‘Electronic’ Archives
Rusko Announces North American Tour Dates
International superstar Rusko just announced North American Tour dates in September and October! If you haven't heard his debut album, it's titled O.M.G.! and features cameos from the likes of Gucci Mane, Amber Coffman, and Rod Azlan. Rusko's "Hold On" featuring Amber Coffman RUSKO NORTH AMERICAN TOUR Sept. 18 Dallas, TX - Lizard Lounge Sept. 21 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater Sept. 22 [...]
Dibiase – “Lumberjack”
Hailing from L.A and the hip-hop sample swarm therein, Dibiase creates an electronic synthesis easy to view as an inevitability. 8-bit video games, funk-groove, and strident soul samples mash together for a sonic condiment that can be described as chunky and bold in taste, a boldness that could make many roll their eyes with the advantage of hindsight. However hindsight has never been a virtue [...]
anbb – “Ret Marut Handshake”
Blixa Bargeld of Einsturzende Neubauten (Right) and Carsten Nicolai aka Alva Noto (Left) A partnership that dates back to September 2007 when they performed in San Francisco, Blixa Bargeld and Carsten Nicolai are bringing their newest venture out in force. Bargeld is better known for being the vocalist behind German art-rock monarchs Einsturzende Neubauten and as a past guitar player for Nick [...]
Bodega System – Ditch Masters
Score: 6.5/10 Release Date: February 6th, 2010 Label: Grant's Tomb Bodega System MySpace The Internet tends to bring the popular audience together across vast geographic distance in the name of music. All it takes is a MySpace profile out fitted appropriately, affiliation with other groups, and the process of coming up through the musical hierarchy in a layered manner as a group gains [...]
Magical Mistakes
Magical Mistakes @ Sureshot| 8/18| 7 pm| FREE| All Ages Photo by Charlotte Small There are very few artists who make jaws drop just by the pure skill they show in what they do on stage. There are far fewer who also create inspiring music that is pleasing to the ear. One of these unknown artists is Magical Mistakes. Erik Luebs, the man behind the moniker, began his musical life learning [...]
The Bloody Beetroots Announce U.S Tour
On weekends Spiderman gets trashed and collapses at raves This fall Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo and The Bloody Beetroots will be bring their hardcore punk inflected hard house from Italy to the U.S. With him Rifo will utilize his secret weapon -the Death Crew 77, a full band in which Rifo plays guitar, bass and synth, Tommy Tea operates the controllers and Edward Grinch smashes the drums. The [...]
SALEM – “Asia”
Overlapping images in Photoshop or ACTUAL GHOSTS? You be the judge. If anyone had ever said that club hip-hop, liturgical material, and doom music would be merged together successfully through electronic means they would have received some odd looks, nods of obligatory acceptance, and casual avoidance from other musicians. However, Salem said nothing and just did it. Surprise, it's really [...]
The Books – The Way Out
Score: 8.2/10 Release Date: July 20, 2010 Label: Temporary Residence, Ltd. The Books Website It’s hard to believe that it’s been over five years since the incomparable duo of The Books released their last LP, 2005’s Lost and Safe on the Tomlab label. Some fans of their two prior records were upset at the increased reliance on vocals, unconventional though they may be. However, [...]
Chromeo + Photo Set
"Chromeo-ohhh-ohhh!" Even before the main support Holy Ghost had fully cleared the stage, the sold out crowd at the Showbox was clamoring for their idol, chanting the duo's name in the same fashion as the sentries from Wizard of Oz. When P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) and Dave 1 (David Macklovich) finally took the stage, the Showbox turned into a disco club as the masses dancing to Chromeo's [...]
D’espairsRay and Control Keys @ The Showbox
To start the evening, the Seattle electro-scream group known as Control Keys performed to a fairly unresponsive audience. Consisting of a DJ and two dedicated vocalists, Control Keys play a fairly high schoolish mish-mash of 90s goth rock and and house synth pads. If you took Nine Inch Nails and Korn, locked them in a Hot Topic long enough for them to somehow reproduce, and handed them a [...]
