DIY spirit is at the core of punk, but Pomona, Calif., electro-folk band Amps For Christ takes this commitment to a new level. The band handcrafts and hot-wires its own stringed instruments--as well as those titular amps--and records on reel-to-reel tape.
Read: Amps For Christ: The Power of Amps Compels You
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Johnathan Rickman's writing portfolio: Tax news reporting and analysis for Tax Analysts / Arts and entertainment features for Express Night Out / Music reviews and interviews for Freewilliamsburg.com
Sep 21, 2010
Jul 25, 2010
George Kinney/Kohoutek: A Long, Strange Trip
As bandleader of the Golden Dawn, an unsung 1960s acid-rock group from Austin, Texas, George Kinney lived on the psychedelic edge of the era's musical explorations. Enter DC improvisational unit Kohoutek, who has offered to extend Kinney's long, strange trip by taking the outlaw troubadour on the road to present some of his old songs in a modern context.
Read: Kohoutek and George Kinney: A Long, Strange Trip
Read: Kohoutek and George Kinney: A Long, Strange Trip
Apr 8, 2010
Brown Wing Overdrive: Plugged-In Improvisers
Jolting electronic jazz unit Brown Wing Overdrive rides high aloft the winds of change. Using a tangled mix of high-tech and crafty customized gadgetry, offbeat improvisers Chuck Bettis and Derek Morton channel a whimsical universe, revealing its awesome power in unpredictable bursts of sound and blankets of buzz.
Read: Plugged-In Improv: Brown Wing Overdrive
Read: Plugged-In Improv: Brown Wing Overdrive
Mar 11, 2010
Washed Out: Cream Of The 'Chillwave' Crop
Bedroom-electronica upstart Ernest Greene, the artist known as Washed Out, had a great 2009. Amid the long arc of summer and the sweltering Georgia sun, the Peach State producer whipped up a batch of breezy "chillwave" tunes, posted it to the Web and waited for the fickle finger of fate to point his way. And Point it did.
Read: Dreams of the Summer: Washed Out's Ernest Greene
Read: Dreams of the Summer: Washed Out's Ernest Greene
Feb 17, 2010
Leslie & the Ly's: All That Glitters Also Rocks
Discount diva Leslie Hall, the Internet sensation behind Gemsweater.com--the Web site devoted to big hair and nightmare knitwear--brings her curiously fascinating curves to the fore as front woman for dance-pop unit Leslie & the Ly's.
Read: All That Glitters Also Rocks: Leslie and the Ly's
Read: All That Glitters Also Rocks: Leslie and the Ly's
Oct 29, 2009
Joan Braderman: The Heretics
Award-winning video artist and writer Joan Braderman chronicles the feminist influence in art and life in her latest film, "The Heretics," an insider's look into the New York artists' collective that produced Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics in the mid-1970s. The film tracks the collective's response to the transformative social changes brought about by the civil rights movement and second-wave feminism.
Read: Art Expansion: Joan Braderman on 'The Heretics'
Read: Art Expansion: Joan Braderman on 'The Heretics'
Jun 18, 2009
Mary Timony: Come On Feel The Soft Power
Indie-rock songstress Mary Timony would be the first to tell you that Soft Power, her new band, is not her band per se. It's a D.C. foursome whose lyrical, psychedelic guitar rock is born of sonic synchronicity.
Read: Mary Timony: Come On Feel The Soft Power
Read: Mary Timony: Come On Feel The Soft Power
Jun 11, 2009
Full Blast Trio: Heavy Swingers
Full Blast Trio, the Swiss-German improvisational grind unit featuring saxophone powerhouse Peter Brotzmann, wield a pile-driving skronk-rock sound mightier than that of most metal bands.
Read: Full Blast Trio: Hard Bop With Volume
Read: Full Blast Trio: Hard Bop With Volume
Feb 26, 2009
Juana Molina: Dramatic Song Form
Argentine artist Juana Molina is a masterful creator of hypnotic, loop-infused pop music. Using both manual and mechanical means, Molina creates evolving patterns of wordless vocals and flowing guitar lines that interconnect and flower into dramatic song form.
Read: Juana Molina: Sprung From Earth
Read: Juana Molina: Sprung From Earth
Feb 18, 2009
Linn Meyers / Richard Chartier: Here Today
Linn Meyers' new wall drawings unwind in epic proportion in "here today," her latest exhibition on display at the Art Gallery at the University of Maryland, College Park. Like her small-scale works, Meyers' new oversized efforts — including one created with local sound artist Richard Chartier — reveal Meyers' purposeful process to flattering effect.
Read: Temporary Pleasures: Artist Linn Meyers
Read: Temporary Pleasures: Artist Linn Meyers
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