I’m hastily typing this out a few days earlier than usual because I’m trying to beat the clock on PG&E’s incoming Saturday power austerity, which I am sure you will have all been heartily inconvenienced by as of press time. I’d like to say that this sort of thing is unexpected and will likely be […]
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Bienvenidos
As an ad hoc cultural ambassador to the region and self-professed “music bozo,” I’d like to humbly welcome the assorted students of the area back to the academic grind. I won’t waste your time with a bunch of flutey language and annoying BS; I will instead direct your no doubt divided attentions to this big […]
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Game of Tones
Early on this week is a great time to catch great bands in the fringes of bigger genres. Noise punk, grindcore, psych rock and various other troubadours of the outré are hawking penillions of perverse metrics. If you are a fan of all things weird and glowing, from now until Cinco de Mayo is going […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, February 8
Austin, Texas-based act Grivo is playing at the Miniplex tonight at 9 p.m. ($7). The Holodeck Records-signed trio has a loud and slow sound that’s reminiscent of Cocteau Twins instrumentally and a McGruff the Crime Dog vocally. They are good and worth your attention. Patch cable extraordinaire Ensemble Economique provides local support with reverb and […]
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The Cold Rain and Snow
In ancient Greece, the Corybants were the dancing priest celebrants of the cult of the northern goddess Cybele. They were characterized by an armed and seemingly unchoreographed dance of wild flailing dedicated to their Phrygian patron. Eventually, the word corybantic came to mean inconsistent and wildly unpredictable behavior. As I write this, I can say […]
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Ghosting 2018
It’s the last week of the year and you know what? I hate goodbyes. I hate them immensely and will duck out of a good time like the house is on fire if I am ever put on the spot to eulogize the evening. So I won’t say anything more here and instead let the […]
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The Fruits of Autumn
I spent last night sleeping under a fig tree on the grounds of a farm my friends just purchased. Not one of those farms, by the way, although that doesn’t matter in my opinion, but a bona fide organic food producer. After a great dinner I slept under that tree with my girlfriend and dreamed […]
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Go See Sila
Drop everything Usually we like to offer you a buffet of musical options, letting you choose according to your tastes, needs and desires. This week continues that tradition — but if we were to choose One Show You Must Go To, it would be Sila at the Jambalaya Friday night. The Kenyan-born artist shimmers, pulses and […]