Cory Hanson of psych-band Wand fame, blew a very big hole into the landscape for himself two years ago with the release of his acclaimed record Western Cum on Drag City Records. Since then, he has been only building on his fascinating take on psychedelia and rock weirdness. This is wall-melting death trip music, with […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, July 21
Mondays are great for hidden gem shows and tonight is one such perfect jewel. Animal Piss, It’s Everywhere from Western Massachusetts not only sits on the shortlist for strangest band names to ever grace this page, but the band is also fantastic, with an outsider country sound that is so far beyond it should be […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, July 18
Modesto’s Valley Wolf packs a whole lot of party punch into its amplified output, making massive psychedelic and cumbia overtures out of the instruments of a humble quartet. It’s great fun and a perfect way to kick off a midsummer weekend, especially with local DJ scramblers Hispanic! at the Disco onboard at their home turf […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, June 27
There’s an outsider rock and psyche show at the Wild Hare Tavern at 7 p.m. New(ish) local bands The Mercury Suckers and Western Extra will join up with Los Angeles group Hooveriii for an evening of the good stuff. The Wild Hare is one of the best new venues out there, with an excellent sound […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, June 21
It’s the second and final night of the mini-music fest Thrash and Destroy at RampArt Skatepark in honor of international skate weekend, so if you missed last night’s “Thrash Metal Fest” offering at 7 p.m., you can still enjoy tonight’s “Punker Parade” at the same time, featuring performances by locals Racket and Imperial Destructo, along […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, June 13
Lucky, ominous or otherwise, the only agreed-upon spooky day before Halloween this year is here. Superstitions aside, I am going to act as though this is any other Friday as far as my beat is concerned. Here are two gigs to kickstart your weekend. The Outer Space opens its doors at 5:30 p.m. for snacks […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, May 25
Say goodbye to the old ways of the spring season and scratch another academic cycle off the charts with a psychedelic dance party with heavy tropical tones. Brothers David and Rene Pacheco took the backyard sounds from their East L.A. childhood and created a beautiful monster of cumbia music wedded to punk and grunge called […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, May 23
As I mentioned before, I will be loading up the weekend with goodies because the pantry is bare afterward and, for the sake of that project, tonight is the beginning of that process. First up, at the Outer Space at 7 p.m., Brain-Dead Rejects and Kolonizer are playing a horror punk drag show for a […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, April 28
Chicago, Illinois, vocalist and composer Haley Fohr has etched out a wild career mostly under the moniker Circuit des Yeux, where a very wild vocal range and unique understanding of the 12-string guitar and electronic production has enabled her to created soundtracks and songs alike that fill the space in ways music rarely does, in […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, April 20
Gruff Rhys was, once upon a time in my youth, known as one of the fine minds behind ’90s Welsh rock act Super Furry Animals. He has since gone on to move his muse into different neighborhoods, becoming a writer, filmmaker, composer and artistic odd-man, following a warm line of connections between his homeland and […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, March 24
Mondays can be hard to nail down for a lot of people and often go overlooked as viable entertainment nights. However, when the right show comes through, it’s like fishing on an empty pier and bagging a monster. And monsters are on the docket tonight at the Miniplex. Ak’Chamel, The Giver of Illness is a […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, March 19
Two oddball and frankly fantastic underground cult bands from yesteryear are converging at the Miniplex tonight, and I don’t suggest missing this shebang. Oneida is from New York City, and Kinski are from Seattle, but both hit the bricks hard around the same time, having been birthed from the late ’90s ecstatic noise and pop […]