Lesser Gonzales Alvarez is a Baltimore-based Artist and Musician with a wicked track record. His approach to creativity spans multiple media and whilst his music is colored with Folk influences, his early paintings are cartoon-esque street art. Alvarez paints on everything from wooden board, to canvas, to other paintings - his work titled " France " is one such example. Aliens seems to be invading the European city, beams of light shining down from UFOs, bizarre creatures sauntering about - whilst lines extend beyond the canvas frame onto the walls it is mounted [...]
FRIDAY JULY 23 H&H BUILDING 10:30pm – 2am Friday night is what I am labeling the 'Night of Electronic Haze'. A lot of Chill-wave, hazy electronic infused music will be swimming through your head by nights end. PicturePlane Electronic Musician Travis Egedy (PicturePlane) from Colorado is a great DJ to have for the nighttime crowd. It fits into the whole Memory Tapes, Washed out sound, although maybe a little more blippy. You might have heard PicturePlanes remix of Crystal Castles [...]
Recommended Show: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2009 CARPARK TENTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY @ CAMEO GALLERY 93 North 6th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 $8, 8PM In just a few more hours CMJ will be over, and we can (mostly) forget about it for the 360 days or so. However, it appears that the wild and craziest day is still in front of us. I grabbed what I think is a good list of most day and night shows below--I will scour for my daily "day party" post just to make sure. Not only are there a shit load of [...]
Tonight Baltimore seems like the place to be with Dungen, Woods, and Ask The Idea going on at the Ottobar and Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Alasdair Roberts, and The Dodgers performing at the Golden West... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
Photo credit: Dorret Hunting for safety from the sun's rays made me feel something like an animal Sunday. I was leaning against the old rusted fence in the MICA parking lot, watching Santa Dads do their own thing-and it is totally theirs to keep, when I became aware of all the Wham City members working their butts off in the draining heat. I remember running into (who I believe was) Stefani Levin of Wham City at the Load of Fun on Saturday night. She was clearly fatigued, and (not knowing who she [...]
WHARTSCAPE! That's all you should be concerned with if you are living and breathing in Baltimore today and tonight. It kicks off today from 12pm-5pm there's the FREE show at The Baltimore Museum of Art featuring Andy Abelow, Lonnie Walker, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Living Things, Jared Paolini, Small Sur, Noble Lake, Lexie Mountain Boys, Child Bride, Microkingdom, Jana Hunter, Wye Oak, Black Vatican, Air Waves, Lo Moda, and Bad Brilliance. Later tonight at the Baltimore Musuem Of Art Auditorium the music/visuals continue from 5pm-Midnight featuring Sherrywood Forest by Kevin Sherry, The Title Sounded Better In French by Lola Pierson & [...]
Tonight in Baltimore don't miss a good one at the Talking Head with Hungry Bodies, The Present, Queens, and Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez. Also in town are Arbouretum and The Violet Hour who play the Creative Alliance at the Patterson. If you're a member you get free popcorn - HOT DAMN! Of course don't forget about Steve Hefter and Friends Of Friends at El Rancho Grande - should be a great evening there - and Man Man and Gogol Bordello pla Rams Head Live. Down in DC Love Is All play the Black Cat while [...]
There are ten bands playing at Death By Audio tonight, and I only know one of them. Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez is a freak folkster from Baltimore. I only know him because I like to play his tracks on my New Weird America radio show once in awhile. He's just a guy with a guitar, but his songs are sweet and a little strange. His latest album, Why Is Bear Billowing is at the very least beautiful, even if it's not an utter stand-out. I'm willing to bet that at least some of the other acts on the bill are [...]
Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez Wintersleep: Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia Show: Saturday, March 21st - 10pm @ Rusty Spurs (405 East 7th St.) Album: Wintersleep - Live Sessions (iTunes Exclusive) - EP (iTunes) MP3: Wintersleep - Dead Letter and the Infinite Yes Mom: Hometown: Denton, Texas Show: Thursday, March 19th - 9:00pm @ Club 115 (115 San Jacinto St.) Album: Mom - Little Brite (iTunes) MP3: [...]
Carpark Records / Paw-Tracks Official SXSW Showcase Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Volume (612 E. 6th St.) | Austin, TX Lineup: (Bands Set Times TBD) Adventure Beach House Belong Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele Ear Pwr [...]
Tonight is Eyes Night of the Baltimore Round Robin at Sonar featuring Beach House with Jana Hunter, Nautical Almanac, Ed Schrader, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Sanata Dads, The Creepers, WZT Hearts, Blue Leader, Lexie Mountain Boys, and Teeth Mountain. Also in Baltimore right next door to Soanr at the Talkng Head The Oranges Band perform with Blood Feathers and Sal Bando (ex Two if by Sea) opening. If you're feeling like hip hop tonight than look no further than Bedrock who has the X-ecutioner's Reunion show with Rob Swift, Roc Raida, and Total Eclipse. Down in DC [...]
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Best Bets: Day Shows Fader Fort NYC @ 169 Bowery, 3pm - 9pm As if one awesome day show weren't enough to fill you up there's a plethora of them going on and none are more popular during CMJ week then the always awesome Fader Fort! This year the location will be 169 Bowery (@ Delancey) and it features some of the buzziest of the buzz bands around. The best parts about Fader? Well, free booze, free
Curated by Dan Deacon, the Baltimore Round Robin tour , which kicked off yesterday, will host series of shows in which the live performance is as unique as its lineup. Featuring such acts as The Deathset, Dan Deacon, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Beach House, Adventure, and many more Baltimore area groups, the tour will host two unique nights at each stop... Read on for dates and more ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ _______ MP3: Dan Deacon - "Crystal Cat" ( Buy ) The Deathset - [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ... A volte mi chiedo come sarebbe stato senza Nick Drake . Lui era l'assoluto sospeso nel vuoto. A volte mi chiedo come sarebbe stato senza le storie della sconfinata provincia americana. Ascoltando Lesser Alvarez Gonzalez mi si forma in testa l'immagine di due strade che si intersecano. Strade vuote che delimitano distese verdi di erba bassa e paziente, con le parole che fluttuano nell'aria [...]
Though I'm still a little undecided about the new one from Calgary's Chad VanGaalen , Okkervil River 's The Stand Ins (which was mostly admired by Drake ) and Calexico 's Carried To Dust (which was curiously unreviewed by Drake) both get the 'shine nod of approval from me. Anyway, as he correctly pointed out in last week's comments , I was lapped — I'll try to be a little more snappy this time around. -ed. Drake's Take: New Releases 09.09.08 It's a big week [...]
Summer's over and the record labels aren't frucking around. Noteworthy Albums Released on 9/9/08: Albums I've Heard: The New Year : The New Year (Touch & Go) – I first got into the Kadane Brothers back in the Bedhead days circa 1994 or 1995 when my old roommate and I went to see them at the Replay in Lawrence, Kansas. There was a year or two where I went to sleep to Bedhead every day. I was pleasantly [...]
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