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A collection of engaging interviews culled from the personal archives of Canadian radio host Shane Christopher Neal, the recently released After the Encore: Intimate Conversations with Music Legends is a page-turner for classic rock-crazed enthusiasts.
Into the Sun (Fuzzy Warbles / Firebird Music). Review by Christopher Long.
Old Habits Die Hard (Acetate Records). Review by Joe Frietze.
High Water I (Eagle Rock Entertainment). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Blues & Ballads: A Folksinger’s Songbook: Volumes I & II (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
Days of Sun and Grass (Mother Hips Records). Review by James Mann.
Rebirth of New Orleans ( Basin Street Records). Review by James Mann.
Million Lifetimes (Girlfight). Review by Jen Cray.
When the worlds of metal, punk, indie and rock collide, a boldly-billed package tour is born. Cursive and These Arms Are Snakes joined co-headliners Mastodon and Against Me! on one of the most diversified travelling circuses Jen Cray is bound to see this year.
Reason To Believe: The Complete Mercury Studio Recordings (Universal). Review by James Mann.
New Earth Mud (Redline). Review by James Mann.
What Does Good Luck Bring? (In Music We Trust). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
And Now It’s Come to This (Razor & Tie). Review by Stein Haukland.
Must’ve Been Live (Mid-Fi). Review by Julio Diaz.
Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture (V2). Review by Brian Broccoli.
Hutch (self-released). Review by Isaac Airbourne.
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.
