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He's a Solar Mannew
Now Magic Lantern guitarist Cameron Stallones has struck out on his own with a solo album under the moniker Sun Araw.
A Gentler Autechrenew
On Quaristice, they occasionally veer into a more classically "beautiful" melodic mode; overall, the album's less rhythmically manic than their more recent releases.
Tags: Autechre, Quaristice
Soul Kitchen Digs Deeper for Your Listening Pleasurenew
A handful of Ubiquity-ites are helming a new weekly showcase at Memphis Café in Costa Mesa called Soul Kitchen (the name aptly alludes to Memphis' Southern-comfort-food-laden menu).
OC Weekly |
Dave Segal |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Father Beard Turns on Your Mindnew
Father Beard’s compositions unfurl in slow motion, as if they’re played in a narcotic haze.
OC Weekly |
Dave Segal |
12-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Father Beard
io Drones Alonenew
Is there a lonelier endeavor than creating ambient music in Orange County -- besides umbrella merchant?
The Fathomless Beauty of Blank Bluenew
Blank Blue are still a very young group, but the songs they've completed so far possess a beatific, rococo lushness -- as well as an understated funkiness.
OC Weekly |
Dave Segal |
11-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blank Blue
'Hungry Beat' Fills Fire Engines' Voidnew
Cited by Primal Scream and Franz Ferdinand as inspirations for their own bands, Scotland's Fire Engines burned briefly but thrice as brightly as most other groups of their time. Their oeuvre amounted to merely 18 tracks, but it is, as they say, all good.
Tags: Fire Engines, Hungry Beat
Three the Hard Waynew
Marc Yamaoka, Phil Nisco and Chris Alfaro wanted to open a hot new nightspot -- but first, they had to fight Santa Ana City Hall.
OC Weekly |
Dave Segal |
09-19-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Dancing Lethargic is a Quirk in Progressnew
Laguna Beach visual artist/musician Keith Fox creates music with quirk that goes right up to the tipping point of wacky, but ultimately stays on the good side of odd.
OC Weekly |
Dave Segal |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dancing Lethargic
Heru John Basil, Anti-occult Heronew
Hanging with Orange County's most far-out psychedelic loner.
OC Weekly |
Dave Segal |
08-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Heru John Basil
Brother Reade Follow in the Grand Two-man Traditionnew
Rapper Jimmy Jamz and producer Bobby Evans cut the bullshit (no skits, no grandiose, time-wasting intros, etc.) and get down to flaunting their considerable skills, as the album's no-nonsense title implies.
Tags: Brother Reade, rap music
Another Sir Richard Bishop Gemnew
Renowned for his mercurial guitar-playing over the last 26 years with Seattle ethnodelic legends Sun City Girls, Bishop has wrought a distinguished solo canon as well.
Bumps Gives a 23-track Seminar on the Manifold Pleasures of Rhythmnew
Besides being a musical feast in its own right, Bumps also serves as a beggar's banquet for sample hounds looking to bolster their rhymes with killer blaps.
Tags: Bumps
Are Your Ears Burning Yet?new
Surveying the (potential) sound-good hits of the summer.
Battles Drops a Pivotal Expermental Rock Opusnew
If the band parlays its critical-darling status into Conan/Letterman show-playing notoriety, we could be witnessing the (re)opening of the American music-fan mind to the degree of which we haven't seen since the Ford administration.
