Former Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell announces “Obsolete By Word Of Mouth,” a rare, deeply personal spoken-word experience celebrating Obsolete’s 30th anniversary, limited to 50 guests per event across three intimate dates in October in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. Phones off. No recording. Just the story, told by the man who lived it. Tickets at burtoncbell.com. Continue reading
Luxury Skin is the alter-ego of New York-based artist Juliet E. Gordon, who has contributed to many releases over the years. I’ll Get You Out of Here, Baby (Self-Released) is the second album under the Luxury Skin moniker, following 2023’s It’s All Over. Gordon, who contributes vocals, piano, synth, keys and drum programming, is joined by a plethora of other musicians, performing bass guitar, upright bass, drums, percussion, cello and guitar. Continue reading
The words of Hunter S. Thompson might best describe The Butthole Surfers as “One of God’s own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.” A band countless outsider teenagers dropped acid to in the nineties, that stumbled into the mainstream spotlight with the Electric Larryland album that was devised even before factions took up on the internet to be divided about things. The album was more of an anomaly, so when Capitol Records received the follow-up After the Astronaut, they shelved it, but thankfully, Sunset Blvd Records finally released it. Continue reading