Catnip Tea
In our last post we detailed how guitarist Miljen Aljinovic saved my sanity. But just who is this masked man, roaming the wilds of Eastern Europe with a guitar on his back in his self imposed sabbatical? For one thing […]
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Memphis
It’s no secret i do a bunch of work with Matthew Broyles of The Matthew Show. However, that is not why i’m dedicating a post to his new album Memphis. I’m dedicating a post to it because i honestly, truly […]
The Mountains of Madness and The Tiger Lillies
In 2005 the Tiger Lillies, a killer band who’s been doing the dark side of steampuynk since before steampunk even existed and Alexander Hacke of the avante garde noise band Einstürzende Neubauten came together to perform a series of original songs based […]
Frenchy And The Punk
One of the mainstays of the steampunk and cabaret music scene, Frenchy And The Punk (she’s Frenchy, he’s the Punk) are touring behemoths. From music clubs to steampunk cons to faerie and witch festivals they take their in your face […]
Bohren & der Club of Gore
Today we feature an excellent band making modern noir music, Bohren & der Clud of Gore. It’s ambient jazz technically, but it sounds like what youo would think heavily chilled, dark modern noior music would sound like. Sparse, slow, moody […]
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing
Putting the punk back in Steampunk. The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing are a London quartet and they are not mamby pambying around. They are not goth. Guitarist and vocalist Andrew O’Neil may be a crossdressing metalhead, […]
Ghost: Japanese Psych Rock
Ghost were a wonderful Japanese psychedelic band that released a small string of albums from 1990 to 2007. The music is often spacey, dynamic, and rather timeless in my opinion, not sounding like it can be pigeonholed into any one […]
A Trip To The Moon, With Music By Air
In 1902, the very first science fiction film was made, A Trip To The Moon. It was made in France, written and directed by Georges Melies with help from his brother Gaston. Being science fiction it is also therefore the first […]
Mothership Orchestra: Modern Balkan Cabaret
While i suffer through an eastern european winter of epic proportions that has folks in villages around mine dropping like flies and almost all of us trapped up here in the mountains under a mound of snow and in record […]
Dark Cabaret: Harlequin Jones
Fiona Apple meets The Dresden Dolls. That is what this first track from the Dark Cabaret band Harlequin Jones sounds like. Which is a good thing. Check it out: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hPi1490lvE] Pretty sweet, right? Harlequin Jones are the duo of singer/pianist Amanda […]