Frank Valish

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Books, Metal, and Reissues Editor at Under the Radar

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Times and Seasons: The Rise and Fall and Rise of The Zombies

4 days ago | undertheradarmag.com | Frank Valish

Hozac Books has quietly become the go-to publisher for detailed, expansive, and interesting musical texts, having released books about The Bangles, Chris Bell, and Jimmy Wilsey, as well as memoirs from Paul Collins, Bebe Buell, and The Jones’ Jeff Drake, and titles on New Zealand music fanzines, South Florida punk and new wave, and two volumes of White Label Promo Preservation Society chronicling lost and obscure records.
The Lost Voice

2 weeks ago | undertheradarmag.com | Frank Valish

Greta Morgan is the singer/songwriter of The Hush Sound, Gold Motel, and Springtime Carnivores. She has worked with Katy Goodman and been a touring musician with both Jenny Lewis and Vampire Weekend. During the pandemic, after contracting COVID, she lost her voice. Morgan was diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder with no cure. The Lost Voice is her story.
Various Artists: The Cobra Label (Numero Group) - review | Under the Radar Magazine

3 weeks ago | undertheradarmag.com | Frank Valish

Web Exclusive Numero Group’s terrific Eccentric Soul series are studies in early soul, rock and roll, R&B, and pop, much of which is obscure and largely forgotten to time. The most recent installment of the series showcases the Cobra Records label, an establishment founded in San Antonio by Abraham “Abe” Epstein, sometime record producer and real estate mogul.
Morphine: Bootleg Detroit (Rhino) - review

3 weeks ago | undertheradarmag.com | Frank Valish

Web Exclusive It’s a blessing that a band with such a relatively short career (and terribly tragic ending) has an official live album to its catalog of recordings. Initially released on CD in 2000, Bootleg Detroit makes its vinyl debut here for Record Store Day 2025, remastered and pressed on translucent milky-clear vinyl.
Various Artists: Night Lights (Craft) - Review | Under the Radar Magazine

1 month ago | undertheradarmag.com | Frank Valish

Web Exclusive From 1960 to 1963, acclaimed jazz label Prestige Records initiated a new imprint entitled Moodsville, which seemed to wish to capitalize on the growing trend of jazz as “mood music.” In 39 releases, beginning with The Red Garland Trio with Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and ending with Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More, Moodsville carved out a niche for mellow jazz ballads played by first class musicians.
Wild Dark Shore

1 month ago | undertheradarmag.com | Frank Valish

New York Times bestselling author Charlotte McConaghy’s latest novel, Wild Dark Shore, is a riveting mystery set on the fictional island of Shearwater, between the continents of Australia and Antarctica. Shearwater houses the world’s largest seed bank, an historic repository that is meant to protect plant diversity in the case of particularly treacherous times ahead.
Dexter Gordon: Our Man in Paris (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition) - review

1 month ago | undertheradarmag.com | Frank Valish

Web Exclusive Dexter Gordon’s career as a jazz saxophonist began in the early ’40s playing with such greats as Nat King Cole, Lionel Hampton, and Dizzy Gillespie, but most of his following decade was derailed by drug issues and prison time.
Alison Krauss & Union Station: Arcadia (Down the Road) - review

2 months ago | undertheradarmag.com | Frank Valish

Web Exclusive For more than 35 years, Alison Krauss & Union Station have been a bluegrass institution, perfecting the classic American form led by Krauss’ distinctive gentle soprano. The band have over the years garnered all sorts of awards and generally universal acclaim. After interim years that found Krauss releasing a solo album and recording and touring with Robert Plant, she rejoins Union Station for their first album in 14 years.
Sonny Rollins: Volume 1 (Blue Classics Vinyl Series) (Blue Note) - review

2 months ago | undertheradarmag.com | Frank Valish

Web Exclusive Saxophone giant Sonny Rollins had already established himself throughout the 1950s with a string of albums on the Prestige label, including the esteemed Saxophone Colossus, which was released shortly before his departure for Blue Note.
The Café with No Name

2 months ago | undertheradarmag.com | Frank Valish

Robert Seethaler’s The Café with No Name has already become a #1 bestseller in Germany and has remained on the bestseller list for 40 weeks. Now released in this English translation, Seethaler’s beatific novel can be appreciated by a whole new constituency of readers. The Café with No Name is set in Vienna during the 1960s and ’70s, a community still recovering from the horrors of war.