Peter WoodburnThis year’s Bumbershoot may have been a bit smaller, rainier, and less musically-sophisticated than it usually is, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t some amazing performances. Here are some of the best from this year’s...
Vee Hua 華婷婷Buke & Gass certainly make music that is both adorably charming and unbelievably grating. Their latest album, Riposte, clocks in at just under 45-minutes, but its 14 tracks seem to go on forever in what feels like an off-the-wall, high-energy...
Thad McKrakenMaybe it should be said as a precursor to this review that I’m a complete sucker for most of what the music world likes to call “shoegaze,” so it goes without saying that I was an enormous fan of both of this Bay Area band’s...
Follow this garage rock band through stop-motion animation and backdrops created from paper and clay. The best part: claymation Birds-style eye-pecking. The worst part: terrorism.
Vintage black and white clips swirl alongside psychedelic shapes and forms for a bit of a mad scientist sort of feel. Yeah!
Ryan PangilinanKid Dynamite recently reunited (again) for a set for This is Hardcore Fest. Here’s the video, courtesy of those scoundrels over at Hate5Six.com.
Kid Dynamite (Full Set) from hate5six on Vimeo.
Cole RevellGrass Widow primarily play an anonymous brand of surf-tinged garage rock, and the ten tracks that make up Past Time do not stray far from that foundation. However, the group is adept at adding just enough textural variance to keep the songs from...
Judy NelsonThe Budos Band is one of the foremost U.S.-based Afrobeat groups performing today. It is no surprise that their third album, simply titled III, takes the listener on a funky journey that will please not only long-time listeners but also those new to...