New Music From Austin Tweet El Pathos Hate & Love Saustex Media, 2012 Review by Kent Manthie Austin, Texas’s El Pathos have broken through in 2012 to rave reviews and platitudes that run the gamut from the subtle to the sublime. The one blurb that caught my attention was one from Rank & Review, which gushed that El Pathos “…May […]
CD review: Hate & Love by El Pathos
Two New 7-inches from Saustex Media
New Vinyl from Saustex Tweet Churchwood Just the Two of Us Saustex Media, 2012 Reviewed by Kent Manthie Churchwood are back. After a much-heralded self-titled debut CD, they’re back with this special edition 7 inch vinyl record, Just the Two of Us. But, don’t worry if you don’t have a turntable: when you buy the 7 inch, it comes with […]
Art Fist Collective presents “Your Mom,” a group art show with a Freudian twist, May 11th
Art Fist Collective presents “Your Mom,” a group art show with a Freudian twist, May 11th Tweet Art Fist Collective presents “Your Mom,” a group art show with a Freudian twist. Friday May 11th, 6-11pm, Zepf Alt Gallery, 1150 7th Ave. Downtown San Diego with live performance by Granny Pearl Featuring mom-inspired works by: Mark Adams, Dan Allen, Amy Baca […]
DRONES AT HOME conference organized by the gallery@calit2, UCSD
High Art in and institution of Higher Education Tweet Reported by Katherine Sweetman Date: May 11th, 2012 to May 12th, 0000 Time: All day Fri-Sat Location: Calit2 Auditorium, Atkinson Hall, UC San Diego *Guest Speakers: Sheldon Brown, Ricardo Dominguez and Jordan Crandall, Co-Curators et al. Visual Arts Faculty members at The University of California, San Diego DESCRIPTION/ABSTRACT: Phase 2 of […]
Nate Kinsella’s Birthmark – new release!
New Music from Polyvinyl Tweet Birthmark Antibodies Polyvinyl Records, 2012 Review by Kent Manthie The third full-length CD by Birthmark, Nate Kinsella’s solo project, entitled Antibodies is out now, on Polyvinyl Records. Antibodies is such a beautiful album, you can tell that Nate went through a lot work in the studio, making everything sound so perfect; it’s an album that […]
Author & Punisher Announces New West Coast Tour Dates
Music From San Diego Tweet Reported by Katherine Sweetman Author & Punisher Announces New West Coast Tour Dates San Diego artist/ musician, Tristan Shone, is the man behind the madness. He will be flying solo, tearing through California, Washington, and Oregon in support of his forthcoming Seventh Rule Recordings debut, “Ursus Americanus” (due out in digital and digipak CD on […]
Sharpen your Conceptual Claws, World: UCSD Open Studios
A simple subjective experience By Katherine Sweetman “The Visual Arts Department at UC San Diego encourages experimentation, innovation and risk-taking in scholarly and artistic production. We provide a unique environment for learning and research that crosses the boundaries between history, theory, and practice in the visual arts.” – from Vis Arts website Last Saturday the top graduate art program […]
Spotlight Chicago, IL: Tom Torluemke, “Ring around the Rosie”
An Essay on Artist Tom Torluemke Tweet By Kevin Freitas Ring-a-ring-a-roses, A pocket full of posies; Hush! hush! hush! hush! We’re all tumbled down. “Though it seems at times as if nothing could rout him out of the inertia in which he is entrenched, it is quite possible that he may one day be shocked into a greater state of […]