The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
Energy Czar
Yosada Records
This is one of the worst albums I’ve ever heard. It’s an absolute cacophonous mess. It sounds like a 5-year-old who found drumsticks and a drum set and started going crazy and one of his friends yelling incoherantly into a microphone while trying to figure out how a guitar works. It’s not worth the disc it’s printed on. Unless they are trying to be dadaists, they should quit. Honestly.
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.
