Song Roulette: Little Bobby’s Technicolor Tracks Little Bobby’s Technicolor Tracks Little Bobby is an avid runner, vegetarian and fan of psychedelic music. His band Shoulder Voices is realeasing its first album this week. [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Apr 29, 2010 Read More
Fotw: Cinco De Mayo Frito De Pie-O Fiesta! Cinco De Mayo Frito De Pie-O Fiesta! This week we honor a flyer designed in-house by Jeff Drew for our Cinco de Mayo party. [See this week’s feature for more [...] Alibi \ Apr 29, 2010 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah, Part One (4Th World War), When You’re Strange Documentary, Sharon Jones’ I Learned The Hard Way If New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War) is the cynical side to Erykah Badu’s psyche, then New Amerykah Part Two: Return of [...] Alibi \ Apr 22, 2010 Read More
Song Roulette: Peer Into Megafaun’s World Through Songs From Brad Cook’s Collection, Selected At Random. Peer Into Megafaun’s World Through Songs From Brad Cook’s Collection, Selected At Random Bearded folksters Brad Cook, Phil Cook and Joe Westerlund are the meat and bones of Megafaun. Taking an oddball approach to traditional American [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Apr 22, 2010 Read More
Music Interview: Red Earth Reunites And The Band Is Still As Greasy And Delicious As A Spam Sandwich Between the mid-’90s and mid-aughts, you could frequently find Red Earth concocting its “tribal stew” of funk and reggae-laced hard rock all around [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Apr 22, 2010 Read More Red Earth in 2001
Gathering Of Nations Powwow Guide North America’s biggest powwow happens on April 22, 23 and 24, at the University of New Mexico Football Field (University and Avenida Cesar [...] Alibi \ Apr 22, 2010 Read More
Flyer On The Wall: Hark Now, Methinks I Do Hear The Sounds Of Gnomes Hark Now, Methinks I Do Hear The Sounds Of Gnomes Cleveland indie psych band mr. Gnome writes songs about vampires and pirates. San Francisco gravelly-voiced accordionist Mark Growden writes songs about Saint Judas [...] Alibi \ Apr 22, 2010 Read More
Dirt City Archives: The Psych-Pop Of Uv Transmission The Psych-Pop Of Uv Transmission Have you ever walked into a bar intimidated by the row of hogs and Harleys parked out front? Wondered about the reception you’d [...] Captain America \ Apr 15, 2010 Read More Rare UV Transmission paraphernalia (Captain America)
Sonic Reducer: Ben Goldberg, Rufus Reid, Tin Hat Ben Goldberg packs a lot of music in his clarinet case—including jazz, Ashkenazi roots music and chamber music. His latest combo features musicians [...] Mel Minter \ Apr 15, 2010 Read More
Pianist Omar Sosa’s Afreecanos Quartet Communes With The Spirits Cuban pianist, marimbist and composer Omar Sosa plays up and down the tree of music, sounding its deepest African roots and the greenest [...] Mel Minter \ Apr 15, 2010 Read More Omar Sosa stresses the importance of having fun. (Yannick Perrin)
