Show Up: Nothing Says 'Latin Divas' Like Taiko Drums Show Up: Nothing Says 'Latin Divas' Like Taiko Drums Live music is a very democratic process; think of each ticket as a vote and each amazing concert as a successful election. Congratulations! [...] Holly von Winckel \ Feb 06, 2014 Read More Lysa Flores (Marjorie C.)
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Give The People What They Want And Too Much Information Traditional music nerds claim that “real” fans have been there from day one, before the world paid attention. Yawn. So passé. Those of [...] Alibi \ Feb 06, 2014 Read More
Get Lit: The Beatles Are Here! 50 Years After The Band Arrived In America, Writers, Musicians & Other Fans Remember The Beatles arrived in America on Feb. 7, 1964. As their plane taxied on the runway at the recently renamed JFK airport, it [...] August March \ Jan 30, 2014 Read More
Four Up: Boo-Wop, Gothic Ball, Blues-Rock And Electro-Punk Boo-Wop And Twang Seattleite quartet La Luz emanates peerless haunted surf. The band self-released stellar debut EP Damp Face in 2012. The act’s now signed to [...] Alibi \ Jan 30, 2014 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Fuck Off Get Free ..., Ep2 And Tuck Box Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Fuck Off Get Free ..., Ep2 And Tuck Box Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra gets called post-rock, and everyone in Canada and parts of northern Michigan freak out. Efrim Menuck and [...] August March \ Jan 30, 2014 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Plan-It-X Escape, Blackest Idm And Dead Meadow Gambol Escape To Plan-It-X The motto of punk label Plan-It-X—“If it ain’t cheap, it ain’t punk.”—aims to pollinate the notion that emulating major labels isn’t necessary to [...] Alibi \ Jan 23, 2014 Read More (Garrett Walters)
The Punk Singer Keeps On Livin’: An Interview With Kathleen Hanna An Interview With Kathleen Hanna My first time hearing Bikini Kill, Kathleen Hanna’s seminal group, reads like something from a young adult novel. It was 1995-ish, and I’d [...] M. Brianna Stallings \ Jan 23, 2014 Read More Kathleen Hanna (Allison Michael Orenstein)
Sonic Reducer Listen to Warpaint and venture into a sonic region permeated by menacing rhythms, hypnotic vocals and an indie-rock bent that’s not cliché or [...] Mark Lopez \ Jan 16, 2014 Read More
Bass, Rouge, Comfort Food And Free Jazz Fam Group Sound Therapy The average range of human hearing is from 20 to 20,000 Hz. Bass frequencies are situated at 20 to 140 Hz, but below [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Jan 16, 2014 Read More
Four Up: Metal Vs Mariachi, Americana, Ebm And No Wave Metal + Mariachi = If you missed Metalachi’s tour last September, don’t let your second opportunity to experience the portmanteau-genred fivesome pass you by. It’s a rarity [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Jan 09, 2014 Read More Metalachi (Amy Whelan/Wheelz)
