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Plastic Bouquet (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
Plastic Bouquet (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
When the Chorus Walks (Expel Records). Review by James Mann.
Let It Roll (Dahlia). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Be Careful What You Call Home (Home Tapes). Review by Aaron Shaul.
First Light’s Freeze (Asthmatic Kitty). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Get Down (FILM Guerrero). Review by Aaron Shaul.
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Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See (Luaka Bop). Review by James Mann.
Slingshot Professionals (Ryko). Review by James Mann.
The Paper Hearts (Clunk). Review by Stein Haukland.
The Twisted Heart of Country Music (Manteca World). Review by Stein Haukland.
The first time I listened to this recording, I listened to it “cold.” I did n…
Event Review by James Tritten
Bob Pomeroy gets into four Radio Rarities from producer Zev Feldman for Record Store Day with great jazz recordings from Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Cal Tjader, and Ahmad Jamal.
Bob Pomeroy digs into Un “Sung Stories” (1986, Liberation Hall), Blasters’ frontman Phil Alvin’s American Roots collaboration with Sun Ra and his Arkestra, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and New Orleans saxman Lee Allen.
Roi J. Tamkin reviews A Darker Shade of Noir, fifteen new stories from women writers completely familiar with the horrors of owning a body in a patriarchal society, edited by Joyce Carol Oates.
Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Feeling funky this week, Christopher Long gets his groove on while discovering a well-cared-for used vinyl copy of one of his all-time R&B faves: Ice Cream Castle, the classic 1984 LP from The Time, for just a couple of bucks.
During AFI Fest 2023, Lily and Generoso interviewed director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, whose impressive debut feature, City of Wind, carefully examines the juxtaposition between the identity of place and tradition against the powers of modernity in contemporary Mongolia.
Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Ever-focused on finding (affordable) vinyl treasures, Christopher Long returns this week with his latest gem — a reasonably well-cared-for LP copy of The Glow, the 1979 studio classic from Bonnie Raitt.