Wild Band Peelander-Z in Austin!
The culturally Japanese band Peelander-Z played a show at Spider House Ballroom in Austin, Texas last weekend. Like every one of their shows, it was crazy in a good way! Here are some...
Category: music
Thor & Friends Record Release
Just before the Austin, Texas record store End of an Ear moved down the street to a new space, they had a record release for the Thor & Friends album. You might know Thor from...
Zidruns: carrying the unbearable
As one of the foreign observers of the Latvian rock scene I’m always delighted when I find something super fresh on a Latvian label. After all, it’s far from both the tail-chasing navel-gazing American...
ACL Fest sells a watered-down version of the Texas mythos
ACL Fest sells a watered-down versionTwo years ago I flew out of Austin just after the Austin City Limits Music Festival and noticed everyone in my row was sporting an ACL wristband. It wasn’t...
“Murdered Out” by American Artist Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon (long of seminal noise band Sonic Youth) has a new song out–the first one ever under her own name–a dark tune with a nod to the all-black cars with all their features...
Check Out Today’s Column on Positivus
If you haven’t already seen today’s column in the Dallas Morning News on Positivus and Latvia and Donald Trump, click here.
Trump plan to weaken NATO obligations is unfair to the Baltic countries that had our back
In July I headed to the Positivus music festival in Salacgriva, Latvia. It’s on the border with Estonia and not far — as the tanks roll –from Russia. This was the 10th year of Positivus, and...
Positivus in Pictures
Here’s a first look at some of the things I saw at the Positivus festival in Latvia this year. I’m so glad I went! It was chilly this year for someone from Texas, but...
All Night DJ-ing at Positivus 2016
One of the delights of Positivus (and summertime Latvia ) is the fact that the dj sets go all night long, or at least until long after the sun comes back up. While Karlis Dagilis and...
