Dec
15

Beards, Blazers & Brainfeeder: The Brainfeeder Sessions With Nosaj Thing, ESKMO, and Mono/Poly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=derQy-vfJ9g I’m still reeling from last night’s Brainfeeder Sessions. Mono/Poly, ESKMO, and Nosaj Thing torpedoing my mind into scattered tessarae. Think a hip-hop laserium, cat-nip for the stoned–as evidenced by the billowing clouds of smoke periodically erupting in the darkened Downtown Independent theatre. Standing room only, clumps of people, commanding the stairwells, the aisles, every… Continue reading »

Oct
06

The Boardwalk Beats of Mono/Poly

Bakersfield is Buck Owens and Merle Haggard territory. A dust-choked, sun-split farm town of about 300,000 people. Geographically, it is roughly 100 miles north of Los Angeles. Culturally, it is about 10,000. If you look hard enough, you can find 10 gallon-hats, spurs, rodeos, and most terrifying of all, vast hordes of people who pre-ordered… Continue reading »