TAG: post-punk

May06

Lazer Crystal – MCMLXXX (Review)

Lazer Crystal

MCMLXXX

Released by Thrill Jockey


Just when it starts to become easy to grab ahold of what’s going on with the blasts of hard-edged electronics Lazer Crystal dish out on their debut album, the trio from Chicago see fit to change it all up and launch things in another direction. Hybridizing bits of noise, industrial, mathrock, post-punk, techno, krautrock and synthpop, they have plenty of source material to work with, and they show little caution about ramming the sounds together until the pieces are correspondingly dented and tightly locked together. One moment the band ...

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Dec07

Live Review – Stellastarr* @ Spaceland (MP3)

So, the story has it that songwriter Shawn Christensen (guitar, vox) became the default lead singer and frontman of Stellastarr* because the band couldn’t fill that role way back when they joined up in 2000. However, it’s a role he seems completely at-home in. At Spaceland on Saturday night, he was poised and emotive, and thrust his whole being into the show. His vibe is unaffected. The band could be playing at an even smaller venue or a huge one, but he would still exude his particular brand of warmth that only a kid raised on post-punk and the likes of Talking Heads and the Pixies.

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Dec03

Editors to Tour US February

The UK-bred post-punkers will hit the road to support their newest release, In This Light And On This Evening throughout February. The album is available digitally now, and the CD release is set for January 19th via FADER. Cheers!

Tour Dates
02.05 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
02.06 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
02.08 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Theatre
02.09 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
02.11  Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
02.13  Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
02.15  Chicago, IL @ Victoria Theatre
02.16 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
02.18 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
02.19 New …

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