Tag: New Release Roundup
DoT Podcast EP 20: Comedian Nick Vatterott on Being Strange, New Music from the Chandler Travis Philharmonic
Nick Vatterott doesn’t like being strange for the sake of being strange. He won the Andy Kaufman Award in 2011, but he’s uncomfortable...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Mortal Comedy from Joe DeRosa, Chandler Travis’s Strange Pop, Beach Slang’s Energetic Nostalgia
COMEDY 1. Joe DeRosa – You Let Me Down The funniest, most startling bit on Joe DeRosa’s new album, You Let Me Down,...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Mega Bog, Frederick the Younger, Rose Cousins, and Duke Garwood
MUSIC 1. Mega Bog – Happy Together The third or fourth time I listened through Happy Together, Mega Bog’s first full-length album since...... Read More
DoT Podcast Ep19: All the Hyphens with Singer/Songwriter/Storyteller/Humorist Don White
I heard Don White on the radio long before I met him. He would tell these wonderful stories about his family, often followed...... Read More
New Release Roundup: A Blast of Rock with Bash & Pop, Blues with David “Honeyboy” Edwards
MUSIC 1. Bash & Pop – Anything Could Happen Tough to review a Bash & Pop album. Tommy Stinson already gave you all...... Read More
New Release Round-up: The Flaming Lips, The Molochs, and The Wood Brothers and comedy from Kelly MacFarland and Lachlan Patterson
MUSIC 1. The Flaming Lips – Oczy Mlody The way Wayne Coyne described the idea behind “Oczy Mlody,” it sounds like the concept...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Classic Rock Sounds from The Wild Feathers, Arch Indie Folk from TAMMY
MUSIC 1. The Wild Feathers – Live At the Ryman The Wild Feathers released their second album, Lonely Is A Lifetime, in March...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP18 – Miles Hyman Celebrates Shirley Jackson’s Centennial
One hundred years ago today, horror and humor writer Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco, California. To celebrate this centennial, I spoke...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Neil Young on the Peace Trail, Morphine Documentary on DVD
MUSIC 1. Neil Young – Peace Trail There is something both comforting and unsettling about Neil Young’s signature overdriven electric guitar sound, that...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Bob Dylan’s Real Royal Albert Hall, New EPs from Permit and The Adventures of the Silver Spaceman
1. Bob Dylan – The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert So you don’t have the money for the full 36-CD set of...... Read More
Record Store Day Highlights – Black Friday 2016
The throngs will be out in force for Black Friday sales today, along with some brave record nuts looking for some vinyl candy...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Offbeat blues from Churchwood, gentle folk from Cory Hanson
1. Churchwood – Hex City Churchwood’s fourth full-length album Hex City is the soundtrack for the best road house horror movie no one...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Man of the World – The Peter Green Story on DVD today
DVD – DOCUMENTARY Man of the World: The Peter Green Story About halfway through Man of the World: The Peter Green Story, Noel...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Mike Watt live, Pavo Pavo debut
MUSIC 1. Mike Watt – “Ring Spiel” Tour ‘95 I have very fond memories of ball-hog or tugboat?, Mike Watt’s first solo album,...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Three New Ones from the Frank Zappa Vault
Frank Zappa – Meat Light, Chicago ’78, Little Dots Frank Zappa has been more prolific in death than most musicians could ever hope...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Alejandro Escovedo and Lou Barlow
Music 1. Alejandro Escovedo – Burn Something Beautiful It’s been a decade since Alejandro Escovedo released Boxing Mirror, the album that marked his...... Read More
New Release Roundup: ESP Ohio, Savoy Motel, and RocknRoll Hi-Fives
MUSIC 1. ESP Ohio – Royal Cyclopean I wrote a while back that it’s been a great year for music, in terms of...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Big Star’s Third Complete
Big Star – Complete Third Reviewing Third/Sister Lovers is like reviewing The Basement Tapes. There have been so many interpolations of this material...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Shovels & Rope, Todd Snider, Springtime Carnivore, Brent Cobb
MUSIC 1. Shovels & Rope – Little Seeds When I first saw Shovels & Rope live, I had the same thought I’m sure...... Read More
New Release Roundup 7/15: Frank Zappa and Joe List
MUSIC 1. Frank Zappa – The Crux Of the Biscuit and Frank Zappa for President Being a Frank Zappa completist is a damn...... Read More
New Release Roundup May 20, 2016 – Mudcrutch, Bob Dylan, Ken Reid, Dan Soder
MUSIC 1. Mudcrutch – Mudcrutch 2 If you’re a Tom Petty fan, you’ve already previewed the first release form this album, “Trailer,” either...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Hard Working Americans, Al Scorch, Adia Victoria, Blind Boys of Alabama
MUSIC 1. Hard Working Americans – Rest In Chaos In his liner notes for the new album from Todd Snider’s Hard Working Americans,...... Read More
New Release Roundup May 6 2016 – Cyndi Lauper, Ryan Adams, and Dan Boulger
MUSIC 1. Cyndi Lauper Detour Lauper has always had one of the best voices in pop music, and here she changes up her...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Peter Wolf and Mark Erelli
MUSIC 1. Peter Wolf A Cure For Loneliness It has been six years since Peter Wolf released Midnight Souvenirs. Far too long, but...... Read More