Concerts
Interview: UV Race; Playing with Total Control @ Black Cat 5/25
By Ellen Eldridge The Aussie genius avant-tards UV Race, a band that drags melodious pop songs through a glam-punk aesthetic similar to bands like Ty Segall and Eddie Current Suppression Ring, released its third LP last year on In The Red Records alongside the band’s first feature-length film. Drummer DX answered some questions for our [...]
Ridgefest: Featuring Ted Nugent @ Freedom Park, Chicago July 27
The Motor City Madman, aka “Terrible” Ted Nugent will be rocking the stage like nobody else. If you’ve seen him before, we know you’ll be back for more. If you’ve missed him in the past, you will not want to miss him at Freedom Park on the last Saturday in July. Direct from the State [...]
Interview: Blank Realm; Playing @ Black Cat 5/27
Part of Australia’s burgeoning underground rock scene in the 2000s and 2010s, Brisbane’s Blank Realm feature siblings Daniel, Luke, and Sarah Spencer, as well as their “spiritual brother” Luke Walsh. Inspired by the usual indie rock touchstones like Sonic Youth, Blank Realm also incorporated Can and Amon Düül’s hypnotic repetition into their expansive, flowing songs. [...]
Interview: Coliseum; Playing @ Black Cat 5/23
Celebrating their 10th year as one of independent music’s most substantive bands, Louisville’s Coliseum return with their fourth full-length, the stunning Sister Faith, released on April 30, 2013. Expanding on the anthemic direction the trio veered toward on 2010′s highly acclaimed House With a Curse, Sister Faith’s 13 songs are the most dynamic and immediately [...]
CD Review: Radiation City- Animals in the Median; Playing Black Cat 6/10
Radiation City Animals in the Median Tender Loving Empire By Al Kaufman On their sophomore record, Animals in the Median, Radiation City has done the near impossible. They have made electronic music sound warm and soulful. The five-piece (three boys, two girls) indie band out of Portland, Oregon has created an album full of rhythmic [...]
WIN a PAIR of TIX to Here Come The Mummies at the State Theatre 6/6!
America’s (or Egypt’s) most funky funk band, no one gets a crowd moving and shaking like Here Come The Mummies (HCTM). There’s no way 5 stars can possibly cover how unbelievably amazing it is to spend an evening with the hilarious and ridiculously talented boys in bandages. It’s Funk, Rock, Jazz, R&B and Soul all wrapped [...]
Interviews
Interview: UV Race; Playing with Total Control @ Black Cat 5/25
By Ellen Eldridge The Aussie genius avant-tards UV Race, a band that drags melodious pop songs through a glam-punk aesthetic similar to bands like Ty Segall and Eddie Current Suppression Ring, released its third LP last year on In The Red Records alongside the band’s first feature-length film. Drummer DX answered some questions for our [...]
Interview: Blank Realm; Playing @ Black Cat 5/27
Part of Australia’s burgeoning underground rock scene in the 2000s and 2010s, Brisbane’s Blank Realm feature siblings Daniel, Luke, and Sarah Spencer, as well as their “spiritual brother” Luke Walsh. Inspired by the usual indie rock touchstones like Sonic Youth, Blank Realm also incorporated Can and Amon Düül’s hypnotic repetition into their expansive, flowing songs. [...]
Interview: Coliseum; Playing @ Black Cat 5/23
Celebrating their 10th year as one of independent music’s most substantive bands, Louisville’s Coliseum return with their fourth full-length, the stunning Sister Faith, released on April 30, 2013. Expanding on the anthemic direction the trio veered toward on 2010′s highly acclaimed House With a Curse, Sister Faith’s 13 songs are the most dynamic and immediately [...]
5GB Interview: Total Control; Playing @ The Black Cat 5/25
By Ellen Eldridge Australian punk band Total Control is cruising through the United States this summer, playing post-punk jams from their split with Thee Oh Sees, Henge Beat (2011), and new songs from their forthcoming LP. Total Control features Mikey Young (Eddy Current Suppression Ring) and Daniel Stewart (Straightjacket Nation / UV Race.) The band [...]
Interview: Hardy Morris Of Dead Confederate; Playing The Black Cat 5/17
For the uninitiated, Dead Confederate is a five-piece rock band from Athens, GA whose music runs the gamut of infectious psychedelia to a uniquely southern and ferocious dirge. Although, placing labels on a band like this is rather pointless as their sound seems a constant and fluid evolution; they never seem content with abiding by [...]
Q & A w/ The Legwarmers! Bringing the ’80s Back to the State Theatre!
Remember the Eighties? Sure, we all do…but the Legwarmers don’t just remember the Eighties – they relive them. With more moves than a Rubik’s Cube, the Legwarmers take the stage like it’s prom night in a John Hughes movie, a very special episode of “Square Pegs” and the Monsters of Rock Tour – all at [...]
