Micro Reviews Of Colin Stetson, Tannhäuser Gate And Thee Oh Sees If there were ever an argument for circular breathing, it’s Montreal-based saxophonist Colin Stetson. The sounds on his latest release will be familiar [...] Alibi \ May 02, 2013 Read More
Days Of Future Passed: Sad Baby Wolf And The Present Tense Sad Baby Wolf And The Present Tense No, I’m not going there. Sad Baby Wolf has garnered a lot of ink because two of its members were in the most [...] Captain America \ May 02, 2013 Read More Sad Baby Wolf (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Last Month In Music: March 2013 March 2013 Last month, on March 2, as a result of my Alibi writing, I was asked to be one of three judges for Roc [...] Mike Smith \ Apr 25, 2013 Read More StackHouzeMusick (Sovereign Images)
Micro Reviews Of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Black Angels And Low On High If there’s one thing Yeah Yeah Yeahs are good at, it’s ambience. They create time-warped intervals of sound that mesmerize and hypnotize. And, [...] Alibi \ Apr 25, 2013 Read More
Show Up: Nativity In Rock, Jazz Hands, Punk Sundae And Marrow-Melting Psych Nativity In Rock Now in its sixth incarnation, Rock the 9 celebrates Native rock and roll in unofficial conjunction with the Gathering of Nations. The four-night [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Apr 25, 2013 Read More Miracle Dolls
Micro Reviews Of Depeche Mode, We Drew Lightning And Arrington De Dionyso’s Malaikat Dan Singa If someone asks you to name your favorite music genre and you reply, “Britain in the ’80s,” then 2013 has been a retro-tastic [...] Alibi \ Apr 18, 2013 Read More
Wax And Wane: A Panegyric-Meets-Record Store Day Promo A Panegyric-Meets-Record Store Day Promo In circa-’85 America, the CD was video star to vinyl’s radio star, and the CD did rapidly supplant the vinyl medium. What no [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Apr 18, 2013 Read More
Infamous, “Albatross” And Americana Infamous Queensbridge, N.Y. hip-hop duo Mobb Deep has a history of pushing boundaries. Originally formed in 1992, their early recordings—Hell on Earth and The [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Apr 18, 2013 Read More Mobb Deep
Micro Reviews Of Tsigoti, Kurt Vile And The Knife This mostly Italian anarcho jazz-punk combo (à la The Ex) features world-class avant pianist and occasional New Mexican Thollem McDonas on keys and [...] Alibi \ Apr 11, 2013 Read More
Maximumcaterwaul: 10 Shows In 30 Days In 500 Words 10 Shows In 30 Days In 500 Words In contrast to my last column, here’s a quick and dirty overview of all the live music I saw in March.Mar. 2: “Cabinet [...] Derek Caterwaul \ Apr 11, 2013 Read More (Mark Beyer)
