This year Michigan-born, New York-raised record label Ghostly International celebrates two decades of releasing cutting-edge electronic sounds. As part of the festivities it’s throwing a party called Ghostly 20 in its own honor at Metro this week. The label was founded in Ann Arbor in 1999 by Sam Valenti IV, who was inspired by the […]
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Electro-psych misfits Black Moth Super Rainbow slow down on Panic Blooms
For nearly two decades Pittsburgh band Black Moth Super Rainbow have twisted psych, lo-fi electronics, trip-hop, noise, and cybernetic pop into shapes so wondrous that the most imaginative balloon-animal-making clowns might envy. The group’s seventh album, last year’s Panic Blooms (Rad Cult), brims with Technicolor synth notes that ooze like cough syrup. BMSR have long […]
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Riot Fest and shine
To see some of the best acts at Riot Fest—including Downtown Boys, Invsn, and Fishbone—you’re gonna have to skip brunch.
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Feeding the beast: Horror vinyl finds its cult
Graveface Records imprint Terror Vision treats scary movie music with the same respect as the obsessive fans who’ve made it a thriving niche market.
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Online music fest SPF420 celebrates its one-year anniversary
The online music festival that provided a gathering place for vaporwave originators (and gave the genre its “final eulogy” earlier this year) celebrated its one-year anniversary with performances from Mister Lies and Black Moth Super Rainbow’s Tobacco.
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Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival 2013
The “arts” at this year’s Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival include music from Cave, the Cairo Gang, and William Cepeda.
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Gig poster of the week: a Black Moth Super Rainbow and a terrifying gremlin
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by Kentucky-based silkscreen collective Print Mafia.
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This week on the B Side
Free music, a critique of some more free music, Grand Funk, and more
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Of Floods and Raffles
Graveface Records throws a psych-rock raffle to make up for flood damage
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Tobacco’s Found Video (Which Maybe Should’ve Stayed Lost)
Appropriation, psychedelia, and Russian E.T. knockoff porno
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The List: April 1-7, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Xiu Xiu, High on Fire, Small Black, Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda, Little Women, Titus Andronicus, and more