INTERVIEW: THE LIBRARY IS ON FIRE (BROOKLYN)
Coincidence has a unique way of coming around. Last December, I was told to check out a documentary on Basquiat. Two weeks later and one documentary watched, a band came across with a single entitled with his renowned last name. And following singer/guitarist Steve Five and I’s conversation about
REVIEWS: UNDERWORLD – A COLLECTION (2011) & 1992-2012 THE ANTHOLOGY (2011)
When Underworld released their initial Anthology in 2002, ten years after their first album as an experimental dance act, they probably felt it was apt to wrap up what was in a sense the end of one era and the beginning of another. The young DJ, Darren Emerson, who many believed had transf
MEZZIC PRESENTS: TEN-SPEED (ISAAC PIERCE) AT THE PROJECT LODGE (MADISON), JANUARY 28TH, 2012
ten-speed (Chicago/Seattle)Here Comes The Night (Milwaukee/Ontario, Wisconsin)Terry N’ the Front (Kenosha) January 28th, 2012 at 7PM The Project Lodge817 E. Johnson StreetMadison, Wisconsin (Mezzic is proud to join up with the excellent Madison singer/songwriter Jeremiah Nelson
PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEO: ASTRONAUTALIS AT L’INTERNATIONAL (PARIS)
Astronautalis (Minneapolis, MN) and Bleubird (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)January 18th, 2012L’International in Paris, France The past few years it’s always a thrill to hear that Astronautalis is coming to town, kinda what you would imagine it’d be like back in the 1880s when the cir
Review: Loma Prieta – I.V. (2012)
If you’re unfamiliar with Loma Prieta (like I was a few short months ago) this is their 4th full length, first with Deathwish Inc. If you’re unfamiliar with Deathwish, it’s run by Converge frontman Jacob Bannon, and whether you like the bands on the label or
Review: First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar (2012)
To say I’d been anticipating First Aid Kit’s sophomore album, The Lion’s Roar, is one hell of an understatement. Since 2008, I’ve been following Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg through their dreamy world of folk-rock, and I still haven’t tired of them. Finally, I wen
INTERVIEW: LOST LANDER (PORTLAND)
This past August I decided to take up my best friend’s offer and head on out for a mini-vacation to the Pacific Northwest to check out Seattle and Portland. The trip also helped quash a longstanding void in traveling involving the States-Europe I’ve got down pretty well. Portland’s a mecca for
REVIEW: BRIGHT ARCHER – HIDDEN SYSTEMS (2011)
Refreshing. That’s what Hidden Systems from Portland’s Bright Archer is in one single word. Admittedly being awash in dream pop these days or songwriters attempting to tweak the genre this way or that in collectively unorthodox ways can get tiring. That’s where Johanna Kunin is that break
REVIEW: CRIBSHITTER – METHLEHEM (2011)
A lilting banjo melody lulls the listener into the first track of Cribshitter‘s, Methlehem. The simple instrumental beauty is cut short by second track, “Boom Goes the Vaginamite.” Jarring, yes, but essential. The earnest irony of Cribshitter is enough to warm any c