Black Maria Art Gallery, located in Los Angeles and dedicated to promoting non-mainstream art, will host a group exhibition featuring work from fourteen different artists in late October. The purpose of the show, entitled Immigrant Punk, is to pay homage to immigrants in America who, rather than lose their identity in assimilation, maintain their cultural roots with pride.
Panic Attack! Art in the Punk Years
Marking the 30th anniversary of the Sex Pistols’ God Save The Queen, Mark Sladen and Ariella Yedgar present a visual account of the art surrounding the American and British mid-’70s punk scene.
Danger Mouse Producing New Gnarls Barkley, Black Keys, and More
The prolific Brian Burton (left), better known as Grammy-winning hip-hop producer Danger Mouse, is maintaining his relentless pace with a number of projects in the works. And yes, this does include a new album from Gnarls Barkley, his collaboration with Cee-Lo Green (right) of Goodie Mob fame.
Kinski: Down Below It’s Chaos
The members of Seattle’s Kinski found each other during a barroom argument over what recording technique was superior: analog or digital. With analog winning the debate hands down, the four-piece embarked on what has thus far proven to be a prolific — if under recognized — career.
Al Columbia to Resurface in Floating Word Comics Exhibit
Enigmatic comic book artist Al Columbia, who has been the subject of many rants and raves since he dropped out of the public eye in in 1999, has returned. On September 6, Portland’s Floating World Comics is hosting the first exhibition of Columbia’s work in nearly a decade.
The Cancer Conspiracy to Release Long-Awaited Final Album
After releasing massively unheralded full-length album The Audio Medium in 2002, exceptional and instrumental prog group The Cancer Conspiracy spent two years replacing stolen gear, finding a new bassist, and writing new material. Now, three years following its completion, the band’s swan song is set for release in the fall through Radar Recordings.
Aesop Rock: None Shall Pass
None Shall Pass, the first full-length album in four years from inimitable rapper Aesop Rock, delivers more amusing rhymes via unique flow. Under the guise of flippant themes, Aesop, aka Ian Bavitz, examines some weightier subjects that come with hitting the “point of no return” that is thirty years of age.
Two Blood Brothers, One Pretty Girl Make Jaguar Love
As potentially enticing (or revolting) as that headline may be, there’s no doubt that teenage pheromones will be in the air for Jaguar Love, a new venture from Johnny Whitney and Cody Votolato of The Blood Brothers and Jay Clark of Pretty Girls Make Graves.
Jackie Tileston Brings Brilliant Colors to Chicago
Jackie Tileston, Philadelphia-based painter and winner of a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship, will debut her latest work at Chicago’s Zg Gallery starting the second week of September. Adventures of Semionauts features work that further explores Tileston‘s interest in the linguistic ability of painting to bridge the gaps between disparate elements.
Mekons: Natural
For thirty years now, the Mekons have re-invented punk and indie rock as well as themselves from their home base of Leeds. The release of Natural shows that they are continuing the trend.
Coalesce, Daughters Pummel Small Crowd Into Oblivion
All it took was one warm-up word: “check.” When vocalist Sean Ingram (shown left) screamed that syllable sans microphone on Wednesday night, the forthcoming mayhem from math-core groove masters Coalesce was evident.
Jamisen Ogg Deconstructs Kitsch for Sawbuck
Sawbuck art gallery, located in Seattle, Washington, will host a one-night exhibition of new work by Jamisen Ogg this Saturday. Ogg‘s work sculpts the mundane kitsch of middle class existence into high-concept oddities, often extending images into the third dimension.