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.
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)
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)
New Orleans Saints Songs Jessica Cassyle Carr It would stand to reason that the New Orleans Saints, a team named after a song, might inspire more songs. Being one of [...] Alibi \ Feb 04, 2010 Read More My little sister, Elizabeth, and DJ Matty celebrate the Saints’ win at my father’s house on Jan. 24.
Flyer On The Wall: Haiti Benefit Djs Descend On Haiti To help it, of course. On Friday, Feb. 5, DJs Losack, Denise, Maris, Dave 12, Pablo 77 and Burnt Reynolds will mix beats [...] Alibi \ Feb 04, 2010 Read More
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