The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
Bad Religion celebrate their 30-year career the only way they know how: by releasing a killer new album and touring the country playing songs off of all 15 of their punk rock defining releases! Jen Cray was at the party without her hot pink wig.
EP (Sony). Review by Jen Cray.
All Day (Indication/ Red Eye). Review by Jen Cray.
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.
Cruel Tutelage (Asian Man). Review by Brian Heater.
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.
Rocksteady (Telark Jazz). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers (Island). Review by Ian Koss.
The Ultimate Collection (Hip-O). Review by Vanessa Bormann.
Various Artists (Bongo Boy/Madacy). Review by Phillip Haire.
Among the upper echelons of ska and reggae masters, perhaps only the late Bob…
Event 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.
