The Miniplex is putting on the kind of gig it does best, with cosmic folk musician Julie Beth Napolin, who will be joined by local heroes Ethan Miller of Howlin’ Rain and Comets on Fire fame, and Anthony Taibi, a sound maker, breaker and recorder who has been in too many amazing psyche projects to […]
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Dead Flag Blues
For obvious reasons, I’ve been thinking lately about the more headline-grabbing political violence expressed by solo actors, rather than the steady, deadly wall of daily violence enacted by our domestic and foreign policy. As I write this, it looks like the cops have someone in custody for allegedly killing a health insurance CEO in the […]
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Far-Out West
Opossum Sun Trail is a group I have championed for half a decade for their integrity, musicianship and brilliant creative output. So I didn’t want to be too overwrought with the big bag of superlatives I keep stashed for just such an occasion when I reviewed the group’s latest release. But dammit, this one is […]
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Ape Days A Week
I admit I wanted to like this album from the moment I saw the disgusting cover art by John Vochatzer. A bright anatomical nightmare figure tiptoes across a literally visceral landscape with brains, guts and banners of confetti all a go-go. I will also cop to a lesser but perhaps incriminating charge: Until a couple […]
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Five Owlets Have Landed in Ferndale
Things are getting crowded in the barn owl nest in The Ferndale Music Company and the Old Steeple building. The mother owl “Truman” appears to have now hatched five of her six eggs — with the first two debuting last week in the bell tower of the turn-of the-century former Ferndale church. The Ferndale Music Company […]