Four Up: Out Of Context, Scrape Rock, Love’s Battlefield And Psych Pageant Out-Of-Context Concert In its 12th iteration, High Mayhem’s Fall Series finds the curatorial vision of the collective as strong as ever. The penultimate weekend of [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Nov 14, 2013 Read More
From Ballard To Wilde: An Existentialist/Post-Punk Odyssey An Existentialist/Post-Punk Odyssey Fancy absurdist, existentialist, dystopian, gothic, sci-fi and transgressive fiction as interpreted by the crème de la crème of the experimental, new wave, noise, [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Nov 14, 2013 Read More (Yuri Levchenko)
Following Cults: On Aural Sects, Lazy Crit And Static On Aural Sects, Lazy Crit And Static Pick a review of Cults—any review—and you’ll find references to girl groups and walls of sound. Umm … no. Comments like these tell [...] Captain America \ Nov 07, 2013 Read More Cults (Courtesy of artist)
Confection Of Noise: Melt-Banana Talks Fetch, Fukushima And Pink Noise Melt-Banana Talks Fetch, Fukushima And Pink Noise I moved to Albuquerque in May 2007. I’d driven nonstop from Oakland, Calif. in a U-Haul with my best friend riding shotgun and [...] Nate Daly \ Nov 07, 2013 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Only Theatre Of Pain, Ep 2 And Clean “What’s that moving in the basement? What’s that moving in the attic?” My intro column as music editor (“Dancing About Pueblo Revival Style [...] Alibi \ Oct 31, 2013 Read More
Four Up: Sœur Lemonade, Redux Resurrection, Descansos And Spacegrass Sœur Lemonade Sisters Bianca and Sierra Casady unfurl their folktronic mantle as CocoRosie at Sunshine Theater (120 Central SW) on All Hallows’ Eve at 9pm. [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Oct 31, 2013 Read More
Hocus Pocus: Jazz, Doo-Wop And Funk For Haunted Houses Jazz, Doo-Wop And Funk For Haunted House Parties Editor’s note: I’ve inflicted my creepy taste on our dear readers for the past couple years, so this year, I solicited a mix [...] Mello Sanchez \ Oct 31, 2013 Read More (TIME & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Pop Combo Defies Cover Band Stereotypes: Checking In With The 5 Star Motelles Checking In With The 5 Star Motelles I hate cover bands. Or, more accurately, I hate the raison d’être and demand for cover bands, an unimaginative audience that is only [...] Captain America \ Oct 24, 2013 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Static, Uncanney Valley And Shulamith How must it feel to work on a creative endeavor with your recent ex? Excoriating? Cathartic? Poignant? When it comes to break-up album [...] M. Brianna Stallings \ Oct 24, 2013 Read More
Ledger Lines: Covered And Smothered, Funk Cosmos And Alt.pop Heartbreakers Covered And Smothered Local bands cloak themselves in the aural (and costumed?) finery of beloved artists and belt out renditions—both sincere and revisioned—at Low Spirits (2823 [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Oct 24, 2013 Read More (Compfight cc via haven’t the slightest)
