We have a shortened program this Friday evening, Jan. 27, on The Local Beat as N.C. State Women's Basketball is taking on ACC challenger Florida State at 6:30 p.m. At 5 p.m, though, we are welcoming a new band to the show, the Evil Tenors . While you might not have heard of the group before, it is likely you know some of the band members: Nathan White ( Nathan Oliver ), John Harrison ( North Elementary ), Mas Sato ( The Sames ), Stuart Cullinan ( Tennis and the Mennonites ), and [...]
Austin-based label Kill Red Rockets is a humanitarian effort. They currently host a killer (pun intended) compilation on their website called Jesus in Space made up almost entirely of good stateside shoegaze, dream pop, fucked electro, and ethereal meditations with teeth. The comp is packed with artists readers of this blog will be familiar with (Oblisk, Ceremony, Dead Leaf Echo), and many more that I'm not familiar with at all and will take measures to correct. The nefariously titled Bloody Knives (pictured above) is one that stuck out. "Hands Around My Neck," included below for a taste, [...]
I'm making it my personal mission, my top task on the action items list, to spread the gospel of Detroit quartet Oblisk . This is an amazing new band that, no exaggeration, might be the best American shoegaze group (and it's gritty shoegaze) these ears have ever heard. I will do everything in my power to make sure these guys sell billions of records, and it's a goddman travesty and this is not the case. Anyway, there's no need for any sort of overlong, overhyperbolic review for Oblisk's Weather Patterns , despite the fact [...]
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Last Wednesday was a beautiful evening of music. The most significant testament to the show was how well three somewhat disparate genres meshed in an aesthetically sensible way. Many thanks to everyone who came out! The evening kicked off in a dream state thanks to Softcheque . This was my first time seeing them (I missed them when they opened for Phantom Family Halo), and I was extremely impressed. Though they were missing a member due to a last minute work conflict, the group sounding thick and tight. Though Softcheque is [...]
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It's gonna smoke. Two visionary locals and one band from Detroit to seriously start watching. Doors at 8 p.m., music at 8:30 p.m. or so (give or take a rock and roll curve of 15 minutes). And DCE has a shit-ton of new craft beer. See ya there!
Totally stoked to bring in Detroit's psych/shoegaze/kraut machine Oblisk with visionary freak folk noodler R. Keenan Lawler and Louisville's Softcheque , featuring members of Sapat. This is an all ages show at the funky Derby City Espresso. See you there, dorks! MP3 ::: Oblisk - Beirut R Keenan Lawler - Live on 'Phoning It In,' WELH Providence
...because they riiiiiiip . Jesus Walker Christ, this band is fantastic. And they're coming to Louisville soon (more info on that Monday or Tuesday). I plan to publish a review of their just-released full length Weather Patterns as soon as I get it, but right now I'm thoroughly vibin' to last year's Tune In/Tune Out . This Detroit-based collective has unequivocally concocted one of the finest, most well-balanced, most seamlessly meshed exploration of classic psychedelia, shoegaze, kraut rock, and experimental movements with a melodic sensibility. Oblisk is completely ridiculous. They exist to spread merriment to me [...]
After taking a hiatus in 2007, the annual Detroit Summer Smash is back in action this weekend. Starting tonight, and lasting through Saturday, the Detroit Summer Smash features the hottest of the hot-shit locals - from rockers like Silverghost and the High Strung, to more eclectic fair from the likes of Prussia and Goudron - as well as the genuinely fun atmosphere that local music festivals tend to come jam-packed with. Like other Summer Smashes in the past, the money raised at the even will go to a charity. This year, festival [...]
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