With dementia setting of sleep deprivation, and many couples exhausted eardrums ringing in the heads of listeners, on the fifth day show concluded with a mega showcase at Pianos, where a dozen bands performed. What was expected to be relatively mellow Saturday night (bearing in mind that there is no punk and metal groups who […]

Strutting somewhere between Goldfrapp and Pat Benatar, Dragonette has such a way playful, much danceable electronic-rock. Before Dragonette, Sorbara used to play sensitive singer/songwriter fare she now calls “tampon music,” while Dan Kurtz played in the New Deal, an experimental, improvisational electronic trio. That it’s no surprise that the band shares a manager […]

As one of the legendary acid casualties of psychedelic rock, it once seemed unlikely that Roky Erickson would ever make a triumphant comeback, the way such other damaged ’60s legends as Brian Wilson have. Roky, of course, never completely went away, continuing to record into the ’90s and experiencing periodic revivals, but he’s never had […]

In the plethora of artists out there, Miranda July stands out as an original. A woman whose repertoire includes music, fiction- and screen- writing, acting, performance art, and directing, July has created her very own empire, a world where simple events take on extraordinary meaning, where people are as equally concerned with conforming to societal […]

The descent into Memorial Stadium where Wu-Tang Clan was ending their North American tour with a closing spot at Bumbershoot was almost something out of a movie, that overdone, cheesy scene of 25th Century “urban party”, lights flashing, bass pounding, and an unmistakable smoke rising up in large clouds. That was until you got down […]