MP3: Birds & Batteries – “Squeeze Box” (The Who cover)
MP3: Birds & Batteries – “Strange Kind of Mirror”
Last year, San Francisco’s Birds & Batteries released Panorama, quite possibly their best album yet. Continue reading…
Live Review and Photos: Amanda Palmer at Birch North Park Theater, October 28, 2011
For many people, the “goth” label conjures up images of dour, maudlin musicians in fishnets singing humorless, wanky tales of woe. And though there were plenty of pairs of fishnets on display at the Birch North Park Theater on Friday night, there was also plenty of fun to be had. Continue reading…
Shannon and the Clams Get Steamy
In an interview with StAugustine.com, Shannon Shaw explains why she decided to name her backing band The Clams. Continue reading…
Album Review: Lou Reed & Metallica – ‘Lulu’
Lulu, the new collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica, opens with a sparsely strummed acoustic guitar, Reed’s distinct voice, and a question: Will this misaligned collaboration surprise with unexpected merit? Once James Hetfield enters with his amplified chin-rock croon over a wall of guitars turned up to eleven and Reed sings the charming lyric “I would cut my legs and tits off when I think of Boris Karloff,” you have your answer. No. No it cannot. Continue reading…
Video: The Felice Brothers – “Fire at the Pageant”
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New York’s The Felice Brothers are currently touring behind Celebration, Florida, their fourth album. The band’s brand of foot-stomping folk is more expansive this time around, adding synth and primitive drum beats to their guitar, violin, and accordion foundation.
The tour, aptly-named “Celebration, Tourida” includes a stop at the Casbah on October 30. The band will be joined by Old Crow Medicine Show vocalist/banjoist/steel guitarist Gill Landry. Full list of tour dates is below…