Spank Rock
Spank Rock is puerile nerdy hip-hop, not unlike the Beastie Boys, though think less screeching granny and more whining Urkel. The group's name is apropos, and like all the young dudes, these guys are just as apt to spank it…
The Twilight of His Career
Last Friday I headed over to the Southgate House to welcome Cincinnati native and former Afghan Whigs frontman, Greg Dulli, back to town with the Twilight Singers. This was a show that I had been looking forward to, my wife had been marking off calendar days for, and a good portion of the metro area had been salivating over for weeks.
The show was sold out, something I hadn’t previously witnessed at the Southgate House, and place was shaking with anticipation. Not only had the prodigal son returned, but former Screaming Trees frontman, Mark Lanegan was performing with the band, and the Afghan Whigs were reportedly heading back into the studio to record new material for a Rhino Records retrospective entitled, Unbreakable.
Portland trio, Stars of Track and Field opened with a rousing set that sold quite a few records for them at the merch table and had the crowd rocking, waiting for the Twilight Singers to take the stage. After the requisite changing out of equipment, the lights dimmed and then… we waited.
woxy, but good
Since being saved in the 11th hour by Bill Nguyen of lala.com, woxy.com has turned it up to, well, 11. This past week's Lounge Acts featured an almost hour long acoustic set/interview with Pixies frontman/teenager of the year, Frank Black,…
From the future… and stuff.
A rather lovely Gilliam-like animation mix from Cyriak. [youtube]-3JCESdFNyw[/youtube] Now that you've got that embedded in your noggin, how 'bout listening to that song over and over again? Listen to No More Memory
My Morning Jacket: the movie
On Monday, October 30th, 15 theaters across the U.S. will screen the My Morning Jacket concert film Okonokos. If, like us, you can't get enough of My Morning Jacket, and you happen to live in or close to the 15…