Visions Of Sugarplums: Five Sweet Shows To Keep You Warm At Night Five Sweet Shows To Keep You Warm At Night “Foot on the pedal, never ever false metal/ Engine running hotter than a boiling kettle/ My job ain’t a job/ It’s a damn [...] August March \ Dec 04, 2014 Read More From left, Dilated Peoples and Jessica Hernandez (Courtesy of artists)
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of The Velvet Underground Box Set, Rock Or Bust And Big Music The 45th anniversary reissue of The Velvet Underground’s third, self-titled album serves as a reminder of the band’s proto-punk power amidst the hippie-dippy [...] August March \ Dec 04, 2014 Read More
In The Key Of Thanksgiving: Seven Stellar Shows To Be Grateful For Seven Stellar Shows To Be Grateful For “We have assembled inside this ancient and insane theatre/ To propagate our lust for life and flee the swarming wisdom of the streets [...] August March \ Nov 27, 2014 Read More ( Karrie Nodalo )
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Keep You, Biker Gone And Words To The Blind Billed as screamo, Baltimore hardcore band Pianos Become The Teeth sure as hell don’t sound that way with Keep You—which honestly suits me [...] Alibi \ Nov 27, 2014 Read More
The Soul Of The Party: Five Bomb Gigs Serve As Sonic Balm Five Bomb Gigs Serve As Sonic Balm “This is what I love and can’t stop loving/ Get wasted at parties from 9 til 7 in the morning/ I live for [...] August March \ Nov 20, 2014 Read More From left, Slander and DJ Qbert
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of The Endless River, The Basement Tapes And Storytone The Endless River, Pink Floyd’s final release before a projected trans-dimensional reunion in 2037, isn’t really new. Taken from sessions Gilmour, Wright and [...] August March \ Nov 20, 2014 Read More
On The Record With Get Action: Hometown Supergroup Releases 7-Inch Hometown Supergroup Releases 7-Inch “Supergroup.” That term is derived from the 1968 LP Super Session—featuring Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills—and it’s used to describe a [...] Captain America \ Nov 13, 2014 Read More Get Action (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Music To Your Ears: Must-See Electro, Hip-Hop And Americana Shows “Oh … could you knock a line or two, together for a friend?/ Sentimental, tear inducing, with a happy end?/ And we need [...] August March \ Nov 13, 2014 Read More ( Dennis Skley )
From Here To There: Four Modal Proofs Worth Braving Four Modal Proofs Worth Braving “When the world is a monster/ Bad to swallow you whole/ Kick the clay that holds those teeth in/ Throw your trolls out [...] August March \ Nov 06, 2014 Read More ( Infomatique )
Aural Fixation: On Björk: Biophilia Live And Metallica Bio Into The Black From Virus To Solstice I’ve always held Björk in high esteem as an artist. But after thrilling to her big-little-big voice for ages, I simply wasn’t all [...] Alibi \ Nov 06, 2014 Read More
