Halloween 2020
Sound Salvation is resurrected with a howlingly good Halloween playlist that will weak the dead at your All Hallow’s Eve bash.
Sound Salvation is resurrected with a howlingly good Halloween playlist that will weak the dead at your All Hallow’s Eve bash.
Sound Salvation takes on current events with a playlist addressing the current fight for racial and social justice in America and the battles playing out in the streets in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.
Encore (Island Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Blue and White (Very Special Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Prince Buster , the legendary soundmaker, has died. Generoso Fierro recounts his monumental life and career.
Returning for two sold-out shows in Orlando on their annual Green 17 Tour, Flogging Molly gave Carl Gauze a reason to chug another Guinness.
Matthew Moyer spends a quiet night in with TSOL.
Transitions (Hellcat). Review by Jen Cray.
Ska was pronounced dead over a decade ago, yet the tours go on and the crowds keep coming. For The English Beat’s current refusal to fade, Dave Wakeling and crew brought along a couple surprise UK ska legends- Lynval Golding of The Specials, and The Selecter’s Pauline Black. Jen Cray saturated herself in the ska sounds of yesterday’s England.
Ska pioneers, The Toasters, are still inspiring kids to skank 24 years into their career. Jen Cray attends a ska triple bill in Orlando and tells us how they manage to do it.
Radio JXL: A Broadcast From The Computer Hell Cabin (Koch). Review by Varkentine GSPJ.
Radio JXL: A Broadcast From The Computer Hell Cabin (Koch). Review by Varkentine GSPJ.
Got the Thirst (Golf/Plastic Head). Review by Stein Haukland.
Six Million Ways To Live (Distinct’ive/!K7). Review by Ben (Jammin’) Varkentine.
Guilty ‘til Proved Innocent! (Way Cool Music/MCA). Review by Julio Diaz
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.