To-Bo, Malaria Dark Meadow Recordings, 2011, darkmeadowrecordings.com Reviewed by Kent Manthie To-Bo, a German experimental noise band has been bopping around various underground labels and now, the latest, Malaria has just appeared on Dark Meadow Recordings. Their work is…well, it’s an “acquired taste”, meaning that it will probably never be heard on any commercial outlet. This is, like, true industrial […]
To-Bo or not To-Bo…
cd/ep review – The Bruises, Motion Light
[cd review] The Bruises, Motion Light (ep) Black Heart Blue Starr Music ASCAP, 2010-2011 Reviewed by My Nguyen With an addictive and catchy sound, The Bruises’ EP release, Motion Light, is a piece of work driven by hypnotic melodies that is reminiscent of a current release from a top-notch band. Raw and uninhibited, and thoroughly entitled to provoke you with […]
show review: Mike Wojniak, Soda Bar 4/13/11
[Show Review] Mike Wojniak at the Soda Bar 4/13/11 Reviewed by My Nguyen Ignited by his music, Mike Wojniak resembles Popeye in the throes of an intense struggle. The grey beanie and the navy stripe shirt he donned Wednesday night at the Soda Bar did not help matters, but it would be Wojniak’s authentic stance on life and music that […]
cd review: i Am Esper, Glowing Valleys
[cd review] i Am Esper, Glowing Valleys THE DARK MEADOW ALLIANCE, part one Dark Meadow Recordings, 2011 Reviewed by Kent Manthie Since the middle part of this decade, Justin Palmieri has been working hard under the pseudonym, “Esper”. A short while ago he released his latest CD, this time for Dark Meadow Recordings, as he has been making discs for […]
Food and Rock’n-Roll this afternoon
Bar-b-Que today with The Meatmen at The Shakedown SD today, this afternoon… Party starts at 4 (in mere moments…) and the band goes on at 5. The Shakedown SD 3048 Midway Drive San Diego, CA 92110 near the intersection of Midway & Rosecrans
AN AMERICAN DEMON in San Diego
Off The Hook T.S.O.L. played The Shakedown Bar last week on April 7th and here’s some Youtube videos from it. I’m working on getting some photos in this printed issue that will print on the 21st, as well as some Flash videos uploaded and posted here… But this is what I have right now so don’t complain. The live footage […]
Get thee to Churchwood!
Churchwood Churchwood Saustex Media, 2010 saustexmedia.com Reviewed by Kent Manthie Austin, Texas’s Churchwood has recently released a full-length, eponymously titled CD. When I pushed play and it started playing, I thought it sounded like Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) but instead of being a derivative of CB, Churchwood has their own, original-sounding style. On their MySpace page, they’re a self-described […]
Jumping Freight Trains to SXSW
Pinback’s Keyboardist Makes Alternative Travel Arrangements by Katherine Sweetman Jumping Fucking Freight Trains to SXSW Friday 1:39 PM: Braden is hiding in a four-foot, steel, triangular compartment inside a freight train in Tucson, Arizona. The train is stopped, and he’s hunched over his iPhone quietly typing responses to my questions. “…trying to lay low until this or some other train […]