CD Shorts: Haelos, Earth Not Above

CD Shorts: Haelos, Earth Not Above

by | Jun 16, 2015 | Arts, Music

Haelos Earth Not Above (Matador) London trio Haelos often manages an unusual feat: the group takes the sterile sounds of electronic instruments and creates from them music that’s drenched with emotion. A couple of minutes into the EP Earth Not Above, there’s a...
Between the Lines: Textbooks Gone Wild

Between the Lines: Textbooks Gone Wild

by | Jun 9, 2015 | Between the Lines, News

I’m a Texan. Sometimes this fact comes in handy — people defer to me when it comes to assigning grades to enchiladas, for instance — and sometimes it compels me to write columns in defense of the good people of the Lone Star State who aren’t a) crazy, b) rabidly...
CD Shorts: Sasha Siem, ‘Most of the Boys’

CD Shorts: Sasha Siem, ‘Most of the Boys’

by | Jun 2, 2015 | Arts, Music

Sasha Siem Most of the Boys (Blue Plum) Somewhere or other, there’s a line of demarcation between “singer/songwriter” and “composer.” London-based Sasha Siem may be a crafter of unusual pop, but she nonetheless seems to have crossed into composer territory, winning a...
The Arts: An Artistic Herd

The Arts: An Artistic Herd

by | Jun 2, 2015 | Arts

If you need a bestiary in order to catalogue your animals, who better to make one than a disparate group of artists? Curator Rob Kimmel gathered just such a group for the exhibition/bestiary called Horns to Tale. The artists include, among others, Sophie Argetsinger,...