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The Chicago Sessions (New West Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Sound Salvation takes on current events with a playlist addressing the current fight for racial and social justice in America and the battles playing out in the streets in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.
Coriky is three musicians crumpling up their resumes, throwing them to the floor, and showing you exactly what they can do.
Cancel The Sun (Thirty Tigers). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Peter Laughner (Smog Veil Records). Review by James Mann.
Human Question (Bloodshot Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
I’m A Harmony (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.
AM/FM. Review by Stacey Zering.
The Siren’s Song (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
Clipper Ship (Three Lobed Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Hatteras Night, A Good Luck Charm (Houston Party/Labelman). Review by James Mann.
Duende (BOH Records). Review by James Mann.
Trace (Rhino/ Warner Bros. Records). Review by James Mann.
Still (Fantasy). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Neighborhood Veins (Potluck). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Skrang: Sounds Like Bobby Sutliff (Career Records). Review by James Mann.
Too Far to Care (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Sole Kitchen (In Music We Trust). Review by Carl F Gauze.
The Interpreter: Live at Largo (Maximum Sunshine Records). Review by Sean Slone.
This week, Christopher Long nearly fights a famed rock star in defense of his 1970s pin-up princess. To prove his point, Chris goes into his own garage and digs out his musty vinyl copy of the self-titled 1972 alt. country classic from Linda Ronstadt.
A former convict returns to London to avenge his former enemies and save his daughter. Carl F. Gauze reviews the Theater West End production of Sweeney Todd.
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.
