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Goat (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Goat (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Chapin Sisters Two (Lake Bottom). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Mer Morte (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Shadow Temple (Captured Tracks). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Freed of this Flesh (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Your Future Our Clutter (Domino). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Public Stain (Jagjaguwar). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Lucky for us and Cherry Red Books, Dave Thompson is a HUGE Sparks fan. Matthew Moyer calls Sparks: No. 1 Songs in Heaven his strongest piece of writing yet.
Doomed Forever (Slumberland Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Darker Blue (Defend Music). Review by Matthew Moyer.
All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood (At A Loss Recordings). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Natural Selections (Hometapes). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Fallen resembles Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon, trying to get at the story of The Fall by letting everyone tell their conflicting versions of the band’s true story. And by everyone, Matthew Moyer means EVERYONE.
Matthew Moyer is enraptured with James Kochalka’s wonderfully simple and joyous mix of early Peanuts and Gahan Wilson, earnest smiles, wide eyes, and rubbery bodies. You should be, too.
Electric Sunset (K Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Sound of the Westway (Slumberland). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Finsternis (Public Guilt). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Sand & Lines (One Percent Press). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Relayted (Jagjaguwar). Review by Matthew Moyer.
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.