Apr 16, 2019
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This much-vaunted Dublin five-piece follow a series of increasingly successful 7-inch releases and acclaimed support slots with the likes of Shame and IDLES, with Dogrel, named for the “lowest” form of working class Irish poetry, and a debut to die for.
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Apr 16, 2019
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With an output of 14 albums in two decades, singer/songwriter Damien Jurado exhausted pretty much every avenue. On his new album In the Shape of a Storm, Jurado resigns to just the bare elements that anchor his restless career: his voice, his words, and his guitar. Opening cut “Lincoln” concedes as much: “There is nothing to hide.”
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Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Apr 15, 2019
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Andy Sidaris’ most entertaining b-movie lands on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment.
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Apr 15, 2019
Live
Tallinn Music Week 2019
For three days each spring, a corner of the old town in the Estonian capital transforms from a preserved, post-industrial throwback to a bustling, anything-is-possible playground for hundreds of invited artists and speakers to splash around in.
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Apr 12, 2019
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In 2017, Washington, D.C post-punks Priests announced themselves to the world with, despite the claims for the contrary, a big bang.
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Studio: Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Apr 12, 2019
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Even more so than James Stewart or Arthur Kennedy, the true star of Bend of the River is the Pacific Northwest landscape, rendered in gorgeous Technicolor and benefiting handsomely from Kino Lorber’s 4K transfer.
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Published by Bazillion Points
Apr 12, 2019
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Over the course of Teen Movie Hell, McPadden runs the gauntlet of coming-of-age comedies, “from Animal House to Zapped!”
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Apr 12, 2019
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On “The Boys are Killing Me,” one of the centerpieces of POND’s groove heavy psych-pop opus Tasmania, frontman Nick Allbrook sings “So we staggered off into the night/Drunk, but overjoyed just to be employed.”
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Apr 12, 2019
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For Jess Ribeiro, the creative process often out outshines the finished product. The Melbourne-native (whose 2015 effort, Kill It Yourself, was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize) recorded her third studio album, LOVE HATE, in the remote seaside town of Lyttleton, New Zealand.
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