Photos: Cibo Matto & The Chain Gang of 1974 @ Neumos

Recently reunited Cibo Matto, Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda, performed at Neumos for a truly ecstatic audience last Tuesday evening. The show followed March’s benefit the duo took part in to help victims of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami, and Tuesday’s concert was one of the first shows the band has done since disbanding in 2001. […]

Photos: Cheyenne Marie Mize @ the Fremont Abbey

I saw the talented Cheyenne Marie Mize for the first time in March at SXSW in Austin. Her name recently popped up on the Fremont Abbey’s calendar and I immediately grabbed tickets. Her website says it best … whimsical, haunting, dreamlike folk that’s dynamic and eschews the traditional folk formulae … rugged and gentle, innocent […]

Show Review & Photos: Cerebral Ballzy & Grave Babies @ Neumos

I was the first person to arrive at Neumos last Thursday night for the explosive triple bill featuring Black Lips, Cerebral Ballzy, and Grave Babies. The floor was dark and empty, save for a lone security guy on a bar stool at the back and a few other staffers. The next four people inside were, […]