Music

Localized: Magic Mint
By Kristin Porter, Russel A. Daniels

Magic Mint, the solo-project brainchild of local musician Andrew Shaw, might seem like an axiomatic extension of Shaw’s four-piece band, Color Animal, but it’s not. Self-described as “the marriage of looping and pop music,” Magic Mint presents a psych-pop sound with a few intentional nuances that give Magic Mint its euphorically retroactive sound. … read more

Local review: •kordlhan – •Steez
By Connor Brady

•Kordlhan = Flying Lotus + Yung Lean
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Review: Andre Williams – I Wanna Go Back To Detroit...
By Nick Kuzmack

Andre Williams = Andre Williams
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Review: Minor Victories – Self-titled
By Ryan Michael Painter

Minor Victories = Ride + My Bloody Valentine + Thomas Feiner & Anywhen’s “The Siren Songs”
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Local Music Reviews June 2016

Review: case/lang/veirs – Self-titled
By Dean O Hillis

case/lang/veirs = Parton/Ronstadt/Harris + Buckingham/Nicks/McVie
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Local Review: mini golf – We Weren’t Invited
By Cassidy McCraney

mini golf = Tigers Jaw 2×2 (Bright Eyes + The Moldy Peaches)
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Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival 2016
By Nick Kuzmack

Photos courtesy of Tyson Heder If one were to choose to walk through the layered depths of the punk rock community, they should strive to find themselves wallowing in the heat of the Punk Rock Bowling Festival. The festival is held on a parking lot adjacent to Fremont, and its largely open space lacks cover from

Review: Lucifer’s Hammer – Beyond the Omens
By Bryer Wharton

Lucifer’s Hammer = Saxon + Visigoth + Armored Saint
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Local Review: Vincent Draper – Ruiner
By Lizz Corrigan

Vincent Draper = Gary Clark Jr. + Gregory Alan Isakov
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Review: Maarja Nuut – UNE MEELES (In the Hold of...
By Ryan Hall

Maarja Nuut = Final Fantasy + Kishi Bashi + DVA
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Review: Mick Harvey – Delirium Tremens
By Madelyn Boudreaux

Mick Harvey = (Combustible Edison + The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy) x Barry Adamson
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