Matt Levin5 days ago4 minRIDE in SF 30 Years Ago! April 8th, 1991Wow, 30 years, what a trip! I was living and going to school in Eugene, Oregon. I had just turned 23 and inhaling all of the new music...
Matt LevinMar 81 minI Hate SuzieI know I'm prone to hyperbole, but I Hate Suzie is the best thing on TV right now! Darkly twisted and hysterically funny, it owes much of...
Matt LevinMar 52 minRIDE, TODAY FOREVER EP at 30!RIDE's Today Forever(TF) EP turns 30 this month, released in March of 1991, and coming on the heels of 1990's excellent debut LP,...
Matt LevinFeb 252 minHysterical GirlHyperbole notwithstanding, Kate Novack's made the best film of the year, the astonishingly brilliant, Hysterical Girl. It’s only 13...
Matt LevinFeb 231 minThe Brilliance of Frances McDormand and NomadlandFrances McDormand has always been such an authentic actor you feel like you know her. In iconic roles such as her Oscar winning turn as...
Matt LevinJan 232 minSEI STILL, MEXICO CITYFor the first weekend of the Biden/Harris era and AT(After Trump) I thought I'd share about some amazing new rock & roll from Mexico...
Matt LevinJan 133 minSweet Smell of SuccessThere's so much to love about Alexander Mackendrick's 1957, blistering film-noir masterpiece, Sweet Smell of Success, starring Burt...
Matt LevinJan 41 minAncient River(live), Milwaukee Psych Fest VI have a lot of live footage that I haven't gotten out for one reason or another. Mostly it's due to the fact that I have more footage...
Matt LevinDec 29, 20203 minThe Life & Films of Powell & PressburgerWith the release of the new Disney, Pixar film, SOUL, which tells the story of a man bargaining for his life because he didn't think it...
Matt LevinDec 25, 20203 minBest New Music of 2020It's been a really miserable year for everyone. People are dying and suffering. If the worst thing to happen to you this year is that...
Matt LevinDec 25, 20202 minChatham Rise, Hummingbird(live) First AvenueI recently posted about the incredible night of music I was lucky to film and witness in Minneapolis a couple of years ago with the Brian...
Matt LevinDec 20, 20202 minBJM (live)Vad Hände Med Dem? First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN. May 12, 2018.I recently wrote about the incredible output of amazing new music that Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre has putout this...
Matt LevinDec 7, 20202 minAnton Newcombe is on a Roll!Anton Newcombe has been one of the important and singularly unique voices in psychedelic rock music over the last 25 plus years. The...
Matt LevinNov 18, 20201 minWill Carruthers: GluggaveðurA very special Icelandic saying is Gluggaveður. It essentially means, window-weather. So when you look outside the window and it looks...
Matt LevinOct 15, 20202 minRIDE, NOWHERE TURNS 30!!!Happy 30th bday to RIDE's debut record, Nowhere, which was released on October 15th, 1990! It's a brilliant record that has more than...
Matt LevinSep 24, 20201 minSuper Furry Animals - The International Language of Screaming!The psychedelic Welsh band, Super Furry Animals have always been brilliant and ahead of their time. Led by their visionary singer, Gruff...
Matt LevinSep 6, 20202 minThe Jesus Lizard @ The WOW HallIn November of 1992 I was a film student in Eugene, Oregon, and had recently acquired fancy a new video camera. It was pretty hi-tech at...
Matt LevinJul 10, 20203 minDave Cromwell Writes About New TLA Episode!The wonderful New York based music writer, Dave Cromwell, has written a lovely piece about the new TLA episode, "Krautwerk Umarmt...
Matt LevinJul 7, 20202 minMoon Duo Live!Moon Duo are one of the coolest psychedelic rock bands on the planet. Everything about them is just cool. They have a cool name, they...
Matt LevinJul 6, 20202 minRIP Maestro Ennio Morricone/Stan Ridgeway, Wall of VoodooI wanted to share Stan Ridgway's Instagram post about the passing of Maestro Ennio Morricone. I feel bad for Stan who clearly loved and...