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Louisville quartet Ousia serves up three songs of tense, finely woven post-punk in the league of T-Tauri or the 90 Day Men: lots of high fretboard work, funked-up bass, point-counterpoint, and Shellacked drum syncopation. Often burying the yelped vocals, the somewhat muddied production hampers the proceedings a tad. Nonetheless, a firm step in the right direction.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.
