Alibi Picks Shake your tail feathers this Saturday to some traditional tunes from locales like Albania, Macedonia and Greece at Goddess of Arno’s 14 th [...] Summer Olsson \ Apr 07, 2011 Read More
Gallery Review: Valery Milovic Populates A World With Creepy But Cute Characters Valery Milovic Plays With Broken Toys Endearing, chubby creatures with big eyes greeted me as I entered the Mariposa Gallery. Getting closer, the pieces revealed themselves as more ominous. [...] Summer Olsson \ Mar 24, 2011 Read More “I don’t know what you’re so angry about; I’m the one who has to get toasted.” (Mariposa Gallery)
Music To Your Ears: Farewell, Jenny Invert Upside-Down Airplane Regrettably, I discovered the marvelous Burque band Jenny Invert much later than many of its avid fans. I was missing out. The five-piece [...] Summer Olsson \ Mar 17, 2011 Read More Jenny Invert, another local band lost to the Northwest
Music To Your Ears: Have Bands, Don’t Travel Have Bands, Don’t Travel You could make the 13-hour drive to Austin for SXSW, struggle through pressing crowds, spend tons of money and only dream of reaching [...] Summer Olsson \ Mar 10, 2011 Read More Starfucker
Show Up! Winter’s Fall Juxtaposes Old And New Winter’s Fall Reinterprets Familiar Sounds Slow, spacey keyboard sounds build into a multilayered crashing of guitars and drums, only to give way to a lonely steel guitar, leaving [...] Summer Olsson \ Mar 03, 2011 Read More Winter’s Fall and friends (wintersfallmusic.com)
Mazel Tov! The Whole Village Is Invited To The Ninth Annual Festival Of All Things Klezmer The Whole Village Is Invited To The Ninth Annual Festival Of All Things Klezmer Rooted in the Jewish cultures of Eastern Europe, klezmer is influenced by the traditional folk music of several countries, including Russia, Romania and [...] Summer Olsson \ Feb 17, 2011 Read More Joe “Yosl” Kurland
The Layman’s Klezmer: Four Albums To Get You Geared Up For Klezmerquerque The following albums are good places to start investigating. This compilation is especially good for people who have heard very little klezmer, or [...] Summer Olsson \ Feb 17, 2011 Read More
Musical Memories: Locals Share Their Best Moments Of 2010 Community Members Share Their Best Music Moments Of 2010 When I asked a cross section of music-minded locals for their thoughts on the best moments of 2010, I expected more comments like [...] Summer Olsson \ Dec 30, 2010 Read More A trapeze artist hangs around at The Kosmos during the CocoRosie after-party. (Champagne Constance Fienstien)
Show Up! Le Serpent Rouge Slithers Onto Stage “Vaudeville” traditionally refers to mixed entertainment on the same bill, and Le Serpent Rouge is just that. A trio of belly dancers, The [...] Summer Olsson \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More The Indigo references late-19 th century performers who brought belly dance into the American consciousness. (theindigo.net)
Sonic Reducer: The Debutante Hour, Typhoon, The Silent Comedy Three fine ladies draped in vintage glam sing vaudevillian songs to accordion and tuba. A smoky-voiced vixen croons torch songs about the devil [...] Summer Olsson \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More