This week, Christopher Long goes “gaga” over discovering an ’80s treasure: an OG vinyl copy of Spring Session M, the timeless 1982 classic from Missing Persons — for just six bucks!

Epigraphy (No Gold). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Chaos! Chaos! Chaos! Side B (Switch Hit Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

In the news today: The Nearly Deads, The Northern Light, Eitan Noyze, Hornography, Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense, MXPX, From a Second Story Window, Jason Isbell, Fast Car, Tracy Chapman, Luke Combs, Best covers, Nick Cave, Tupac Shakur, Michael McDonald, DJ Seinfeld & Confidence Man, Ben Lee, Georgia Man, The Replacements, Cyndi Lauper, Knife Bride, Yungblud, Lil Uzi Vert

Music for Neighbors (Pravda). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

The Good The Bad and the Funky (Nacional). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

Sound Salvation is resurrected with a howlingly good Halloween playlist that will weak the dead at your All Hallow’s Eve bash.

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

Sweet Crude’s tour ended abruptly at the Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida. The tour to drum up interest in their upcoming major label debut was cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bob Pomeroy was at that show.

All The Way This, All The Way That (Color Red). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Louisville’s Second Annual Bourbon & Beyond Festival promised to be the two-day event of the year, but Mother Nature had other plans. Check out Michelle Wilson’s full recap.

Love in Wartime (Signature Sounds Recordings). Review by James Mann.

The World of Captain Beefheart (Knitting Factory Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Créatures (Rhyme and Reason). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Runnin’ for the Ghost (Peace & Rhythm). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Synthesize The Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica (Ostinato records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Box Set #3 (curated by Brian Eno) (Knitting Factory Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Critters. Review by Bob Pomeroy.

WJRR’s annual Earthday Birthday is a daylong, sweat-soaked, outdoor concert celebration – featuring some of the biggest bands in the biz. Christopher Long found much to love on the smaller stages.

III (Glitterbeat). Review by James Mann.