Marking territory for rock’n-roll I was pleased to meet the crowd at The Shakedown Bar, on Midway Drive, which is now and suddenly one of San Diego’s best new bars for local rockers and touring hardcore bands. It just opened up in September, 2010. They’ve been getting great bands in there since the beginning and things haven’t been the same […]
Shakedown Bar
Hydrodynamica and Loft 9 with Richard Kenvin
[Innovation] Hydrodynamica and Loft 9 Presents San Diego surf historian, art gallery proprietor, writer and filmmaker Richard Kenvin of Hydrodynamica and Loft 9 Gallery turned 50 recently and Reviewer Magazine got incredibly candid photos of the party… Old Man Hands played. Click HERE or on the photo of Kenvin below for an awesome flash photo gallery. Richard Kenvin by Reviewer […]
Film Stock
Art Haus To check out an interesting video collage trailer from Eon Mackeye that appears to incorporate a lot of U.S. government-issue footage from the public domain, click HERE. It’s pretty innovative for his industry. The Doll Underground … is “all recycled stock footage and fuzzy credits and screeching filmstrip soundtrack,” so says Fleshbot. ~The Amazing Reviewer Rob
The HICKOIDS are BACK!
The Hickoids Kicking It With the Twits Saustex Media, 2011 Reviewed by Kent Manthie Austin, TX’s Hickoids are back, after their country-ish turn on Waltz A-Cross-Dress Texas. Country isn’t the only label to slap on these guys because that would 1) it would be bad for their image – what self-respecting artist(s) would want to be known as a “serious” […]
Ladies & Gentlemen: Radiohead’s back in the building!
Radiohead The King of Limbs Independent Release, 2011 Reviewed by Kent Manthie Radiohead’s back and they’re still not playing nice with record labels. With their just finished new CD, The King of Limbs, just like their previous and brilliant album, In Rainbows, they put it up on their website, selling it for a song, compared to those ripoff record store […]
CD review: Life Like by Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc Life Like Polyvinyl Records 2011 www.polyvinylrecords.com www.joanfrc.com Reviewed by Kent Manthie It’s been 14 years so far and still the brilliant revolving-door- “collective” known as Joan of Arc are still making awe-inspiring CDs. The new one, entitled Life Like is a bit more cohesive, with a more stable lineup situation and a not disjointed recording process. It […]
THIERRY TILLIER Interview by Anne Sophie
Thierry Tillier is a Belgian artist living in Charleroi. His technique is mostly Collage but also photography, etc… His works are visual short-circuits with many meaning stratums ; aesthetic and poetical flashes torn, cut and layed out into brocken puzzles. The themes explored in his work are numerous and the understanding lies in-between the choice, placement of ripped images and nothingness. He answered a few questions on themes… […]
Owen’s new CD-single
Owen: O, Evelyn Polyvinyl Records, 2011 www.polyvinylrecords.com www.owen.com Reviewed by Kent Manthie Mike Kinsella is a busy guy – he is a brilliant songwriter, a great drummer and a clever guitar player. These qualities keep him in demand – he’s got several projects he works in – he’s an on-again/off-again member of American Football, sometimes drops in and jams on […]