Interview with Retox/The Locust singer Justin Pearson
FLABmag sits down with Retox singer, Justin Pearson. Listen after the jump.
Concerts: Melt Banana with Retox & Nick Reinhart/Jon Bafus
Monday night at Harlows was an all-new music experience for me. I’d heard of Melt Banana but had never sought out their music. Likewise, I’d heard of Retox (only recently since they’re relatively new anyway) but had only that week listened to their new release, Ugly Animals. Both bands commanded the stage in their own [...]
Q&A: Giovanni Marks aka Subtitle
If you enjoy random pleasures like I do then you’d love meeting Giovanni Marks, also known as Subtitle, and also known as Gino. What a surprising pleasure it was. Brief as well, which is good in certain contexts. He introduced himself to me on a sweltering Saturday afternoon in L.A.. I was standing outside Vacation [...]
Pier 24 Debut New Artist Videos
The ultimate in photographic viewing experience, Pier 24, launch new artist video series. Check them out here on FLABmag.
Q&A: Sebatsian Thomson is Publicist (and he wants you to dance).
Drummer, Sebastian Thomson brought his electro-dance persona, Publicist to the Bay Area last weekend (9/17/11) creating a late night sweat lodge out of Amnesia – a club with a fantastic selection of beers on tap in the Mission District. For those, like myself, more familiar with Thomson’s work in the post-rock trio, Trans Am, it [...]
Best Band Never Heard – 2011: Univox
It’s been a fantastic summer for music and I didn’t even have to leave my apartment to discover new talent! I just open my inbox and there is great music waiting for me. But after having various publicists send me links galore of insanely good shit all summer long, everything from ME & LP’s [...]
Interview: The Nocturnes’ Emma Ruth Rundle deconstructs Aokigahara
Podcast interview with singer/guitarist, Emma Ruth Rundle of The Nocturnes
Q&A with RX Bandits’ Matthew Embree
Chez Raymond, an EP of six disparate but complimentary songs crafted by Matthew Embree (RX Bandits) and Lisa Papineau (Big Sir), is a sentimental homage to the joys of collaboration and musical experimentation. The styles veer from lilting flamenco on the EP opener Quatro to rolling country-folk on EP closer – a tune Embree calls [...]
Artist Profile: The Breathing Room Of Kreh Mellick
A few years ago I came across a particular feature in a local women’s magazine, Verve. The story, on Asheville artist Kreh Mellick (Kreh like ‘say’), placed the multimedia artist immediately on my radar. I wanted to see more, preferably in person. I was delighted to find her as part of Satellite Gallery’s all-female show, [...]
Dumbledore Rocks: Q&A with Dave Davison of Maps & Atlases
I’d only recently heard of the Chicago based band, Maps & Atlases and that was because entities I follow on Twitter have been tweeting about them often. People said they were definitely one of the bands to see live this summer. My curiosity was piqued but instead of watching a bunch of youTube videos I [...]
Film Review: Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life
Film snob/contributing writer, Logan Green, breaks down Terrance Mallick’s summer art house film, Tree of Life.
Q&A with Vin McCreith of Adebisi Shank
Adebisi Shank bass player, Vin McCreith, wants to share his Toblerone with you!
Screaming Life: Interview with Teri Gender Bender
What do you get when two chatty Latinas get together on the phone? Click and find out.
Interview with a Post Modern Shaman: Kevin Burton
See God’s Lake Narrows on the National Film Board of Canada’s (NFB) Interactive Website I met Kevin Burton in 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival where he was working for the festival’s Native Initiative Program which brings emerging Indigenous filmmakers together with established actors, directors and producers to workshop their scripts. At that time I [...]
A Moving Picture: Rush at the Gibson Amphitheater
FLABmag contributor, Gabe Hernandez, avoids surgery only to fall in love with Rush. Not sure which is worse?
Q&A with Billy Luther, the director of GRAB.
At the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, Billy Luther made his directorial debut with Miss Navajo, an intimate look into a Navajo pageant that not only honors beauty, but the language and culture of the Navajo Nation. Four years later he returns with Grab, a rarely documented tradition in the villages of the Laguna Pueblo tribe [...]
Interview with Tim Arnold of Good Old War
This summer I’m turning out to be more nostalgic and sensitive in my music obsessions. Last year I couldn’t stop listening to the brooding San Francisco Krautrock/New Wave throw back duo, Fops. And now I can’t stop listening to old bands like The Band and Crosby, Stills and Nash, which is fitting because now [...]
Old Fashioned Rock ‘n Roll: Interview with the Chicago-based Santah
Summer is officially here and that means lots of new record releases and lots of summer tours. For me personally, it means taking evening drives along back roads listening to my new favorite band, Santah. Since downloading their latest release, White Noise Bed (No Sleep Records), I can’t stop listening to it. I wake up [...]
20 Questions with Phanie Diaz of Girl In a Coma
Phanie Diaz is the drummer in the Indie punk trio, Girl In a Coma. She answers our 20 Questions for Drummers Questionnaire.
Interview with Detroit Cobras’ Maribel Restrepo
Guitarist, Maribel Restrepo, shoots the shit then gets all philosophical with FLABmag.
Voices of a New Generation
Young Native Filmmakers Take the Stage at 2011 Native American Film + Video Festival
Q&A: Zechs Marquise’s Marfred Rodriguez Lopez
Zechs Marquise is a band that is comprised primarily of Rodriguez-Lopez men. Along with El Paso friends, Marcos and Matt, they make some seriously trippy beautiful music.
