Aural Fixation: Faun Fables’ Animated Songtelling Reveals The Spirit Of An Adventurer Faun Fables’ Animated Music Dawn McCarthy is an adventurer. When the musician behind Faun Fables answers the phone for this interview, the rushing wind and frequent connection [...] Summer Olsson \ Nov 11, 2010 Read More Faun Fables (faunfables.net)
Albuquerque’s Squash Blossom Boys Debuts Outside Lookin’ In Squash Blossom Boys’ Debut Album Is Sneaking Up On You A pioneering band in Albuquerque’s Americana scene, the Squash Blossom Boys brings expert musicianship and rollicking energy to standard and original tunes. The [...] Summer Olsson \ Oct 21, 2010 Read More Squashies squashing around (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Sonic Reducer: Reviews Of The Rebel Set, Tumbledown, The Bright Light Social Club This trio hails from Phoenix, which may be one of those secret cool cities most people don’t know about. Poison Arrow is one [...] Summer Olsson \ Oct 14, 2010 Read More
Show Up!: Lucid Dreaming With Cocorosie Lucid Dreaming With Cocorosie You’re wandering through a labyrinthine mansion, lured on by eerily seductive voices. Spider webs audibly brush your cheeks and chimes ring out all [...] Summer Olsson \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More Sisters, misters (Courtesy of CocoRosie)
Aural Fixation: Non Stop Bhangra Dance Party Non Stop Bhangra Dance Party At the beginning of my love affair with Bollywood films, I made every single person I knew repeatedly watch the “Chaiyya Chaiyya” scene [...] Summer Olsson \ Sep 23, 2010 Read More Dholrhythms busts a move.
Aural Fixation: Contra Dancing To That Old-Time Music How To Dance To That Old-Time Music You may remember a sweaty-palmed week in middle school when you were forced to square dance by an overbearing gym teacher. And you [...] Summer Olsson \ Sep 16, 2010 Read More Do the C-O-N-T-R-A!
Show Up! The Felice Brothers’ Journey From The Catskills To The Rockies The Felice Brothers’ Journey From The Catskills To The Rockies Listening to the earthy, earnest songs of The Felice Brothers, it’s easy to hear the band’s roots and the influence of its journey. [...] Summer Olsson \ Sep 16, 2010 Read More The Felice Brothers (Pieter M Van Hattem)
Show Up! The Parson Red Heads On Showmanship And Style The Parson Red Heads On Showmanship And Style At performances by The Parson Red Heads, audiences can expect upbeat, folksy, multi-harmony rock and roll with psychedelic traces, and, most likely, special [...] Summer Olsson \ Aug 26, 2010 Read More Too many red heads for one couch (Monica)
The Bay Area’s Birds & Batteries Lands At Low Spirits Birds & Batteries Lands At Low Spirits Imagine you’re in one of those centrifuge rides at the state fair and the blaring theme music is some sort of ’70s rock. [...] Summer Olsson \ Aug 05, 2010 Read More Birds, Batteries and some band wearing glasses
Sonic Reducer: Daniel Francis Doyle, Grupo Fantasma, The Whispering Tree Austin-based Daniel Francis Doyle is a one-man hurricane, crooning, whining and roaring his way into your heart. The emotional riot We Bet Our [...] Summer Olsson \ Jul 22, 2010 Read More