Author Archive for Kevin
With Mr. Lif and the Perceptionists scheduled to play the Brickhouse in Phoenix on Feb. 1, what better time to check out some new Akrobatik, one-third of the Perceptionists?
Akrobatik’s new record, Absolute Value, comes out Feb. 19 on Fat Beats.
As if the people of Boston need any other reason to brag (hello, Celtics, […]
Andrew Bird: Imitosis (Four Tet remix)
Closed Published by Kevin January 24th, 2008 on So Much SilenceCredit: Adam Berry
I don’t know if I saw this posted much around the Internets, so I’ll go ahead an flash back all the way to 2007.
I think, when it comes down to it, I’m going to regret that Andrew Bird’s Armchair Apocrypha – yeah, I can’t say that word, either – didn’t get more of […]
Thought I was gonna have to make another trip to Los Angeles to see a band, but Editors have kindly included Arizona – Marquee Theatre in Tempe, to be exact – on their tour with Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV.
Tickets ($17.25 advance; $18 day of) on sale here.
I had a chance to interview Editors […]
I Used to Love H.E.R.: Lymbyc Systym
Closed Published by Kevin January 23rd, 2008 on So Much SilenceThe 22nd installment of I Used to Love H.E.R., a series in which artists/bloggers/writers discuss their most essential or favorite hip-hop albums (read intro), comes from Mike Bell, one-half of electronic-pop duo the Lymbyc Systym. Bell and his brother Jared, based in Austin by way of Phoenix, released Love Your Abuser last year on Mush […]
Arizona resident DMX responds on a local news station about a raid in August on his home by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in which 12 pit bulls were removed and three dead dogs were found.
Check out the video of the news report here.
I extracted audio from the interview for your listening pleasure. Joe Arpaio […]
Stateside Presents, in conjunction with Universatile Music, is bringing back RJD2 for an April 7 show at the Clubhouse in Tempe. Buy tickets ($14 advance, $15 day of show) here.
I missed RJ the last time he came through on a solo tour but caught him with Blueprint for Soul Position’s tour a couple years ago […]
I’ve been toying with some flash-based audio players for the page to try to make it easier for the reader/listener to listen to mp3s without downloading, if that’s their preference.
Thanks to Aurgasm, I’m giving the Yahoo Media Player a try. You’ll see a play button next to each mp3 and a retractable playing device […]
I Used to Love H.E.R.: Eso Tre of Substance Abuse
Closed Published by Kevin January 21st, 2008 on So Much SilenceThe 21st installment of I Used to Love H.E.R., a series in which artists/bloggers/writers discuss their most essential or favorite hip-hop albums (read intro), comes from Eso Tre, one-half of Los Angeles-based hip-hop duo Substance Abuse, whose 2006 record Overproof features MF Doom and Kool Keith, among others.
Brand Nubian
In God We Trust (Elektra, 1993)
I […]
Thanks again to Hunter at Macktronic and Gold Robot Records for (a) sending me vinyl (always welcome) and (b) introducing me to another great Bay Area band in the Parish.
The latest goodie from Gold Robot – the label’s fourth 7-inch release – is the four-song Storm Driven Bird EP from the Parish. The group is […]
Source Victoria feature in Phoenix New Times
Closed Published by Kevin January 17th, 2008 on So Much SilenceGreat feature on Source Victoria and the band’s new record, The Fast Escape, in the latest Phoenix New Times. Read it here.
“The Fast Escape, however, is no political manifesto. It’s a beautiful narcotic that allows you, the lucky listener, to sail for the better part of an hour above (Brendan) Murphy’s roughhewn voice as it […]