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Diatom Ribbons: Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Diatom Ribbons: Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Does it matter if there are few or no original members in that band you’re paying to see? Bob Pomeroy muses on legacy bands. Are they real or are they Memorex?
A selection of short reviews of recently released jazz records.
éclipse (Elastic Recordings). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Guji Guji (Godless America). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Yonder (Electric Muse). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Illustrator Rachel Moss transforms Bill Withers’ classic song into an uplifting children’s story about friendship and community. Bob Pomeroy reviews Lean on Me.
The Way To You (Anzic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Frontier’s Edge (Diamond West). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Broken Gargoyles (Intravenal Sound Operations). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Live in 1967: Volume Three (Forty Below Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Gennett Suite (Patois Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Renderings (Summit/MAMA Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
That fancy menswear shop? It used to be the home of punk rock on the Bowery. Jesse Rifkin walks us through NYC neighborhoods, reconstructing their now long-gone music scenes and thriving night life in This Must Be The Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City.
They Live in My Head (Wharf Cat Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Gather round while philosophers discuss the meaning of Punk Rock in Punk Rock and Philosophy by Joshua Heter and Richard Greene, reviewed by Bob Pomeroy.
Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You’re Doing? (Capri Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
SATOKO FUJII AT 100 (Plus). Bob Pomeroy reviews three albums from the prolific artist: Hiyaku, One Hundred Dreams, Perpetual Motion, and Torrent.
G̱al’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Grand Salami Time! (Omnivore Recordings). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
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.