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Jan31

Live Review: Devendra Banhart and Six Organs of Admittance 8/26

For some reason, Wednesday was the day for concerts in the Southern California area. In LA, you had the Dead Weather opening Jack White’s Third Man Record Store in the middle of the day, Deerhunter, Michael Gondry and Friends, and M.I.A. at night. Up in Santa Barbara, it was no different, both Six Organs of Admittance and Devendra Banhart were playing at separate venues, thankfully at different times.

Six Organs of Admittance and The Master Musicians of Bukkake both played at Muddy Waters. The Master Musicians of Bukkake started off the night and to say they were weird is an understatement. The singer looked as if he were wearing a fishnet that caught algae, while the other members …

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Aug27

A Tribute to King Khan

A man walks, no, struts, on the stage of New York’s Mercury Lounge, lording over the squished crowd like an emperor over his minions. He is confident. He is brash. He is….

King Khan.

The legend of King Khan’s shows has grown exponentially since his relatively recent U.S. invasion (dude’s been holding it down in Europe for a while now.) But unlike similarly demented, unpredictable frontmen (Anton, I’m looking at you.), Khan and his band don’t just terrify with their manic antics, they can deliver the goods musically as well.

With ten people on stage at any given time, all replete in black and gold, the band combines the best of punk, soul, psychedelia straight off the Nuggets box set, …

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