
The San Diego band has an EP-release show coming up
Categories: interviews, video | Tags: A Scribe Amidst the Lions, david bazan, Fugazi, Jeff Buckley, jeff mangum, Miles Davis, modest mouse, neutral milk hotel, pedro the lion, pink floyd, radiohead, Salvador Dali
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The Sundance-honored multimedia artist will bring his new film and a live band to MoPA this Sunday.
Categories: art/books/film, listen, san diego, video | Tags: abraham lincoln, bob dylan, brendan canty, brent green, Chris Adrian, Drew & the Medicinal Pen, Fugazi, howe gelb, james l. swanson, kurt vonnegut, Matthew Stewart, Narcîs Monturiol, Thomas Edison, tom waits, vic chesnutt, William Faulkner
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Fifteen years after the band’s disbandment, Cap’n Jazz is back together.
Categories: reviews | Tags: braid, cap'n jazz, current, Davey VonBohlen, Fugazi, gauge, hoover, Mike Kinsella, mineral, the promise ring, tim kinsella
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At age eighteen, Vic Chesnutt went from a reckless young man to a wheelchair-bound quadriplegic. All of his close family died off by the time he hit 25. He’s struggled with substance abuse. He owes $50,000 in medical bills. And yesterday, the 45-year old songwriter confessed to NPR’s Terry Gross (stream) that he’s tried—unsuccessfully—to kill himself at least four times.
Categories: listen, music news | Tags: A Silver Mt. Zion, arcade fire, Fugazi, Guy Picciotto, Howard Bilerman, npr, terry gross, vic chesnutt
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Cougar, Madison Wisconsin’s all-foxy-grandma-instrumental-post-rock band, just released their sophomore effort, Patriot. Along with it came two starkly different—yet excellent—singles,”Stay Famous” (MP3) and “Foil Épée Sabre” (MP3, EP only). “Stay Famous” plays with old-school indie dynamics, while “Sabre”, a meandering folky piece, may or may not have something to do with fencing. You can check out […]
Categories: interviews, listen | Tags: Aaron Sleator, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Bach, Boards of Canada, Bun E. Carlos, Cheap Trick, Coltrane Quartet, Cougar, D'Angelo, Dan Venne, David Henzie-Skogen, Debussy, elvis costello, Ennio Morricone, Four Tet, Fugazi, Guns 'N Roses, Hank Williams, jimi hendrix, Joe Jackson, John Coltrane, John Frusciante, Ken Boothe, King Tubby, led zeppelin, Liszt, Mahavishnu Orchestra, mastodon, Metallica, Miles Davis, nas, Ravel, Rebirth Brass Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Return To Forever, Rick Neilsen, Robin Zander, Squarepusher, Stone Temple Pilots, Sun Ra, Timbalada, Todd Hill, Tom Petersson, tortoise, Trent Johnson, Wes Montgomery
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