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Sharpen Your Teeth (Sub Pop). Review by James Mann.
Sharpen Your Teeth (Sub Pop). Review by James Mann.
James Mann takes a stab at learning from one of America’s greatest guitarists, via two books from John Fahey, American Primitive Guitar and Fingerstyle & Slide Guitar.
A Taste of Blues Harmonica (Telarc Blues). Review by James Mann.
All Relationships Are Doomed to Fail (Bloodshot). Review by James Mann.
Various Artists (Bloodshot). Review by James Mann.
Tommy Rivers & the Raw Ramps (December). Review by James Mann.
There and Back Again (Columbia). Review by James Mann.
Tomorrow Waits (Cur on a Glider). Review by James Mann.
Dreamland (Universal). Review by James Mann.
Blue Country Heart (Columbia). Review by James Mann.
Magnetic Hands: Live in the UK ‘72-‘80 (The Viper Label). Review by James Mann.
Universal Truths and Cycles (Matador). Review by James Mann.
Try Again (Ashmont). Review by James Mann.
Humpty Dumpty LSD (Latino Buggerveil). Review by James Mann.
The blues had a baby, and Art Tipaldi wrote a book about it. James Mann looks at the Children of the Blues.
In Our Gun (Virgin). Review by James Mann.
Features Editor James Mann has a truly “guilty pleasure”… ,
A Gentle Evening With Townes Van Zandt (Dualtone). Review by James Mann.
Keep It Coming (Fat Possum). Review by James Mann.
James Mann wakes up in the middle of the night to watch the USA smack Mexico around in the World Cup.
John Badham’s 1983 future-tech helicopter thriller, Blue Thunder, with its cautionary tale of militarized police and a surveillance state, still resonates decades later.
What if the miracle of sight came with a curse? The Eye builds its horror from that chilling premise.
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.