy (Gravyrock). Review by Vanessa Bormann.
Tribute to the Smashing Pumpkins (Vitamin). Review by Julio Diaz.
American Hi-Fi (Island). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Odyssey Number Five (Universal). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
Adore (Virgin). Review by Drew Id
A.J. Croce celebrates the 50th anniversary of his father, Jim Croce’s, three ground breaking albums, with a nationwide tour of Croce Plays Croce.
High Above Harlesden 1978 - 2023 from On-U Sound collects 60 dub and reggae tracks from Creation Rebel, an astounding set of musicians.
Gerta O. Egy’s beautifully drawn fungi almost eclipse their fairyland habitats in her Mushroom Daydream Coloring Book.
One of the last of the classic wuxia swordplay films stands as a fitting coda to the grand period of the genre. Phil Bailey reviews a new Blu-ray release of the 1975 film The Valiant Ones.
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Smash Mouth takes us back to The Brady Bunch circa 1973, with “Sunshine Day,” featuring Barry Williams, the original Greg Brady.
Not everyone can be excited by blocks spinning on a screen, but if you are, Ian Koss recommends you pay attention to Best of Five.
The final two films in the bonkers Hong Kong action comedy series The Inspector Wears Skirts hit Blu-ray from 88 Films.
A pair of early “girls with guns” action films from superstars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock have arrived from 88 Films.