Tender Forever
No Snare (K Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
No Snare (K Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Acolytes David Bowie and Jarvis Cocker may have a vested interest in maintaining the Walker mythos, but No Regrets is under no such obligation.
William S. Burroughs, rockstar, comes face-to-face with the underground youth culture that he helped to create. Matthew Moyer fills the Ink 19 crowd in on his extended victory lap, viewed through cinematic eyes.
Totaled (Monitor). Review by Matthew Moyer.
A Little Give and Take (Civilian Art Projects). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Monument to Time End (Southern Lord). Review by Matthew Moyer.
James Kochalka’s Superf*ckers is a raunchy, dark, proudly toilet-humored takedown of every superhero team going. Matthew Moyer recommends you keep this one out of kids’ reach.
Author Jimmy McDonough is no stranger to tortured artists, difficult personalities, and musicians in hopeless thrall to their muses. Tammy Wynette was long dead by the time McDonough pondered this book, but Matthew Moyer thinks the distance makes it even more special and sacred.
Bedroom Madness (Noise Pop). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Small Black EP (Jagjaguwar). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Circle the Wagons (Peaceville). Review by Matthew Moyer.
For Blood and Wine. Review by Matthew Moyer.
What happens when a lost classic gets found? In the hands of Black Tambourine, the musical world becomes a better place, turns out. Matthew Moyer corrals the members of the once-forgotten noisepop band to get the whole sordid take on their expanded Black Tambourine reissue.
Matthew Moyer caught up with Vivian Girls guitarist Cassie Ramone on the downside of SXSW, and found the core Vivians restless and ready to move on to new projects, but still completely dedicated to art and music.
Congratulations (Sony/Columbia). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Hawkwind Triad (Neurot). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Hidden (Domino). Review by Matthew Moyer.
In and Out and Back Again (HoZac). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Death To God (Noise On Noise). Review by Matthew Moyer.
jj no.3 (Secretly Canadian). 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.