Fotw: La Junta, Zoology And Shamani Spruce Up The Place Vinyl Damask Nice wallpaper! Or is that a flyer? Find out on Friday, Feb. 19, when La Junta, Zoology and Shamani share funky hip-hop and [...] Alibi \ Feb 18, 2010 Read More
Rhymesayer P.o.s. Talks Music And Menial Jobs P.O.S. (real name Stefon Alexander) is the atypical rapper. He never sports ice, spits about getting “crunk” or brags about how many Bentleys [...] Kyle Eustice \ Feb 18, 2010 Read More Hip-hop artists and Doomtree Records co-founder P.O.S.
Jazzed: Mark Weaver’s Ufo Ensemble Well-Engineered Tunes Support Free, Focused Improvisation Mark Weaver—tuba player, composer and founder of the UFO Ensemble—interlaces written and freely improvised elements to construct sturdy, expressive tunes capable of bearing [...] Mel Minter \ Feb 11, 2010 Read More Mark Weaver’s UFO Ensemble visits the fun house. (Mark Jackson-Weaver)
Eyedea & Abilities Murder The Mainstream Eyedea & Abilities Murder The Mainstream “Playing live is like a drug. It induces a manic state for me,” says hip-hop MC Eyedea. “Usually I vomit uncontrollably afterwards, cry [...] Kyle Eustice \ Feb 11, 2010 Read More Eydea, Abilities and Eyedea
Fotw: Love, Noise And Bacon Are In The Air—Wild Yaks, A Church Is Not A Hospital, Rocket Parlour, Bigawatt And Baby Shampoo Play A Valentine’s Day Breakfast Show. Love, Noise And Bacon Are In The Air Nani Chacon is responsible for this lovely Tex Avery-inspired flyer, filled with titillating information. On St. Valentine’s Sunday, Feb. 14, Speaker Waffle Breakfast [...] Alibi \ Feb 11, 2010 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Monterrey, Mexico’s Mtymx Music And Arts Festival, See Fela! For Free And Klezmerquerque 2010 Is Here. Musica In Monterrey, Mexico Few music festivals really thrill me: Coachella, Lollapalooza, SXSW, New Orleans’ Jazz Fest—despite excellent lineups, they tend to be hot, expensive, impersonal clusterfucks [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Feb 11, 2010 Read More
Music Interview: Riding With Exene Exene Cervenka could care less about resting on laurels. She’s fronted X for more than 30 years, stoking a dynamo of L.A. punk, [...] Laura Marrich \ Feb 11, 2010 Read More Exene Cervenka (Ali Smith)
Who Are The Radio Alchemists? Poet, journalist, activist and mouth musician Hakim Bellamy is a Philadelphia native who has lived in the Land of Enchantment for five years. [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Feb 04, 2010 Read More Design by Zack Freeman
Venus Bogardus Release New Album Spitting At The Glass Venus Bogardus Releases A New Album In 2008, after five years living in Bath, England, James Reich and Hannah Levbarg decided to relocate. The married couple and founders of [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Feb 04, 2010 Read More Hannah Levbarg and James Reich of Venus Bogardus
Sonic Reducer: Jason Lindner And Hot Chip As musical as he is adventurous, keyboardist/composer/arranger Jason Lindner earned well-deserved plaudits for his big band project. With Now Vs Now, he turns [...] Alibi \ Feb 04, 2010 Read More
