The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
Year in and year out, author and nearly 20-year Ink 19 staff writer Christopher Long remains committed to the discovery and mass consumption of new music. In this rockin’ year-end roundup, Chris reveals his Video Jukebox Playlist of songs that thwacked him hardest in 2025.
Boasting a bounty of country-fried sing-alongs that shine as brightly as their rhinestone-studded outfits, Midnight Cowgirls is one of those special new bands that just demands attention. Christopher Long recently chatted up guitarist / vocalist Blaise Dahl about the Cowgirls’ warp-speed world.
Plush (Pavement Entertainment). Review by Christopher Long.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.
