Concert Review + Photos: Billy Cobham’s Spectrum 40 at The Mint (Los Angeles, CA)
Billy Cobham’s Spectrum 40 January 26, 2013The Mint in Los Angeles, CAJim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Full Gallery: Billy Cobham’s Spectrum 40, The Mint, Los Angeles, 1.26.13 Mahavishnu Orchestra is in the pantheon of jazz fusion pioneers. Black hole density, volcanic in
REVIEW: TRIXIE WHITLEY – FOURTH CORNER (2013)
Who is Trixie Whitley? The best five-minute introduction to the 25-year-old singer-songwriter is the studio video of her recording “I’d Rather Go Blind” with Black Dub (initially I assumed there was some relationship– a rendition, an ode, a homage– between Trixie W
INTERVIEW: DAY JOY (ORLANDO, FL)
When most people think of American cities with great music scenes, they think of Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Nashville, Austin, Seattle– generally larger cities or cities that have, over the years, fashioned a popular and thriving music culture. Yet, it’s hard to believe that in most areas of the cou
REVIEW: RA RA RIOT – BETA LOVE (2013)
Ra Ra Riot’s debut album, “The Rhumb Line,” showcased an uncanny ability to transform frenetic, new-wave, baroque-funk grooves into an endlessly hormonal evening on the 3rd night of college, inexhaustibly expounding on fashionable existentialism in an effort to make out with the near-sigh
CONCERT REVIEW: FATHER JOHN MISTY & THE WALKMEN (MADISON, WI)
Today we welcome our latest contributor to Mezzic, Hillary Sprecher! Hillary is a student based out of Madison, Wisconsin, and she will be assisting with our coverage of the lively Madison music scene and beyond. Also active in the realms of Daytrotter and Jonk Music, Hillary bri
Contest: Win Tickets for James Murphy DJ Set at The Mid, Jan. 25th (Chicago)
It’s the winter of comebacks, and while rumors are circulating via dreamt up Coachella promo lineups of the robotic duo returning in Indio, if you’re in Chicago, you’re probably less likely to go. Next best thing? James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem fame (of “Daft Punk is Pla
REVIEW: BELL GARDENS – FULL SUNDOWN ASSEMBLY (2013)
In any good story, change is essential, and for that change to occur there has to be some level of discovery. Either a discovery in oneself, the people around them, the world we all share, or collectively in all three as they’re often unavoidably intertwined. That discovery can be difficult or eas
REVIEW: ADAM GREEN & BINKI SHAPIRO – ADAM GREEN & BINKI SHAPIRO (2013)
Over roughly the last decade, Adam Green has released seven solo albums. He, however, is still best known for being one-half of the self-proclaimed anti-folk group, The Moldy Peaches. Green along with Kimya Dawson formed the New York group in the late 1990s and the band reached modera
INTERVIEW: DEANNA DEVORE (CHICAGO)
This Thursday, January 10th, Chicagoans shake off that ensuing post-holiday glum and get out to Schubas Tavern. The hypnotically talented Deanna Devoreis releasing her first record since her excellent 2007 self-titled brought her alongside the likes of Bonobo and Lights. We were also honored to