Four Up: Gathering Indigeneity, Horror And Dandy Warlocks Nativity Of Noise The 31st Annual Gathering of Nations is upon us. This congregation of Native peoples, artists and entertainers starts on Thursday, but the events [...] Alibi \ Apr 24, 2014 Read More
Music Magnified: I’m Not The Beatles: John & Yoko Interviews 1969-72 Music Magnified: I’m Not The Beatles: John & Yoko Interviews 1969-72 The work of renaissance man, photographer, writer, broadcaster and director Howard Smith runs a critically parallel course to the events and personages that [...] August March \ Apr 24, 2014 Read More
On The Periphery: David Sylvian Solo Career Bio Proves Exhaustive David Sylvian Solo Career Bio Proves Exhaustive As English rock group Japan began their commercial and critical ascendance in the early ’80s, frontman David Sylvian went underground. Long-brewing creative differences [...] August March \ Apr 17, 2014 Read More
Four Up: Protest Songs, Soulful Hip-Hop, Vox And Waxahatchee Tune In To Chimurenga As a teenager, Thomas Mapfumo aka “The Lion of Zimbabwe” began his career in music by mimicking rock stars like Elvis and Otis [...] Alibi \ Apr 17, 2014 Read More Thomas Mapfumo (Kevin Minderhout)
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Rivers In The Wasteland, Hic Abundant Leones And It’s Album Time Much like Hootie & the Blowfish and Dave Matthews made the world safe once again for album-oriented rock, NEEDTOBREATHE occupies a cranny between [...] Alibi \ Apr 17, 2014 Read More
Four Up: Trickster Soul, Gloam Pop, Rap Vip And Neko Icon In The Court Of Coyote Corinne and Jeremiah Rosethorn, formerly of nomadic psych-folk/doom trio Mythical Beast, now reside near Coyote, N.M. They describe their new Not Not Fun-signed [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Apr 10, 2014 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Kim Deal’s Latest 7-Inch, Hot Dreams And Salad Days “Time has come/ much too soon./ You won’t stay awake/ for my tune.” So says Kim Deal on her latest 7-inch single, which [...] Alibi \ Apr 10, 2014 Read More
Four Up: Americana, Mythology, Improv And Literate Rock Americana À La Burque If you’re a fan of Americana in the 505, you’ve probably heard of The Porter Draw. Heck we even ran a micro review [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Apr 03, 2014 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Mess, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road And Seer I’m not the crazy-obsessive music fan I once was, so it’s become something of a reliable surprise when nutso shambolic trio Liars puts [...] Alibi \ Apr 03, 2014 Read More
Get Lit: A Man Called Destruction Examines Chilton’s Life And Work A Man Called Destruction, published on March 24, presents the reader with an unflinching portrait of the artist as a wrestler-with-demons working toward [...] August March \ Apr 03, 2014 Read More
