Nathan Williams of Wavves on Saturday at Pitchfork Music Festival, during his cover of "Nervous Breakdown" by Black Flag. Wavves, the one-man recording project of 23-year-old California boy Nathan Williams -- managed to avoid much of the press attention so fervently sought by bloggers and photographers during this weekend's festivities.
While perusing the listings today, one in particular caught my eye: Greg Ginn and the Texas Corrugators at Felix's in Dogtown on Saturday night. "Hmm," I thought to myself. "Why would Greg Ginn of Black Flag be playing there? That can't be him." And then I used a little Google-fu and found Ginn's website -- and discovered that sure enough, it is him and his current project playing there. The 'Corrugators have little to do with his raucous punk past -- music samples on his website sort of live up
Do you get off on original rockers like Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and the Beach Boys? Do you also rock out to Repo Man-style '80s punk like Agnostic Front, the Circle Jerks, and Black Flag?If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you will be dragged into the streets and shot if you are not at Off Broadway tonight for The King Khan & BBQ Show. In the words of the mad Khan himself--as quoted in this week's RFT music feature-- the two-man band is "punk rock meets doo wop," a "crazy sp
Watchers of LA Ink either loathe the guy or champion him, but Corey Miller -- who plays second fiddle to camera-magnet Kat Von D on the reality show -- describes himself as an old-school carny and folk artist, instead of a dramatic lightning rod. He also has an old-school surf-punk band (naturally) with skateboarding legend Steve Alba. Miller will be in St. Louis this weekend for the Old School Tattoo Expo and talked about tattooing, punk and being a reality TV star. This interview was conducted
King Khan & BBQ Show
Where: Off Broadway
Playing With: Those Darlins, Jesse Irwin
Sounds Like: What Keegan Hamilton said here and here.
RIYL: Chuck Berry, Black Flag, psych-rock/garage-soul
MP3: King Khan & BBQ Show, "Third Ave."
