Goodbye Andrew Sarris (1928-2012)

as a young man, with the great one....

as an older man, with his wife, the very talented film writer Molly Haskell...

in late life, at the machine...

More than any other writer, he's responsible for shaping how I think and care about film.

RIP

Reviews for The Vinyl District- Superchunk's "This Summer" b/w "Cruel Summer" and Pianosaurus' GROOVY NEIGHBORHOOD

Superchunk review here

Pianosaurus review here





Reviews for The Vinyl District- The Bizarros' THE COMPLETE COLLECTION 1976-1980, The Melvins' FREAK PUKE and Saturday Looks Good to Me's ALL YOUR SUMMER SONGS





Bizarros review here

Melvins review here

Saturday Looks Good review here



Reviews for The Vinyl District- Public Image Limited's THIS IS PIL, Grass Widow's INTERNAL LOGIC and Harry Nilsson's NILSSON SINGS NEWMAN

PiL review here

Grass Widow review here

Harry Nilsson review here





Reviews For The Vinyl District- Paul & Linda McCartney's RAM, HEAVY BLANKET and The Clean's COMPILATION



Paul & Linda review here

J Mascis' wailing ultimate review here

The Clean review here



Reviews for The Vinyl District- Best Coast's THE ONLY PLACE, The Sugarman 3's WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW and Copernicus' NOTHING EXISTS

Best Coast review here

Sugarman 3 review here

Copernicus review here





Reviews for The Vinyl District- Cornershop's URBAN TURBAN, OFF!'s S/T and Daryl Hall's SACRED SONGS

Cornershop review here

OFF! review here

Daryl Hall review here



Reviews for The Vinyl District- Brian Jonestown Massacre's AUFHEBEN, Lee Hazlewood's THE LHI YEARS and Beastie Boys' LOVE AMERICAN STYLE EP

BJM review here

Lee review here

RIP MCA here



Live Review from the Vinyl District- Mike Watt with J Mascis, Murph and other special guests at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC 5/2/12

Watt & J throwing down. Photo by Nate S. Rhodes

live review here



Reviews for The Vinyl District- Death Grips' THE MONEY STORE, Ty Segall/White Fence's HAIR and Booker Ervin's THE FREEDOM BOOK

Death Grips review here

Ty Segall/White Fence review here

Booker Ervin review here



Reviews for The Vinyl District- Bola's VOLUME 7, Allo Darlin's EUROPE and Esquivel's SPACE-AGE BACHELOR PAD MUSIC

Bola review here


Allo Darlin review here

Esquivel review here

Reviews for The Vinyl District- Mississippi John Hurt's LAST SESSIONS, Pussy Galore's FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOUR BODY and Patti Smith's HORSES

Hurt review here

Pussy Galore review here

Patti review here



Reviews for The Vinyl District- Robert Pollard's MOUSEMAN CLOUD, Screaming Females' UGLY and Bo Diddley's BO DIDDLEY

Pollard review here

Screaming Females review here

Bo Diddley review here





Reviews from The Vinyl District- Gentleman Jesse's LEAVING ATLANTA, Lee Ranaldo's BETWEEN THE TIMES AND TIDES and Tim Berne's FULTON STREET MAUL

 

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for Lee Ranaldo review click here

for Tim Berne review click here







Reviews from The Vinyl District- The Decemberists' WE ALL RAISE OUR VOICES TO THE AIR, Lambchop's MR. M and The Dambuilders' ENCENDEDOR



for Decemberists review click here

for Lambchop review click here

for Dambuilders review click here



Reviews from The Vinyl District- The Magnetic Fields' LOVE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, feedtime's THE ABERRANT YEARS, and Stump's A FIERCE PANCAKE

for Magnetic Fields review click here

for feedtime review click here

for Stump review click here



Reviews for The Vinyl District- Disappears' PRE LANGUAGE, Van Dyke Parks' DISCOVER AMERICA and Mount Carmel's REAL WOMEN

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for Van Dyke Parks review click here

for Mount Carmel review review click here

Reviews for The Vinyl District- Dustin Wong's DREAMS SAY, VIEW, CREATE, SHADOW LEADS, The Monkees' HEADQUARTERS and Métal Urbain's LES HOMMES MORT SONT DANGEREUX

Dustin Wong review here

Davy Jones RIP. Review here

Métal Urbain review here