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Space, the only frontier… we can escape to! When I get the space that I need to escape life, I always need a soundtrack and Cosmo Cocktail’s ‘Planetica’ does it. As of late, I’ve been trying to escape from reality because reality is what brings me down and thus, I’m enjoying what Cosmo Cocktail is...Continue reading...
Omar & Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird is a new documentary about two lifelong friends. Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala are the fuse and the spark for two bands: first, At the Drive-In, and then, The Mars Volta. Omar strangles magic from the guitar. Cedric’s vocals range from seedy punk into operatic convulsions. They...Continue reading...
A Older Brian Warner Makes for a New Marilyn Manson As an old school melomaniac, I welcome the return of Marilyn Manson. I will admit though that I went through a bit of a dry spell with him after ‘Eat Me, Drink Me’ (2007) when I was diving deep into the indie rock music scene....
Dario Plevnik Alights TikTok with Meditative Acoustic Guitar Eli Jace features acoustic guitar virtuoso Dario Plevnik. TikTok is not just a vehicle for Kurt Cobain nostalgia, or some place to discover which Cars character you’re most likely to marry. The popular app has slowly turned into an interconnected worldwide open mic, and some musicians are...
By ELI JACE > For nine months it was lost at sea. Stuck on a box pile in a shipping container somewhere off-dock in Europe was my copy of Radiohead’s Kid A Mnesia — “the Scarry Edition.” Probably on top of identical packages. All trapped in transit in some perfect storm of backlogged pandemic loot colliding...Continue reading...
By ELI JACE > In 2002 Thursday played the Nile Underground in Mesa, Arizona. It’s a cave of a basement, underneath the main Nile Theater venue. Then, the band’s second album Full Collapse had just been released on Victory. The video for the single, “Understanding In A Car Crash,” made MTV. The secret was out....
By ELI JACE > The witch is in the house. One month before Deftones are set to start their twice-canceled tour with Gojira, frontman Chino Moreno revives †††. The project (Crosses) have released two new songs, “Initiation” and “Protection.” They share the same cinematically dark mood of previous tracks, but float a little higher. Moreno...
By ELI JACE > “Nice to be back in Phoenix,” Bob Dylan told the crowd at the Arizona Federal Theater. It was March 3, opening night of the second leg of the Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour 2021-2024. The first leg went through the Midwest and east coast last fall. Everyone on this...
Jon C. Ireson’s Top Albums of 2021 With the entirety of 2021 lived under the thumb of the pandemic, this year was again focused on recorded music. Aside from ill-advised super-spreader events in the southern states during the summer and a slew of cancelled/restricted shows in the fall, the live music scene was crippled once...
By ELI JACE > Liars’ leader Angus Andrew, has finessed his junkyard studio for their tenth album, The Apple Drop. He stands stilt-high at the foot of the stage, the lone founding member of the slapdashing oozerock band. Released in May by Mute Records, The Apple Drop is Liars’ third album since original members, drummer...
Shawna Virago Discusses the Powerful Influence of Seminal Los Angeles Punk Band X Acclaimed Transgender Folk Punk/Alt Country Singer Songwriter Shawna Virago (http://www.shawnavirago.com/) has been releasing finely crafted, lyrically potent music for years. Always bubbling just beneath the surface of her compositions is the unbridled spirit, rawness and rage of punk rock, expressed by one...
Gojira’s Fortitude solidifies their prominence in modern metal. In the life cycle of a band or artist like Gojira, the constant thrust is to find that sound that’s quintessentially yours. Some concoction of words, sounds, and rhythm that unites your fans in solidarity. The achievement of being able to flick on a radio or a...
