The triple-feature at the Biltmore Cabaret last Friday played out like two completely different evenings: The first, filled with solid, back-to-basics country western-infected rock that took me back to the humid evenings, firefly jars and fenceless backyards of my Midwestern upbringing (seriously! It’s just like that!); the second, an unparalleled, raucous display of music, poetry […]
Life itself is only a vision, a dream. Nothing exists, save empty space, and you. And you, are but a thought. –Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger Everything about Leichenhaus is heavy – the music, the vocals, the lyrical content – which makes for an enjoyably gruelling and often frighteningly immersing trip into death and nothingness. […]
Well, you’ve gotta hand it to Gauntlet Hair. For a band that only recently started getting attention, Gauntlet Hair’s audience has a high percentage of passionate teenage groupies: Tattooed Lolitas that have to be coaxed off the stage by security so the band can continue undisturbed. Girls who are not shy about their fanaticism, chanting […]