Light of the Sun (Earth Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

When your arrangements are razor-sharp, your moods mercurial and psychedelic, and your melodies constantly off-kilter, you’re probably a Dutch band like Certain Animals.

Weird music from the south

The Parlor (Cornelius Chapel/Music Maker Relief Foundation). Review by James Mann.

A low-energy author heads out on a book tour that becomes more and more nightmarish as his life falls apart.

New Haven CT. Makes a pretty sound argument it’s pizza is better than New York or Chicago. And Detroit? Please. Have some respect.

Generoso reviews Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, the mesmerizing second feature by Hungarian writer/director Lili Horvát.

Live at Ronnie Scott’s with Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette (Resonance Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Tell Me How You Feel. Review by James Mann.

A playlist by Phil Bailey that takes a wrong turn into the funny and un-PC (even for the ’60s-‘70s) pastures of classic country music

Young Farjid has an exam, but dad wants her to deliver a package and pick up some cash. You can guess the rest.

Live at the BPC (JCA Recording). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Meet the people who do more than rescue dogs. They rescue older dogs who are the hardest to place.

Guardrails. Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Music reviews covering the critical years of rock and roll from 1967 to 1973 by critic and band manager Michael Oberman.

Catspaw (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.

Threesome Vol. 2 (Lojinx). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

In spite of, or perhaps because of, the films’ budget and time restraints the filmography of William Grefé is not without considerable charm and which is masterfully captured in this four disc Blu-ray set from Arrow Video.

If I could use synesthesia to describe Woods’ music, I would say it sounds like sparkling pastel day-go colors.

Humo. Review by Stacey Zering.