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Airless Midnight (Red Herring). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Airless Midnight (Red Herring). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Quema Quema Quema (Tiger’s Milk). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
These new collections of Christmas songs won’t have you saying “bah humbug”.
Dark Night of the Soul (Fat Possum). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Tess (Candy Cross Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Cleaver Lever (Shock Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band 50th Anniversary Collection (Legacy Recordings). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Jared Campbell shouts praises of Beats Antique and Lynx from the mountian tops, after experiencing their live shows in Orlando.
Lily and The Parlour Tricks sizzle up a hot summer night of swinging music in New York City, where May Terry time-warped her way back to the ’20s.
Man Man and the battle of Raleigh Moncrief: Hipster night at The Social, or a galactic group of multi-instrumentalists that give Jared Campbell hope for the state of music? You decide.
A Wasteland Companion (Merge Records). Review by Will Bernstein.
Apprentice to Ghosts (Lower 40 Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Alma. Review by Carl F Gauze.
Bad As Me (Anti). Review by James Mann.
I Recall Standing as if Nothing Could Fall (Dear Future Collective). Review by Andrew Ellis.
American Legacies (McCoury Music). Review by James Mann.
Darker the Night (In Music We Trust). Review by James Mann.
Gentry Bronson. Review by Robert Sutton.
Lucky for us and Cherry Red Books, Dave Thompson is a HUGE Sparks fan. Matthew Moyer calls Sparks: No. 1 Songs in Heaven his strongest piece of writing yet.
The National delivers an amazing, soulful, and rocking show at the House of Blues in Orlando that Jeff Schweers equates to a near religious experience.
Today’s Smmoth Jazz Roundup is a collection of short reviews of easy-to-listen-to jazz.
In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album (Jazz Detective). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (Elemental Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
40 years on, Michael Gira and Swans continue to bring a ritualistic experience that needs to be heard in order to be believed. Featured photo by Reese Cann.
The biggest astronomical event of the decade coincides with a long overdue trip to Austin, Texas.
Sofia and Louise have just graduated nursing school. They have no idea what they’ve signed up for.
At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976/1977 (Jazz Detective). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert in Avignon (Elemental Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Hamilton, Ontario rap artist Cadence Weapon drops Rollercoaster (MNRK Music) today.
Shall I compare thee to an “Old Bronco”? Sure, if thou art The Bacon Brothers.