Wednesday, October 31, 2007 10:00AM - By Guest Writer
DJ KRUSH will be conducting his first-ever DJ Seminar at The Scratch Academy of LA on November 2nd at 7:30 PM
Scratch DJ Academy and Campus Circle present a very special exhibition by acclaimed Japanese DJ/producer DJ Krush.
This event marks DJ Krush’s first ever DJ seminar. On the agenda this evening is a special live performance of DJ Krush’s original production “Drum,” a special Q&A session with Scratch DJ Academy students and a screening of DJ Krush’s new DVD History Of DJ Krush/ Suimou Tsunenimasu.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:30AM - By Guest Writer
On Wednesday, October 24th, I emerged from my home like a feminine Gollum from her posh Los Feliz cave. I was hung over and in the middle of watching Tom Hanks in BIG, but ventured to Tangier to absorb the superior live music of The Heartstring Symphony.
Songstress Heather Porcaro’s Heartstring Symphony explores the surreal and introspective landscape of her emotional life. The experience is a cross between Suzanne Vega, Clara Bow and a shooting star passing through a moonbeam.
Heather took the stage looking like an animated Erté fashion sketch in an opera-coat-esque dress with blooming sleeves, living doll tights, and a sparkling art deco headband.
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Friday, October 26, 2007 10:37AM - By Guest Writer
Halloween is right around the corner! So you know what that means! DJ Krush at the Knitting Factory? Uh, I guess.
I’ve no idea why they would book him for a Halloween-night show. Couldn’t they do it the night before or after? I mean he always puts on a good show, but I’d think there are more fitting ways to spend your All Hallows Eve…
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:07AM - By Guest Writer
The Necks
“Sex”
Fish of Milk / Private Music /Shock
1989
I didn’t always have eclectic taste in music. There was a time when my CD collection consisted of whatever KROQ happened to be playing that day. Thankfully, those days are dead and gone. I like to think I posses a hint of taste and refinement now.
To that end, I would like to share with you all one of my most cherished things: The Necks.
These guys are hot shit. They’ve been nominated and won a slew of awards throughout the world, and are spoken of in hushed and revered tones by their peers.
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Monday, October 22, 2007 1:00PM - By Guest Writer
Dear Reader,
Please look kindly on this non-review of the Sander Kleinenberg concert at the Avalon this past Saturday night. Please forgive my having bailed at a mere 1am, while the peppy young intro DJ was still on, pumping his fist in the air periodically, in admiration of his own mad skilz. My excuses are many (two midterms! boyfriend with bronchitis!) but the real reason I had to pack it in was I just couldn’t take any more of the shoes.
Yes, shoes.
Maybe I should back up, a bit. And try to describe to you my own difficulty in getting dressed for this weirdo post-millennial-retro affair. Because that’s the thing, it’s post-milial retro, which is hard to dress for. Even 90s retro has a template. But…Sander is kind of a god of rave, and rave is over. It’s in that weird zone where it can’t be referenced, it can just be a little out of date. So my reversible iridescent polyester & fake fur vest – was I supposed to wear that? And…glitter? Sincerely?
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Thursday, October 18, 2007 2:30PM - By Guest Writer
Dr. Dog, bringing the rock. (Photo courtesy of drdogmusic.com)
HUGE news for this weekend, folks. Huge. Bigger than Elvis, crawling out of his grave, a decrepit, jump-suited corpse, with a 6-string strung across his back. Bigger than Elton John dropping some science on Eminem.
Philadelphia’s only worthwhile musical offering ever, as well as the greatest little indie band to grace my ears, Dr. Dog will be performing at the Troubadour Saturday night! Tickets may, or may not, be sold out.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:30AM - By Guest Writer
Brightblack Morning Light
“Brightblack Morning Light”
Matador Records
2006
God I love Ameoba records. I know it’s like saying “Boy I love not being stabbed!”, but really, I love the place. Incredible selection, knowledgeable staff and USED CDs! Yay!
So here’s a little gem I stumbled upon purely by accident, picking it up only because it looked similar to another CD I had purchased recently.
So who are these guys? Turns out they’re a little duo from Alabama (or as it’s know, ‘Bamy) consisting of Nathan “Nabob” Shineywater (on guitars and vocals) and Rachael “Rabob” or “Rabinyah” Hughes (on Fender Rhodes and vocals), two hippy friends who like to hang out, get high and play music.
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Monday, October 15, 2007 8:30AM - By Guest Writer
Came back, ears mildly ringing, from Beirut’s show at the Avalon, which was peopled with a thousand hipsters and Douglas Smith of Big Love, who I noticed mainly as a secondary effect of noticing his girlfriend, one of the only people at the concert dancing, on the balcony. She was exultant, and unselfconscious, and so was he. Actually, he was kind of more than unselfconscious – he was ungendered. And it was wonderful.
Beirut lies, musically, somewhere between The Magnetic Fields and Kaiser’s Orchestra. Actually, you can triangulate by way of Broken Social Scene – there were like ten people on stage, working away intensely on brass instruments and violins. Beirut’s not really precious – because you need lyrics to be foremost for real preciousness and they’re more lost in mournful polka melody. So for a few moments, I truly got it, the sense of the draw of this new faux bohemian stuff, which is a complete rebuke to rock, providing a shelter from “adults” (because what Rolling Stones-adoring boomer could take more than fifteen seconds of it?) while obediently conceding that generation’s principal judgments. It’s music that says, “the world was conquered, and what falls to us is crocheting and philately, and modestly we embrace it.”
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Thursday, October 11, 2007 1:00AM - By Guest Writer
Nothing major to report this coming week, although a few good shows are coming through town if you’ve got the spare cash and the free time. I doubt I’ll make it to any of these…
