J Mascis Welcomes You to Three Nights of Exquisite Songcraft and Pure Fun
Fed Up and Feeling Strange: Live and in Person (1993-1998) shows the Dinosaur Jr maestro doesn’t need a wall of amplifiers to make an impact.
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The Stooges Kick Against the Pricks All the Way Down Into Their Grave
Cherry Red's new box set finds Iggy Pop and the Stooges on their final death trip, falling apart for audiences between September 1973 and February 1974.
Pere Ubu Issue Their ‘Long Goodbye’
Pere Ubu's The Long Goodbye is an amazing achievement that accomplishes its mission of encapsulating a 45-year career with wit and aplomb.
‘Birth of a Nation’ Unearths a Trove of Music from the Liverpool Scene
Over three discs and four hours, Cherry Red Records does a deep dive into the output of Liverpool's Inevitable Records, home to Pete Wylie and Pete Burns, among many others.
Various Artists: Electrical Language – British Independent Synth Pop 78-84
This exhaustive, 80-track compilation of lesser-knowns and curios is the synthpop equivalent of an antique mall.
I’m a Freak 2 Baby: A Further Journey Through the British Heavy Psych & Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-73
Heavy, hairy, stoned, and scary: before the punks tuned out these bands were turning it up while turning on.
Try a Little Sunshine: The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1969
The buzz remains strong with this third Grapefruit anthology of trippy British psychedelic pop.
The Message Never Gets Old: Maxayn Lewis and the Maxayn Band
With the release of three lost classics by the underrated '70s funk quartet now available, Maxayan talks with PopMatters about her music and "the storm" that is life as a black woman in America.
