Nightmare Tripping (Fearless Records). Review by Christopher Long.

Eugenio Mira’s unlikely cult classic, The Birthday is a meticulously curated fever dream.

Rare and Deadly (Dedstrange). Review by Peter Lindblad.

ᎠᏫᏒᏅ (Garden) (Horton Records). Review by Randy Radic.

Ching Siu-tung’s Duel to the Death is a masterpiece of the Honk Kong New Wave that still captivates over forty years later.

“Let Yo’ Hair Down” (Ruf Records). Review by Randy Radic.

It’s the Long Goodbye (Rock Actions Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.

“Braveheart.” Review by Randy Radic.

Coast of Light (Bloodshot Records). Review by Randy Radic.

All Clouds Bring Not Rain (Fire Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Country Super Hits Volume 2 (Sky Crunch). Review by Judy Craddock.

Swapping slapstick comedy for soapy melodrama, She Shoots Straight hits the target for exciting Hong Kong “Girls with Guns” action.

“No Favors” (Trash Casual Records). Review by Randy Radic.

You’re New To This Aren’t You? (Mint 400 Records). Review by Randy Radic.

“Anywhere” Music Video Premiere. Review by Randy Radic.

King of the Dogwoods (Omnium Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Neko Case brings Nora O’Connor and Destroyer to Grand Junction, Colorado, on her Neon Grey Midnight Green tour — an extended love song for wild creatures of this warm, spring night.

Author and Oklahoma native Tonya Little delivers a heartfelt tribute to a treasured Americana music scene with her engaging debut release, Dirt & Spirit:: A History of the Red Dirt Music Scene, Vol. 1.

Blake R. Bickham finds Lauren Coyle Rosen and Ani DiFranco’s conversations to be an intimate portrait of DiFranco’s real life, in The Spirit of Ani: Reflections on Spirituality, Feminism, Music and Freedom.

Rainmaker (Thirty Tigers). Review by Randy Radic.