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This weekend I dropped by a little kick-ass record store called Origami Vinyl in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles to see if they had a 12” copy of “Belvedere Cruisin.” Alas, poor Yankovic, they not know you well. Buuuuut, the two dapper chaps behind the counter talked me into sticking around for a slick ass group from Israel.
Electra, no not that awesome movie where Jennifer Garner is a super hot ninja, is an Israeli Garage Rock band with a smidgen of 60’s pop and a dollop of Rockabilly. The trio did a nice job of rattling the rafters high above the crowd in Origami’s magic rock attic. The jangly sound diving down from on high was at times reminiscent of The Beatles 12 string tracks of 64’ yet swayed as far left as Broken English. A damn fine show full of energy and somehow the right amount of trepidation.
I grabbed lead singer Nitzan Horesh for a couple of questions after the show.
If you haven’t gotten the memo, Michigan is the place to be this fall. Between the Tigers’ post-season appearance, the Lions’ 5-0 start, and the Wolverines back in the Top 15, there’s a palpable buzz in the city that just makes everything better. Bottle that energy up inside a venue like the Royal Oak Music Hall, leave Explosions In The Sky to set it free, and you’re asking for a transcendental experience.
Sadly, Culture Collide has come to an end but what a soiree it was! The four day event featured bands from all over the world, including: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and the good ‘ol U S of A.
The kick off party on Wednesday, October 5 featured The Rapture in a dance-worthy DJ set, a screening of “Nirvana: Live at the Paramount,” as well as the Lucie Foundation’s launch of the Composition: Visual Notes on Music, a gallery celebrating the magic of music photography.
SCREEEEeeeeeECH!!!, my tires squeal to a stop with what I hope is that cool reverse looking strobe effect you get on movies. “Holy shit! I gotta let you go there’s a clown outside,” I yell into the smog lit sky hoping enough of it would somehow bend around my face to terminate the conversation taking place inside that space age earwig The Man makes me wear whilst driving. It falls to the floor.
If you’re a fan of stripped down garage rock, loud drums, and/or redheads, meet your perfect match. White Mystery is the two-piece brother/sister duo of Miss Alex White and Francis Scott Key White.
This week, White Mystery release a brand new tune “Toxic Sugar” – give a listen to the “rock & roll salvation” after the jump!
To celebrate dublab’s 12th anniversary, they have curated a happening on October 15th featuring creative offerings presented throughout the ATX : Atwater Crossing Arts & Innovation Complex.
A progenitor of the trip-hop movement, Laurent Daumail (a.k.a. DJ Cam) started putting out records in 1994, right around the time albums like Dummy (Portishead), Protection (Massive Attack), and Old Codes New Chaos (Fila Brazillia) were mesmerizing college radio DJs burned out on rap and alternative rock. More jazzy than Air and less housey than Daft Punk or Cassius, Cam was friend to the crate-diggers and head-nodders that gravitated to the smoker’s delights found in the back catalogs of Ninja Tune and Mo’Wax. Smooth, smooth stuff. Now Cam is back with his seventh studio album—not counting a slew of DJ mixes—and putting a fresh spin on a genre he helped foster.
Shien Lee is a producer of lavish, vintage and surrealist themed events in New York. She is always impeccably dressed.
In the nine months that The Mid has been open in Chicago’s West Loop, this club/venue has welcomed a truly random but top shelf array of DJs and live acts. The spot’s Friday night series, Mayhem at The Mid, has especially seen some influential talent step to the stage, including Mad Decent chief Diplo, pioneering DJ Afrika Bambaataa, and UK dub steppers Skream and Benga. There’s no reoccurring genre heard here; just acts that can draw a crowd (often capacity) with their signature styles.