Issue 73: March 2013

By Troy Michael
February 24, 2013 – 8:19 pmNo Comment | 421 views

INTERVIEWS

COVER STORY – Fiction Reform: Know Their Truth
Beth Hart: Learning To Love the Hard Way
Less Than Jake: Life Led Out Loud
Snuff: There Goes the Waltzinblack
Simon Townshend: In the Blood
Billy Wallace & The Virginia Blues: Teach You the Blues
Kristen Ward: Last Night On Division

ONCE MORE WITH FEELING

The Blue Nile: A Walk Across the Rooftops and Hats (Virgin)
The Briefs: Singles Only 7” Box Set (Modern Action Records)
Brokencyde: The Best of BC 13 Breaksilence Recordings

CD REVIEWS

Bad Religion: True North (Epitaph)
Samantha Crain: Kid Face (Ramseur)
Dirty Projectors: About to Die EP (Domino)
Drivin’ n’ Cryin: Songs about Cars, Space and the Ramones (NEW! Records)
Dropkick Murphys: Signed and Sealed in Blood (Born & Bred)
Fiction Reform: Take Your Truth (Basement Records)
Beth Hart: Bang Bang Boom Boom (Provogue/Mascot)
John the Conqueror: S/T (Alive)
The Joy Formidable: Wolf’s Law (Canvasback)
Less Than Jake: Greetings & Salutations (Fat Wreck Chords)
Daphne Lee Martin: Moxie (Telegraph Recording Co. )
Beth Orton: Sugaring Season (Anti)
Pere Ubu: Lady From Shanghai (Fire)
Snuff: 5-4-3-2-1…Perhaps? (Fat Wreck Chords)
The Stone Foxes: Small Fires (Wingman Music)
Thorcraft Cobra: Count It In (Plaza Bowl)
Simon Townshend: Looking Out Looking In (Eagle Rock Entertainment)
The Trews: Thank You and I’m Sorry (Bumstead)
The View: Cheeky for a Reason (429)
The Winter Sounds: Runner (New Granada)

BOOK REVIEWS

From Makeup to Breakup: By Peter Criss with Larry “Ratso” Sloman [Scribner]
Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality: by Jacob Tomsky (Double Day)
Rod – The Autobiography: by Rod Stewart (Random House)
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road: By Willie Nelson (William Morrow)

DVD REVIEWS

Beijing Punk: Director: Shaun M. Jefford (Seminal Films/MVD)
The Doors: Live At the Bowl ’68 (Eagle Rick Ent.)
Femme Fatales: The Complete First Season (eOne)
Beach Boys: Doin’ It Again (Brother DVD)
High Ground: Director: Michael Brown (Virgil Films)
Your Sister’s Sister: Director: Lynn Shelton (MPI Home Video)