Scottish noise legends The Jesus And Mary Chain wrapped up their short tour of California last night will a beautifully noisy set at the House Of Blues San Diego. Jim Reid’s voice hasn’t aged and William Reid still can dial up storms of fuzz. It was also a bonus to see Phil King formerly of [...]

Last night the Northside Festival kicked off in north Williamsburg. Last night’s most appetizing bills were at Europa, or at Glasslands (which had BTW Beacon and Sweden’s Niki & The Dove), or Music Hall Of Williamsburg (which had GZA do Liquid Swords), though things really kick into full swing today, with a big show ...

Cold Cave’s second proper full-length Cherish The Light Years amplified the urgency in Wes Eisold’s icy new wave, and was a hell of a record as a result. Today Matador let go of a previously unreleased b-side from the record, “Believe In My Blood,” demonstrating that even the sessions’ castoffs w...

BTW Cold Cave played to a sweat-drenched capacity crowd at the Ukrainian Cultural Center for a show ending with Wes Eisold being pulled into the clamoring masses. Another BTW alumnus Austra seduced the audience with her operatic vocals and sultry synthesizers. Prurient summoned the ghosts of Ministry with their caustic shards of noise. We&#8...

If you didn’t know it before, Wes Eisold’s recent Summer Mix should’ve clued you into the breadth of the Cold Cave leader’s listening habits. His remix of Belle & Sebastian’s “I Didn’t See It Coming” would make sense on the aforementioned, really, planted so...