January 27th, 2010 by Eric RexI am totally and utterly in love with Ava Luna’s Services EP.
They bill themselves as Post Punk Pop Electro, but to me it’s best described as some chunky soul.
Every time the chorus kicks in for Clips, the first song on the EP, I lose my shit. It just kicks me right in [...]
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0 Comment » January 25th, 2010 by Eric RexEula remind me of sharks in that there is the sense that if they as a band stop moving forward, they will die so they destroy the past in anticipation of the next kill. I had seen Eula back in October, so I knew what to expect from the live performance; tight and precise [...]
Category : Show Review January 22nd, 2010 by Eric RexNot certain how I ended up on this mailing list but this seems pretty cool and low key.
I am glad to announce that Vaudville Park will be presenting the Beach House ‘Teen Dream’ SubPop Album Release DVD Screening, this Wednesday January 27th at 9PM. doors will open at 8:30pm, free to the public. And yes… [...]
Category : Uncategorized January 22nd, 2010 by Eric RexReview Round Up
What I’ve been into the past week or so:
Puerto Rico Flowers- 4. This is the sound of a million Goth dance floors at 5 AM after it has wound down and only the faithful and jobless are still out and about. Joy Division dirges at Mozart’s Requiem speeds. The vocal inflection is a [...]
Category : album Review January 14th, 2010 by Eric RexThe Sad Cobras – Medusa Reducer
Hot Lava – The Auctioneer
Roanoke is where you expect people to vanish to, not come from. Yet, thanks to Allison Apperson of Richmond’s perfect pop band Hot Lava, I’m aware of The Magic Twig Community, an artist and musician collective based in Roanoke on par with the better known Elephant [...]
Category : album Review January 11th, 2010 by Eric RexNew Year brings a New Chance to see one of my favorite musical finds of last year.
Saturday 1/23 – LIT Lounge ~ EULA, Conversion Party, Les Vinyl, Honey Wagon
Thursday 2/18 – Bar Matchless ~ EULA, Man without Plan, The Art of Shooting, Ancient Sky
Work has slowed down, so I’ll be able to get this show [...]
Category : Uncategorized January 7th, 2010 by Eric RexLast night at The Knitting Factory was the first stop in the Metal As Art tour, a month long tour taking Hypno5e, Revocation and Binary Code from New York to California back to New York again with shows every single day and a promise of a second run of the tour starting in February. The [...]
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