Music: Zizek Club
Casey McKinney04.26.09
A few years back a friend and I spent a month tooling around Argentina, from Buenos Aires out to the pampas, the rain forest, the desert, western…
Music: Marmoset: Envelope
Casey McKinney04.26.09
With genius lists now, and shuffle since the stone age, sometimes it’s hard to keep up with the catalogue you are passively amassing through…
Coachella On
Casey McKinney04.18.09
Well even though it’s––what?––his 3rd Coachella now? and Coachella has an unspoken policy of always having different bands,…
Off to Coachella
Casey McKinney04.16.09
To see this band (Throbbing Gristle, with a much changed Genesis P-Orridge) among others. Other rarities are the ever elusive Kevin Shields and My…
Busdriver: The Avatar of ‘Less Yeses, More No’s’ in the Era of ‘Yes, We Can’
Ben Bush04.10.09
If Obama’s historic ascendancy and the recent month long bull run has extended November’s sense of euphoria of ‘yes we did’ and that all is well again in the world, just remember there are still some Cassandras out there, dissenters like Los Angeles based hip hop artist Regan Farquhar, a.k.a. Busdriver. But don’t pigeonhole him because as he put it himself, “I’m against everything.” Controversial true, but with lyrics belted so lightning fast, he’s tagging all the bases and then some. Busdriver is interviewed and profiled here by Ben Bush.
Let’s Wrestle
Casey McKinney03.17.09
Saw a fun, danceable band here last night at the Earl. ‘Let’s Wrestle’ is the name, from "London town" as they announced the start…
Music: Spaces
Casey McKinney03.08.09
How the heck did Spaces get such a great name? No one grabbed that one yet? Anyway, one of the two Spaces lads just alerted us of a cool new…
Music: Famous When Dead 6
Casey McKinney03.06.09
Is it too late to give props to this album? It’s been out a while. But then again, as someone who had to take X to deal with house music…
Music: Scary Mansion
Casey McKinney03.01.09
Wish I knew what a thunderstick is, the seemingly miraculous instrument that Brooklyn based Leah Hayes aka Scary Mansion uses to make her infectious…
