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Pelé is a three-piece that balance each other out perfectly. They play an entrancing instrumental mix of post-rock and jazz that finds guitar, bass and drums twirling about each other in a sweet dance. And is that a banjo I hear clunking in so nicely? I think so. Elephant maintains a fascinating groove throughout.
Sign Language Records, P.O. Box 9, Puyallup, WA 98371; www.sl-r.com
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.
