Revolutions Per Century: A Brief History Of American Protest Music A Brief History Of American Protest Music Driving home from the Black Spirituals concert this weekend, KUNM 89.9 FM transmitted Gil Scott-Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” into the [...] August March \ Aug 28, 2014 Read More
Postmodern Black Spirituals: Oakland Duo’s Pilgrimage Of Deconstruction Oakland Duo’s Pilgrimage Of Deconstruction Postmodernism can be a big, noisy thing, imbued with the knowledge of diverse human cultures and the aesthetic, political and personal concerns that [...] August March \ Aug 21, 2014 Read More Black Spirituals (Courtesy of artist)
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium, Directors Of Photography And Blacc Hollywood There are all sorts of noteworthy aspects to the new rap record by The Underachievers. From its subtly smashed-up allusion to the cover [...] August March \ Aug 21, 2014 Read More
Show Up! Members Of Dio, Ozzy And Ac/Dc Converge In Geoff Tate’s Queensrÿche Geoff Tate’s Queensrÿche Headlines Sunshine The rumors are true. Queensrÿche did go through a fairly ugly break up. During a sound check in Brazil in 2012, Geoff Tate [...] Constance Moss \ Aug 21, 2014 Read More Queensrÿche circa 2014 (Courtesy of artist)
Show Up!: ’90S Nostalgia Meets New Wave Of Now Nine Inch Nails/Soundgarden/Cold Cave Concert Bolsters Local Eyeliner Sales The Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden and Cold Cave concert is coming, so it’s blunt question time here in the Alibi ‘s music division. [...] August March \ Aug 14, 2014 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Æthereal Assembly, Americana And All Bad Æthereal Assembly Burque is known for bringing artists, musicians, poets and other visionaries together in alternative spaces; places like Spirit Abuse and The Tannex come [...] August March \ Aug 14, 2014 Read More Sondra Sun-Odeon (Courtesy of artist)
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of End Times Undone, Television Man And Surface Water Perception I like to imagine that in New Zealand, excessive consumption of Marmite and Chippie sandwiches has resulted in a Pacific population of nutritionally [...] August March \ Aug 14, 2014 Read More
Darkness Becomes Him: Xiu Xiu Prime Mover Talks Genesis, Gang Violence And Autoerotic Asphyxiation Xiu Xiu Prime Mover Talks Genesis, Gang Violence And Autoerotic Asphyxiation Those who prefer music videos sans murder should skip “Stupid in the Dark,” the latest in a series of “WTF did I just [...] M. Brianna Stallings \ Aug 07, 2014 Read More
Music To Your Ears: *Cicadas Chirp*, Reading Rainbows And “Yes I Will Yes” *Cicadas Chirp* Burque’s rock avant-garde takes up residence at Burt’s Tiki Lounge (313 Gold SW) on Friday, Aug. 8. Producing sounds that may have come [...] Alibi \ Aug 07, 2014 Read More (Chicharra)
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Alvvays, Lese Majesty And Whoop Dee Doo OMG, guys! Everybody and their cooler older sister is falling all over themselves about how great the self-titled debut from Alvvays is! What’s [...] Alibi \ Aug 07, 2014 Read More