Reviews
FOTOBOM: DRY CLEANING + FAKE FRUIT
“I was there, man.” People who saw the Quarrymen at the Cavern Club, Pink Floyd at UFO Club, Nirvana at Green Street Station and now fans who had a ticket for the debut show of Dry Cleaning at Crystal Ballroom can all make the same claim. Post-punk is definitely having ...
FOTOBOM: INTERPOL + TYCHO @ ROADRUNNER
Interpol have a new record that’s in the late stages of cooking and they hit the road to test out some of the material at Roadrunner. It’s about what you’d expect; dark, brooding songs with a minimal post-punk engine driving them forward, the band well-camouflaged in their black ...
FOTOBOM: DESTROYER + ROSALI @ THE SINCLAIR
Looking like a shambolically elegant version of Donald Sutherland’s character from Animal House with permanent creases and perpetual bedhead, Dan Bejar does strike a certain look on stage. One ...
FOTOBOM: CAT POWER @ THE PARADISE
The tradition of taking someone else’s work and putting your own spin on it is a storied one and history is littered with examples of rote duplication and insanely creative re-inventions. And of course there is a wide spectrum between those two poles. Chan Marshall (nom du mic as Cat ...
FOTOBOM: LUCIUS @ ROADRUNNER
Fotobom: Big Thief @ Roadrunner
FOTOBOM: CONVERGE & CHELSEA WOLFE PLAY BLOODMOON + CASPIAN @ ROADRUNNER
Converge has been a lot of things and a common thread is a strong current of collaboration. If you looked at a Pete Frame-type family tree, it would be a small forest with all ...
FOTOBOM: SPOON @ HOUSE OF BLUES
Like a well-worn baseball glove, Spoon just keeps getting better as the years pile on. Hard to believe that their first record came out nearly 30 years ago as Britt Daniel still looks like he’s in his late 30s. ...
FOTOBOM: UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS + KING BUFFALO @ BIG NIGHT LIVE
Every since they crept out of the shadows a decade ago, Uncle Acid and the deadbeats have done their best to at least stay partially hidden. Blood Lust put them into the metal community’s awareness and with good reason; dripping with dread and reeking of occultism, Kevin Starrs ...
