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"'Queen King' smolders with an Afrobeat rhythm, but music of the remaining album slides into experiments in ambient soundscapes and textures. How these tracks strike me depends entirely on my mood." -- Bob Pomeroy
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Trio of Bloom – Ink 19
Trio of Bloom (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
https://ink19.com/2025/11/magazine/music-reviews/clqzvh-trio-of-bloom
2 days ago
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"Here we are with a new single, “I’m Alone,” which sees vocalist and songwriter Mike Mantione admitting something crucial to himself and having listeners silently nod in agreement." -- Julius C. Lacking Featured image is by @marcpilvinsky.
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I’m Alone – Ink 19
Athens, Georgia, punk art rockers Five Eight long for some old fashioned lonely aloneness on their latest single, “I’m Alone.”
https://ink19.com/2025/11/magazine/features/9r65ee-im-alone
2 days ago
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"Tourist is a heartfelt album of innovative folk-rock that takes listeners on a journey through life, death, and religion. This is a wonderful album." -- Randy Radic
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Anthony Ruptak – Ink 19
Tourist. Review by Randy Radic.
https://ink19.com/2025/11/magazine/music-reviews/jhyito-anthony-ruptak
3 days ago
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"Stylistically, Mewtone blends wide-eyed ’80s innocence with fuzzy-buzzy ’90s riffs, dripping with the fresh-squeezed appeal of artists who came of age during the new millennium." -- Christopher Long Photo by Swenglish Media
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Mewtone – Ink 19
Boasting crunchy hooks and punchy melodies, the contagious So-Cal combo, Mewtone, is infecting the current indie rock scene.
https://ink19.com/2025/11/magazine/features/lzeopw-mewtone
6 days ago
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"For creators like John Gourley, grace under pressure proves itself ten times over on SHISH, the 10th album from Portugal. The Man and the first on his own label, KNIK." -- Judy Craddock
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Portugal. The Man – Ink 19
SHISH (KNIK). Review by Judy Craddock.
https://ink19.com/2025/11/magazine/music-reviews/ghf9ne-portugal-the-man
6 days ago
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"Grey Factor specialized in out-of-body aural experiences, like dystopian shamans. They are the ghosts of futures past." -- Peter Lindblad
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Grey Factor – Ink 19
When the Future Arrives Without You (Damaged Disco). Review by Peter Lindblad.
https://ink19.com/2025/11/magazine/music-reviews/rkmll0-grey-factor
7 days ago
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"If this almost three-hour experience from Jude seems too overwhelming, it should. Dracula is as bombastic of an experience as the equally polarizing 2019 masterwork from Albert Serra, Liberté." -- Lily and Generoso Fierro
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Dracula – Ink 19
Lily and Generoso review Dracula, director Radu Jude’s second feature of 2025, a delightfully controlled explosion of tales connected to everyone’s favorite parasitic impaler.
https://ink19.com/2025/11/magazine/screen-reviews/axcfrr-dracula
8 days ago
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"Wielding near-non-stop Hendrix-style guitar solos and pumping funk-fueled grandeur, the Lakeside live show felt (almost) more metal than Motown. My mind was blown, and in short order, the Fantastic Voyage record had found a forever home in my personal collection." -- Christopher Long
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Garage Sale Vinyl 8-Track Edition: Lakeside – Ink 19
This week, Christopher Long reunites with one of his all-time favorite records when he spots a one-dollar 8-track copy of Fantastic Voyage, the 1980 R&B classic from Lakeside, while on a recent…
https://ink19.com/2025/11/columns/garage-sale-vinyl/6yusul-garage-sale-vinyl-8-track
8 days ago
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An Ink 19 Premiere. "Singer-songwriter Neil Friedlander premieres his new album, The Change, which reflects his two-year self-evolution: he got sober, wandered from place to place, and ultimately let go of an unforgettable and poignant past love." --Randy Radic
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Neil Friedlander – Ink 19
The Change (Independent). Review by Randy Radic.
https://ink19.com/2025/11/magazine/music-reviews/l6yx3q-neil-friedlander
8 days ago
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"All grown up, The Night Has Eyes... is now seeing the light of day, making its long-delayed vinyl debut in deluxe edition finery. It doesn’t like the sun, as Nicole Barrick, Marisa Pool, and Leni Zumas whip up an oily, vampiric racket" -- Peter Lindblad 📸 @lenizumas
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The Spells – Ink 19
The Night Has Eyes (Garganta Press). Review by Peter Lindblad.
https://ink19.com/2025/11/magazine/music-reviews/32ftvx-the-spells
10 days ago
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"For us, no fall is complete without reviewing the wildly eclectic offerings of the American Film Institute’s five-day festival that annually takes over the TCL Chinese Theatres on Hollywood Boulevard." -- Lily and Generoso Fierro
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AFI Fest 2025 – Ink 19
For the eleventh straight year, Lily and Generoso absorbed all that is AFI Fest 2025, the American Film Institute’s five-day festival, and they’re back to review their eight favorite features from…
https://ink19.com/2025/11/magazine/event-reviews/n53gtr-afi-fest-2025
10 days ago
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"The fairy tale aesthetic of the movies works on another level, as so many of these stories have been told in multiple films, but each version brings its own details." -- Phil Bailey
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Daiei Gothic Vol 2: Japanese Ghost Stories – Ink 19
Phil Bailey_)_ reviews another trio of terror tales from Japan, Volume Two of the ___Daiei Gothic series, in a sweet box set.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/screen-reviews/p5n6yh-daiei-gothic-vol-2
17 days ago
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Lily and Generoso (plasticgrapes)
21 days ago
Los Angeles friends! We loved our conversation with director Alejo Moguillansky for
@ink19.bsky.social
about his terrific new feature, Pin de Fartie! The film screens at AFI Fest today, Thurs. Oct. 23rd at 11:45am with Alejo in attendance! Don't miss it!
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"All mood and momentum and pop adjacency, with A&B Sides Volume 3, Everything But The Everything performs musical magic." -- Randy Radic
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Everything But The Everything – Ink 19
A&B Sides Volume 3 (Independent). Review by Randy Radic.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/kfs0x0-everything-but-the-everything
20 days ago
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"[I]ts lithe, swaying beauty and lilting warble positions Wednesday’s creative force of nature Karly Hartzman as the rightful heir to Americana queen Emmylou Harris, but the lure of erecting wailing walls of immense shoegazer-grunge guitar is still too tempting for her to ignore." -- Peter Lindblad
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Wednesday – Ink 19
Bleeds (Dead Oceans). Review by Peter Lindblad.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/hquzvx-wednesday
21 days ago
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"In a barroom brawl between the baddest bruisers of the day: The Allmans, Skynyrd, Tucker, ARS, the Outlaws, Hatchet, Barefoot Jerry, and the CDB, or whoever else you wanna throw into the mix, safe money says Blackfoot comes out bloodied, yet victorious, every time." -- Christopher Long
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Garage Sale Vinyl 8-Track Edition: Blackfoot – Ink 19
This week, Christopher Long reconnects with an all-time personal favorite when he discovers an 8-track copy of Strikes, the 1979 Southern Rock classic from Blackfoot — for a buck!
https://ink19.com/2025/10/columns/garage-sale-vinyl/l8mceg-garage-sale-vinyl-8-track
22 days ago
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Lily and Generoso (plasticgrapes)
23 days ago
Published today on
@ink19.bsky.social
is our conversation with filmmaker and co-founder of El Pampero Cine, Alejo Moguillansky, whose virtuosic new feature, Pin de Fartie, screens AFI FEST in LA this Thursday and Saturday with Moguillansky in person!
#AFIFest2025
ink19.com/2025/10/maga...
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Alejo Moguillansky – Ink 19
With just a few days before his appearance at AFI Fest 2025, Lily and Generoso interview director, editor, and co-founder of the El Pampero Cine collective, Alejo Moguillansky, to discuss his virtuosi...
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/interviews/yghov5-alejo-moguillansky
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"As visceral as ever, often noisy and boisterous, but smoky and seductive, too, Medicine Show still has a manic energy to it that’s raw and exciting..." -- Peter Lindblad
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The Dream Syndicate – Ink 19
Medicine Show (Fire Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/lnmljv-the-dream-syndicate
23 days ago
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"In his latest feature, Pin de Fartie, Moguillansky selects Samuel Beckett’s Endgame for the base melody and provides three variations of it while also layering in passages that celebrate filmmaking, storytelling, and music." -- Lily and Generoso Fierro
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Alejo Moguillansky – Ink 19
With just a few days before his appearance at AFI Fest 2025, Lily and Generoso interview director, editor, and co-founder of the El Pampero Cine collective, Alejo Moguillansky, to discuss his…
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/interviews/yghov5-alejo-moguillansky
23 days ago
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"With Light, Remembered, Adam Bokesch delivers one of the best, if not the best, ambient albums of the year." -- Randy Radic
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Adam Bokesch – Ink 19
Light, Remembered (Tone Tree Music). Review by **Randy Radic **.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/hjc8q7-adam-bokesch
24 days ago
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"villagerrr once again extends a warm Midwestern welcome, a weak smile on its face and bittersweet profundity in its words and narratives." -- Peter Lindblad
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villagerrr – Ink 19
Tear Your Heart Out Deluxe Reissue (Winspear). Review by Peter Lindblad.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/q2us4p-villagerrr
27 days ago
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"With Magic Mirror Story Book, Duane Hoover delivers an album drenched in echoes of the ‘60s and ‘70s, but with a modern interface." -- Randy Radic
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Duane Hoover – Ink 19
Magic Mirror Story Book (Lighthouse Records). Review by Randy Radic.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/jyrxub-duane-hoover
27 days ago
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"Possibly the best and brightest record to come my way this year is Wrap Me Up In Colored Feathers, the just-released third studio offering from New Jersey-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Erika Sherger." -- Christopher Long
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Erika Sherger – Ink 19
Wrap Me Up In Colored Feathers (Sugar Shack Music). Review by Christopher Long.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/3tl52p-erika-sherger
28 days ago
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"Truth be told, I still can’t stand 'Delta Dawn.' Fortunately, this collection is packed with plenty of personal picks, including 'Blood Red and Goin’ Down,' 'What’s Your Mama’s Name,' and the classic David Allan Coe-penned 'Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone).'" -- Christopher Long
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Garage Sale Vinyl: Tanya Tucker – Ink 19
This week, Christopher Long revisits the 1975 Greatest Hits collection from country music icon Tanya Tucker. One of several vinyl treasures he discovered on a recent Mississippi excursion, Chris…
https://ink19.com/2025/10/columns/garage-sale-vinyl/v5zrcq-garage-sale-vinyl-tanya-tucker
29 days ago
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"Written for women who are tired of a lot of things, Hype Women is Erin Gallagher’s manifesto for breaking free." -- Rose Petralia
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Hype Women – Ink 19
You might think Erin Gallagher’s Hype Women was birthed the moment Michelle Yeoh won the 2023 Golden Globe award for best actress, Jamie Lee Curtis the enraptured midwife, but the movement — and this…
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/print-reviews/uecoe2-hype-women-breaking-free-from
30 days ago
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"Harvey’s latest release, Anywhere But Here, is a gorgeous collection of poetry set to sparse arrangements that don’t get in the way... It’s a man with a guitar, microphone, and his own words." -- Judy Craddock
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Kyle Harvey – Ink 19
Anywhere But Here (Slo Fidelity). Review by Judy Craddock.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/efjt5q-kyle-harvey
about 1 month ago
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"Danger lurks around every corner of IV, produced by Joan of Arc’s Nate Kinsella, with a wicked grin, but so does sarcasm and a twisted sense of humor..." -- Peter Lindblad
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Aitis Band – Ink 19
IV (Ernest Jenning Record Co.). Review by Peter Lindblad.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/irnjll-aitis-band
about 1 month ago
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"By the time the final chorus arrives, the listener has been taken on a journey that’s both euphoric and reflective, a testament to ANASTÁZIE’s skill as both a songwriter and a performer." -- Danielle Holian
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ANASTÁZIE – Ink 19
“Kiss & Let Go” (Young Revolution). Review by Danielle Holian.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/7fstm0-anastazie
about 1 month ago
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"A Night on the Town brought me into a bold, brave, and unfamiliar environment... I learned about love and hate, heartbreak and hope, and lifestyles that I never before knew existed, stuff that I wasn’t likely to learn in my safe, and often sterile, suburban comfort zone." -- Christopher Long
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Garage Sale Vinyl: Rod Stewart – Ink 19
This week, Christopher Long scrounges through the “bargain bin” at a Mount Dora, Florida flea market and snatches out a gem — a cozy-sounding, two-dollar vinyl copy of A Night on the Town, the…
https://ink19.com/2025/10/columns/garage-sale-vinyl/ndmzdg-garage-sale-vinyl-rod-stewart
about 1 month ago
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"More Than Music, the new album from Nicholas David, escorts listeners on a journey through all the aspects of life and the finality of death." -- Randy Radic
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Nicholas David – Ink 19
More Than Music (Wake The World). Review by Randy Radic.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/d1duvr-nicholas-david
about 1 month ago
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"Blight is especially concerned with ecological devastation, its slow-moving fragility and sparse instrumentation centered around piano murmurs and calligraphy creating a sense of stark austerity that stops listeners in their tracks." -- Peter Lindblad
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The Antlers – Ink 19
Blight (Transgressive Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/8rh1uf-the-antlers
about 1 month ago
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"Equipped with a captivating afro rhythm and lush harmonic layers, Beautiful Dog (Afro House Remix) delivers a beguiling soundscape." -- Randy Radic
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Antaeus – Ink 19
“Beautiful Dog (Afro House Remix)” (Music for Pets). Review by Randy Radic.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/tu6hkz-antaeus
about 1 month ago
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"A bonus treat for the dance-floor crowd." -- Bob Pomeroy
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Elisapie – Ink 19
Inuktitut (Remixes) (Bonsounds). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
https://ink19.com/2025/10/magazine/music-reviews/w1sjqp-elisapie
about 1 month ago
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"Al had more than enough energy for the band, the stage, and the crowd gathered at Grand Junction’s Las Colonias Amphitheater on a soft Western Colorado summer evening." -- Ian Koss Photo by Ian Koss
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“Weird Al” Yankovic: Bigger & Weirder – Ink 19
After 25 years of living rent-free in Ian Koss’s head, another “Weird Al” Yankovic concert tries for an encore.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/event-reviews/0swkku-weird-al-yankovic-bigger-weirder
about 1 month ago
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"Divided up into captivating instrumentals and vocalized sermons, WTF?? is a humanistic rally for critical thinking and childlike creativity.." -- Peter Lindblad
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Immersion – Ink 19
WTF?? (~ swim). Review by Peter Lindblad.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/music-reviews/s3bras-immersion
about 2 months ago
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"A page-turner for certain rock-crazed enthusiasts, After the Encore is crammed with conversations with an array of celebrated music biz names that have been featured throughout the seven seasons of Neal’s popular Industry 45: From the Drum Throne podcast." -- Christopher Long
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After the Encore – Ink 19
A collection of engaging interviews culled from the personal archives of Canadian radio host Shane Christopher Neal, the recently released After the Encore: Intimate Conversations with Music Legends…
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/print-reviews/f3a2kl-after-the-encore-intimate
about 2 months ago
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"It’s been a long road for Los Straitjackets, and though the masked musicians have recently been enjoying a detour as longtime crooner Nick Lowe’s backing band, on stage and in the studio, Somos Los Straitjackets is a return to cruising speed." -- Julius C. Lacking
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Los Straitjackets – Ink 19
Somos Los Straitjackets (Yep Roc). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/music-reviews/ewiczb-los-straitjackets
about 2 months ago
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"Residing stylistically somewhere near the intersection of Jagger Avenue and Janis Boulevard, Heartbreak Station oozed true blue rock and roll swagger and dripped with soulful authenticity." -- Christopher Long
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Garage Sale Vinyl: Cinderella – Ink 19
In this week’s installment, Christopher Long slices up another excerpt from his latest book, Garage Sale Vinyl, where he revisits his favorite album, Heartbreak Station from his favorite band,…
https://ink19.com/2025/09/columns/garage-sale-vinyl/hmt48d-garage-sale-vinyl-cinderella
about 2 months ago
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"So much of the appeal of Hellbender and the family’s other films is in their intimate weirdness. They are quirky and at times self-indulgent, but these are features, not bugs." -- Phil Bailey
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Hellbender – Ink 19
Hellbender is an exquisite bit of heavy-metal folk horror set in and around a secluded house in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/screen-reviews/b5qpqp-hellbender
about 2 months ago
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"Nothing in the vibrant tunes here suggests the work of an octogenarian — this isn’t a retrospective peek, but a passionate celebration of Caribbean and Brazilian sounds." -- Bob Pomeroy
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Roger Glenn – Ink 19
My Latin Heart (Patois Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/music-reviews/iujfwy-roger-glenn
about 2 months ago
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"Thematically, the piece functions as both a mirror and a lamp. As a mirror, it reflects the painful ruptures many have endured in friendships that once seemed unbreakable. As a lamp, it illuminates a path through grief towards resilience..." -- Danielle Holian
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Temi T – Ink 19
Painted Intentions. Review by Danielle Holian.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/music-reviews/t4ffsh-temi-t
about 2 months ago
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"Listening to the songs as just pure sound is rewarding enough." -- Bob Pomeroy
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Mei Ehara – Ink 19
All About McGuffin (Kakubarhythm). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/music-reviews/mnpikv-mei-ehara
about 2 months ago
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"Unassuming and vulnerable, the brilliantly conceived History of Silence is written by winners, although múm has no interest in colonizing anything. They’re just traveling through." -- Peter Lindblad
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múm – Ink 19
History of Silence (Morr Music). Review by Peter Lindblad.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/music-reviews/3tmm4o-mum
about 2 months ago
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"There are times when producers can ruin a good album with overdubs. Thankfully, that didn’t happen here. Both versions of the album are quite remarkable. The Douglas version is punchier, yet I prefer the Sound Ideas version for its subtler take on the tunes." -- Bob Pomeroy
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Charlie Rouse – Ink 19
Cinnamon Flower (Resonance Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/music-reviews/mjbj9p-charlie-rouse
about 2 months ago
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"The amalgamation of the documentary and the soundtrack reveals the final truth about flamenco: it’s a unique, complex language." -- Randy Radic
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Flamenco: Pasión En Peligro – Ink 19
Tradition vs. innovation — it’s an age old story, retold anew in Flamenco: Pasión En Peligro (Flamenco: Passion in Danger), a captivating look into the musical art form of flamenco, by Larry Marvar.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/features/qos1tn-flamenco-passion-in-danger
about 2 months ago
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"The album is a pastoral landscape of hypnotic beats, echoes, and sound effects. In some ways, it is similar to Brian Eno’s ambient music projects. It’s no surprise, then, that the only collaboration on the album, 'The Well is Poisoned,' features Mr. Eno." -- Bob Pomeroy
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Adrian Sherwood – Ink 19
The Collapse of Everything (On U Sound). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/music-reviews/4ljnkq-adrian-sherwood
about 2 months ago
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"Somewhere between 'Purple Haze' and 'Disco Duck' was the golden, AM-radio-friendly singer-songwriter era. Mouseketeers rollcall, count off now… James! Joni! Cat! Carole! Carley! Karla! Gordon! And it could be argued that the Grand Marshal of that songwriter’s parade was John Denver." -- Chris Long
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Garage Sale Vinyl: John Denver – Ink 19
This week, Christopher Long gets seduced by a Mississippi vintage vinyl store manager with an eight-dollar, B+ condition copy of Back Home Again, the 1974 classic from John Denver. SOLD!
https://ink19.com/2025/09/columns/garage-sale-vinyl/xurvew-garage-sale-vinyl-john-denver
about 2 months ago
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"Director and writer Jennifer Reeder knows what she’s doing and manages to balance the camp with strong enough characters that you actually care about what happens to them." -- Phil Bailey
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Perpetrator – Ink 19
Although teen witches have long been a staple in pop culture, rarely have they been presented with the blood-soaked gusto of Jennifer Reeder’s Perpetrator.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/screen-reviews/klcwlb-perpetrator
about 2 months ago
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"Awash in memorable dark pop surfaces and Eva James’s sorceress voice, Earth To Eva transforms the ache of anguish into significance." -- Randy Radic
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Eva James – Ink 19
Earth To Eva (675 Records). Review by Randy Radic.
https://ink19.com/2025/09/magazine/music-reviews/wdjpj9-eva-james
about 2 months ago
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2 months ago
Bob Pomeroy at
@ink19.bsky.social
takes a stroll through the noir back alleys of
@tavfalco.bsky.social
's new 'Desire on Ice' album, released today by
@orgmusic.bsky.social
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