Month: December 2011

The Fall

Music Reviews

Ersatz G.B. (Cherry Red Records). Review by James Mann.

Ray Charles

Music Reviews

Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles (Concord Music). Review by James Mann.

Fug You

Print Reviews

Whoever said “If you can remember the ’60s, you weren’t there” obviously never met Ed Sanders. The leader of The Fugs and the Peace Eye bookstore recalls the counter-culture of the 1960s in vivid detail.

The Airborne Toxic Event

Event Reviews

Three bands (including The Airborne Toxic Event), six bars – what more could Carl F Gauze want? Oh, yeah, legible sound.

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Idiot Grins

Idiot Grins

Interviews

Ink 19 talks with Idiot Grins about the making of Golf Cart Life, their evolution from Oakland soul-rock lifers to one of indie music’s most unpredictable acts.

Deathslope Music Festival 2026

Deathslope Music Festival 2026

Event Reviews

Eight bands from Colorado and as far away as New Zealand knocked the socks off the West Slope music scene on the last day of this year’s Deathslope Music Festival in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

Screen Reviews

John Badham’s 1983 future-tech helicopter thriller, Blue Thunder, with its cautionary tale of militarized police and a surveillance state, still resonates decades later.

The Eye

The Eye

Screen Reviews

What if the miracle of sight came with a curse? The Eye builds its horror from that chilling premise.

Chapterhouse

Chapterhouse

Interviews

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.