When released, Paul Schrader’s American Gigolo shocked mainstream moviegoers. Slick and amoral, glitzy and gritty, this exposé was one of the first neo-noir films of the 1980s.

I Love You (Party Mermaid Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Our Brand Could Be Yr Life (Chrysalis Records). Review by Steven Cruse.

Inuktitut (Bonsound). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

This week, Christopher Long reflects fondly on his misfit tweenage daze, as he discovers a reasonably healthy used vinyl copy of City Nights, the 1978 sophomore set from Canadian pop-rock kingpin, Nick Gilder — for just six bucks!

Wyau / Pyst (Hate). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

Call the Shots (Pirates Press Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

This week’s compendium of five carefully selected albums are all connected by the quantuum improbability of having landed on Julius C. Lacking’s desk at precisely the right time.

The Second Album (Wicked Cool Records). Review by Christopher Long.

Evergreen (Lemp Electric). Review by James Mann.

The Story of the Most Influential Radio Station in America

Waterline (Lucky Hound Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Punk heroes unite to give a rowdy look at the classic L.A.M.F. album 40 years down the road.

Unwilling Participant. Review by Bob Pomeroy.

S/T (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.

HWY 62 (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.

Ms. Etheridge is all-out solo in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. May Terry forgoes the Mount Airy Casino slots and blackjack tables to rock out at the great summerstage performance.

Johnny Ramone was the leader of greatest punk rock band America ever had. His story is like their music- short, aggressive and unflinching. James Mann gives it a Gabba Gabba Hey!

A riveting and rare glimpse of rock’s original glam-punk junkies, onstage and behind the scenes during their short-lived glory days.

The Sounds strut back through Orlando and Jen Cray is part of the small but devoted crowd that welcomes them.