'Poly Styrene: I'm A Cliché' is a heartbreaking and empowering film telling the story of one of the great figures of British punk.
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Music Reviews: The Band’s ‘Stage Fright’ Expanded, Plus Sara Petite, Domenic Cicala, and the Red Step
The Band's third album reappears in a 50th anniversary edition that includes a 1971 concert and surround-sound audio.
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The captivating music on ambient producer CYRRCA's self-titled album encompasses a number of styles and moods: worldly, smoothly produced, evocative, both exotic and familiar. And I was sold on it before I glimpsed the artistic videos.
Read More »Music Review: Dax Pierson – ‘Nerve Bumps: A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction’
With "Nerve Bumps A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction" Dax Pierson has created a beautiful series of musical pieces that will inspire and enlighten.
Read More »Music Reviews: The Complete Tommy James & the Shondells, Plus Lloyd Cole Live
A massive box collects everything from a group whose output included 17 Top 40 hits. Also: Lloyd Cole in concert.
Read More »Music Reviews: Live Sets from Little Steven, Plus Mac Leaphart and Michael Lawson
Steve Van Zandt delivers four CDs' worth of live material, including a Beatles tribute in Liverpool that is also available as a video.
Read More »Music Review: Catalyst Quartet – ‘Uncovered: Vol. 1, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’
A new recording from the Catalyst Quartet of music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is part of an encouraging recent trend to celebrate Black classical music composers.
Read More »Music Reviews: A Deluxe Edition of Wilco’s ‘Summerteeth,’ Plus David Huckfelt
A new edition of Wilco's 'Summerteeth' adds a two-hour concert. Plus, David Huckfelt's second solo album continues his interest in Native American causes.
Read More »Music Reviews: Jeremy Beck – ‘By Moonlight’ and Anna Clyne – ‘Mythologies’
New collections from two very different composers reveal contrasting approaches to creating accessible modern classical music.
Read More »Charlie Doherty’s Top 50 Releases of 2020 (Phantogram, Nils Lofgren, Hum, Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, and More)
My annual list of personal favorite studio albums, EPs, live releases, and box sets.
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