In artist Roz Leibowitz’s estimation, making art is about “being in [correct] alignment to the cosmic show.” However, her intricate pencil drawings and collages are not portrayals of a fantastical realm but rather depict a curious blend of vernacular culture relating to folk art and folk belief.
Music
Gogol Bordello Announce Tour
After Gogol Bordello’s 2007 release of internationally acclaimed SUPER TARANTA!, the gypsy punk pioneers gained the favor of underground and mainstream pop culture alike faster than anyone could have predicted. Returning to North America for “Forces of Victory 2008,” their exultant month-long tour in early spring, the band will also hit up Coachella at the end of April for the second year in a row.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are readying themselves for the spring release and tour supporting Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, their fourteenth studio album. The band has also planned to release the title track as a single February 18th, and the full-length will be available in the U.S. April 8th from Anti-.
Dub Trio Releases Another Sound is Dying; ALARM Presents Dub Trio in Chicago
ALARM loves Another Sound is Dying, the third album and Ipecac debut from Brooklyn dub rockers Dub Trio. The album, released today, is the group’s best and heaviest release to date; it excited us so much that we put the group on the cover of our winter issue. It’s our pleasure to present Dub Trio (for FREE) at Subterranean in Chicago on February 27, when the band will be playing its second record release party.
Tour Dates for An Albatross and The Apes
After almost a year, lazer vikings An Albatross are back touring the US with their noisy D.C. pals The Apes for the month of March. An Albatross make a mid-tour pit stop at SXSW, and then the pairing will continue on in support of Ghost Games, The Apes’ February release on Gypsy Eyes Records.
Human Bell: s/t
Baltimore is a strange and enchanting place. Alongside the rampant crime and abject poverty lives a community of artists and musicians as odd and intriguing as you’re likely to find. It’s a city where the line between the urban and rural blurs, where banjo and Jew’s harp are as much a part of the musical lexicon as guitar and drums.