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Classic Album: Joe Jackson — I’m The Man

Aug 23, 2019 | Music, Reviews | 0

I came to Joe Jackson by chance. It was the summer of 1980, and I was in the passenger seat of my big brother’s forest-green Plymouth Barracuda…

Ride — This Is Not A Safe Place

Aug 22, 2019 | Music, Reviews | 0

This Is Not A Safe Place is Ride’s second album since reforming in 2014. By now, we should all be familiar with their back story: inventors of the shoegazer scene…

The Regrettes — How Do You Love?

Aug 20, 2019 | Music, Reviews | 0

The Regrettes How Do You Love? Warner I got into The Regrettes pretty soon after their first...

Old Punk Rockers on Big Comfy Couches: Epix’s Punk

Aug 19, 2019 | Reviews, Television | 0

To tell the truth, I’m not a huge fan of middle-aged punk rockers. Perhaps it’s the...

Giants in the Trees — Volume Two

Aug 13, 2019 | Music, Reviews | 0

Giants in the Trees Volume Two Self-Released In many ways, Krist Novoselic was the most...

Classic Album: Robbie Robertson — Robbie Robertson

Aug 9, 2019 | Music, Reviews | 2

Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson Geffen Records Robbie Robertson is a legend. He got his start...

Just Mustard — Frank//October

Aug 8, 2019 | Music, Reviews | 0

Just Mustard Frank//October Pizza Pizza Records Just Mustard a five-piece band from Dundalk in the...

Four Tet — Live at Alexandra Palace

Aug 6, 2019 | Music, Reviews | 0

Four Tet Live At Alexandra Palace Text Records Four Tet is the brainchild of Kieren Hebden, an...

Human Contradictions in Tom Sleigh’s The Land Between Two Rivers

Aug 5, 2019 | Books, Reviews | 0

In his collection of essays, The Land Between Two Rivers: Writing in an Age of Refugees, Tom Sleigh recalls looking down with astonishment from an airplane window, flying from Baghdad to Basra…

Slaves — Velvet Ditch ep

Aug 1, 2019 | Music, Reviews | 0

Slaves Velvet Ditch ep Virgin EMI Slaves have made their name from fierce and occasionally vicious...

Olivia Neutron-John — Olivia Neutron-John

Jul 30, 2019 | Music, Reviews | 0

Olivia Neutron-John Olivia Neutron-John Sister Polygon Records Olivia Neutron-John is the moniker...

Chasing Shadows: A New Biography Looks for “the Real Robert Johnson”

Jul 29, 2019 | Books, Reviews | 0

If you know anything about Robert Johnson, it is that he sold his soul to the Devil at the crossroads…

Classic Album: A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory

Jul 26, 2019 | Music, Reviews | 0

A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory Jive I didn’t want to let on that I knew very little about...

Home Body – Spiritus

Jul 25, 2019 | Music, Reviews | 0

Home Body Spiritus Feeding Tube Records/Peace & Rhythm Home Body are best experienced live. ...

Sonic Youth — Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008

Jul 23, 2019 | Music, Reviews | 0

Sonic Youth Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008 Matador Sonic Youth imploded in late 2011 as Kim...

The Poetry of Handwriting in Mario Levrero’s Empty Words

Jul 22, 2019 | Books, Reviews | 0

“Graphology” – the pseudoscientific art of handwriting analysis and self-betterment – is in theory the basis for this playful novella by famed Uruguayan author Mario Levrero.