Music Reviews
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PELICAN What We All Come To Need CD/LP
Unfussy and arty hard rock jams are Pelican’s stock and trade and What We All -
Zs New Slaves CD/2xLP
Have a meal in any restaurant these days and it may suddenly pop into your -
THE BUFF MEDWAYS This Is This CD
Renaissance man Billy Childish has successfully managed to stay one step ahead of notoriety by - More from this category
Film, DVD and Video Reviews
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DERANGED directed by Jeff Gillen and Alan Ormsby
I have no idea how this gore oddity based on the story of Ed Gein -
WAITING FOR GUFFMAN directed by Christopher Guest
When New York theater veteran Corky St. Clair left New York and sashayed into Blaine, -
GET ON THE BUS directed by Spike Lee
It's unfortunate that Spike Lee's politics have always overshadowed his skill as a filmmaker. - More from this category
Book Reviews
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CRY: THE JOHNNIE RAY STORY by Jonny Whiteside
Whiteside, longtime L.A. Weekly music scribe, has written an exhaustive bio on the 1950s cry -
NEIL DIAMOND IS FOREVER… by Jon Bream
NEIL DIAMOND IS FOREVER: The Illustrated Story of the Man and His Music by Jon -
Jim DeRogatis’s VELVET UNDERGROUND
Famously dismissed and ignored in their time, the subsequent almost four decades since their break - More from this category
Music Features
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AMPHETAMINE REPTILE RECORDS Is Back (for 3 days)
About twenty-five years ago, Tom Hazelmyer started his own label, Amphetamine Reptile Records. He had -
SEWERS OF MARS #18
Apologies for the extended absence, friends. My midnight wiffleball league has hogged up most of -
THE MONKEES….Considered
The advent and popularity of Bob Dylan as an acoustic avatar and Elvis-like icon for - More from this category
Other Recent Articles
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CONVERGE Axe To Fall CD/LP
Is there only room in the Critical Consensus for one loud rock band at a time? Are Converge missing the key signifiers (collaborating with a free jazz legend, touring in Ethiopia, the right kind of song titles, elaborate staging, etc.) that grab music writers by the short hairs? Will we have to wait 20 years [...]
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REAL ESTATE s/t LP
Real Estate: four guys from New Jersey who have created a temperate, laid back sound that has been dubbed “beach music.” It’s a more or less fitting description that references the sun-bleached haze and carefree atmosphere that flows from song to song rarely breaking character. It’s an immediately accessible mood that appeals to those who [...]
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APPLES IN STEREO Travellers In Space and Time CD/LP
Back before they outlawed smoking in public, every now and then you would get lucky enough to take a sip of your beer and find that someone had extinguished their cigarette in it. Although funny to the surrounding group of people, especially if you “dosed” yourself, this was an unwelcome surprise. While we’re talking about [...]
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THE PANDA BAND Pioneer CD EP
The Panda Band’s Pioneer EP is nothing short of stupendous. This is luscious, ebullient pop, filled with fulsome, melodic writing. But it’s delivered in a fractious, jarring style that sets the ears to tingling and brings the mind to full attention. If John Lennon had brought in the Art of Noise (via Delorean!) to accompany [...]
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