Vee Hua 華婷婷Up through the end of this week at Carmichael Gallery in Culver City (5795 Washington Blvd.) is a globe-trotting exhibition with a somewhat street art lean. Bumblebee The appearance of materials such as stencils, spraypaint, and unconventional...
Peter WoodburnYou know when an album is titled Pus City that it is going to be a sloppy, wild, rock and roll mess of chords, bass, drums, and howling vocals. Seattle’s Monogamy Party live up to the biography on their Facebook page — “we’re...
Occult symbols aren’t taken too seriously in this video for Nite Jewel’s “One Second Of Love”, which combines dance (complete with floor moves) with a pop-and-locking, gyrating calavera-headed creature. At the breakdown, all...
When looking at the work of South Korea’s 최수앙 (Choi Xoo-Ang — or Choi Soo-Ang, if you are to use a more typical romanization), one might envision creepily realistic human forms life-sized enough to hug and share sympathies with. It turns...
We’ve recently gone HD-video-shooting crazy! This live performance of “Thief-Boxer, Asleep” at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City is just one of many. See our YouTube channel for additional videos of Gardens & Villa, City Of...
October 9th, 2011 – Doug Fir Lounge, Portland OR EMA When EMA and her backing band took the stage at the Doug Fir lounge Sunday night, the first thing I noticed was the word “TRUE” emblazoned across the front of the eponymous...
Ambiguity is one of the most powerful tools performers are using to draw us into their work. In the case of Japan’s Offsite Dance Project, uncertainty dictated everything the audience did, starting with when we gathered into the Olympic Mills...
Troy MicheauSeptember 15th, 2011 – Dante’s, Portland, OR Alex Zhang Hungtai’s desert-dwelling, sunburnt Suicide jams didn’t really do much for me on his debut LP as Dirty Beaches, but the man’s set at Dante’s on Friday night...