Sonic Reducer: Twenty One Pilots, Graham Parker & The Rumour And Holly Herndon Sonic Reducer: Twenty One Pilots, Graham Parker & The Rumour And Holly Herndon There are so many musical paths twisting, bifurcating and sometimes appearing seemingly out of nowhere on Twenty One Pilots’ new release Blurryface. The [...] August March \ May 28, 2015 Read More
Aural Fixation: Kirk Vs. Rock A Brief Teleplay Scene: Bridge of United Federation Starship Enterprise. The crew is arrayed at their customary stations. Uhura sits at the communications panel, forever listening. [...] August March \ May 28, 2015 Read More (Fire Engine Red)
Show Up!: Four Nights Of Music On Wings Of Sound “Trip, trip to a dream dragon/ Hide your wings in a ghost tower/ Sails cackling at every plate we break/ Cracked by scattered [...] August March \ May 21, 2015 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Joanna Gruesome, Umo, Hot Chip Love: loud, female-fronted rock groups that deftly combine defiant screams with enchanting twee-pop, embracing all that was good, angry and pure about ’90s [...] Alibi \ May 21, 2015 Read More
An Interview With Kimo, Pt. Ii Kimo played guitar, jamming good with Eric McFadden at the fabulous Dingo Bar. Rocanrol allusions aside, the artist continued to riff on her [...] August March \ May 21, 2015 Read More Kimo (COURTESY OF ARTIST)
Music Magnified: Yellowcard Storms Sunshine Stepping in from the howling rain, Sunshine Theater (120 Central SW) was like a warm, dark haven on Monday, May 4. The venue’s [...] Renee Chavez \ May 14, 2015 Read More Yellowcard (Courtesy of artist)
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Sol Invictus, Wilder Mind And Bush Faith No More’s relevance always resulted from the band’s ability to tightly grasp and mightily shake up the patois of certain genres in [...] August March \ May 14, 2015 Read More
How To Take On The World: Four Concerts Light The Way Four Concerts Light The Way “Well I hate my writin’/ It’s all the same/ When it drips like posture/ My head just hangs/ And I hate myself man/ [...] August March \ May 14, 2015 Read More
Dirt City Archives: The Big River Band The Big River Band It’s 1978. I’m 20 years old, living in a log cabin in the East Mountains. A few miles away on South 14 stands [...] Captain America \ May 07, 2015 Read More The Big River (Courtesy of artist)
Straight From The Garage: Looking In On The Glass Menageries Looking In On The Glass Menageries It’s a cold Sunday morning. Storm clouds are rolling in, the scent of impending raindrops coating the asphalt. I’m greeted by Mauro Woody, [...] Mark Lopez \ May 07, 2015 Read More Glass Menageries’ practice (Mark Lopez)
