CRYSTAL CASTLES & HEALTH @ EMOS (SHOW REVIEW)
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CRYSTAL CASTLES & HEALTH @ EMOS (SHOW REVIEW)

 Nobody quite sparks the imagination like Alice Glass and Ethan Kath.  The members of the electro-noise group Crystal Castles have deftly created a shroud of macabre mystery to surround their dark and diabolical personas.  Through gothic imagery, epic seizure-inducing light shows, and Alice’s banshee-like stage antics, Crystal Castles has gathered a following that is as…

ACL Aftershow Review:  Classixx & Toro Y Moi @ Emos 2013
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ACL Aftershow Review: Classixx & Toro Y Moi @ Emos 2013

  Two days of recovery from the first round of ACL was all but lost after the marathon dance party that took place at the Emo’s on Wednesday night. “Chill wave” connoisseur, Chaz Bundick of Toro y Moi, and L.A. pop electro savants, Classixx, came together in a showcase that was as danceable and funky…

FIDLAR AND THE ORWELLS @ HOLY MOUNTAIN (SHOW REVIEW)
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FIDLAR AND THE ORWELLS @ HOLY MOUNTAIN (SHOW REVIEW)

On Friday night Lee Ackerley caught two young punk bands, FIDLAR and The Orwells, at their sold out ACL after show at Holy Mountain. There are a small but growing contingent of punk bands that are carrying the torch for the music genre that supposedly died in September 1983, when Joe Strummer kicked Mick Jones…

ACL Aftershow: King Tuff & Wavves @ Antones
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ACL Aftershow: King Tuff & Wavves @ Antones

      It was on the eve of the second weekend of ACL, that King Tuff and Wavves took the stage at Antones on Riverside to re-light the ceremonial fires of Rock & Roll in preparation for yet another weekend of stellar acts. Like every other official C3 ACL Aftershow, Thursday’s show was sold…