Author Archives
Cass McCombs: Scorpio Rising
Cass McCombs is riding high on a dark horse. Death is an LA hippie with sandy Jesus hair and an Eagle Rock area code. Usually he makes you wait, but tonight, at the Gaylord Apartments … read more »
Mike Brodie: A Period of Juvenile Prosperity
Mike Brodie is settled in the sense that he rents a room that has a closet with clothes hung up, a bookshelf and a radio, but his mind is always moving. The Pensacola kid who … read more »
GEN F: 2:54
These days, the inseparable Thurlow sisters mostly do their moody dirges in an upstairs East London flat for a row of undecorated windows and all the neighborhood to see. At any given moment their Dalston … read more »
Gen F: Swans
After a hard-fought three-year writer’s block, Michael Gira thanks Jesus that he finally got some songs out. Since moving to the country and becoming a father, “It’s like hacking away at a rock cliff with … read more »
The Tripwire: Rethinking Green Day’s Musical American Idiot
Last night I was accidentally seeing MTV’s European Music Awards on cable TV and U2 played at the site of the famous Berlin Wall and I was thinking hey, this is really really rock music. … read more »
Live: Devendra Banhart Plays A Secret Show at Webster Hall
Last Friday Devendra Banhart played a secret show at Webster Hall, it was loose and he looked a whole lot like Frank Zappa. Little Joy performed afterward and Banhart got on stage with them too. … read more »
