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The Dead Texan – The Dead Texan – Album Review by Joshua Reedy. (2004) My copy: 2022 reissue by Kranky. Already long established as a compositional force with Stars Of The Lid, Alex Wiltzie shares The Dead Texan with Christina Vantzou – this project serving as the latter’s first full-length foray into ambient music. The […]
Show Detective. Friday, May 24th 107.7 GNA presents Parker McCollum, SPAC, Saratoga Springs, 7:30pm DJ TOAST 35th Anniversary show with: Smif-N-Wesson, Empire Underground, Albany El Gant, DJ C, Nyce The Fleetwood Mac Experience, Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes, 7:30pm-10pm An evening with The Fleetwood Mac Experience brings you back to that classic concert era in music […]
Art Talk by Alexander Cardinal There’s a feeling you’ll soon catch onto when being within the art world, you can even feel it just by looking at the art world from the outside and it’s the feeling of exclusivity. As an artist myself I’ve encountered it more times than I can care to remember […]
Xperience Fiction – Tough Times – by Liam Sweeny. A Phoenix Tale Red, white and blue neon streaked across the bar from the sign in the front window of the Phoenix Hotel lounge. Sam Morrow slumped over his fourth vodka, drowning the din of the joint. He set his weary eyes on Walter, […]
Jukebox. Anita Pallenberg Iconic actor, fashionista and influence on The Rolling Stones, Anita Pallenburg, will be featured in a documentary produced by Marlon Richards, her son with Stones guitarist Keith Richards. The film is to be based on footage found in storage and given to Richards in 2012, along with a dissertation and other collected […]
Show Detective. Friday, May 17th The Classic Country Jamboree, The Linda, Albany, 8pm-10pm If you’ve ever wanted to take a trip back in time and spend a magical evening revisiting the glory days of country music, The Country Jamboree concert will take you there. Featuring an incredible cast who have performed with some of country […]
3 AM Grounder – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. The blood was frozen to the pavement by the time Jack and Burris got to the scene, a testament to the cold in the valley. It was rare that they’d both pull short straws to cover detectives Innes and Rossi, who were probably toasting the […]
PapaSweenBean’s Friday Night – The Hangar – by Liam Sweeny. It was warm tonight. I thought it was warm, but Smittix said there was a chill. There was also a Sherriff’s star-and-circle on the back of his D.A.R.E. shirt, so maybe that’s why he covered up. Didn’t want people at the Hangar to think their […]
Jukebox. Steve Albini Steve Albini, producer of a whole host of alternative albums including Nirvana’s “In Utero,” has died of a heart attack at 61. Albini’s approach was one of minimalism and simplicity, opting to capture natural voices and instruments rather than go all out like Phil Specter or Berry Gordy. And he preferred the […]
Observations and Ramblings from a Cranky Old Guy – May – An Xperience Column – by Jeff Spaulding. Over the next two issues, I’ll be reflecting on my parents, in honor of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. I‘m going to share what I call “unusual memories” of who they were and how they made me […]