Month: July 2012

Brian Jonestown Massacre

Event Reviews

Brian Jonestown Massacre has survived the notorious mood swings of mastermind Anton Newcombe long enough to pummel a sold-out Tel Aviv crowd and Ink 19’s own Yifat Grizman with nearly three hours of genius noise.

Santigold

Music Reviews

Master of My Make Believe (Downtown Records/Atlantic Records). Review by Jen Cray.

Best Coast

Event Reviews

Best Coast sells out The Social, but Jessica Whittington and one of the Bethanys squeeze in, stick thier hearts on their sleeves, and resist calling their exes.

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

Screen Reviews

Epic swan song, or bust? A lot of hope and hype surround Christopher Nolan’s final installment of his Caped Crusader trilogy. Carefully avoiding spoilers, Steve Stav tosses a Batarang or two in examining The Dark Knight Rises.

Maps and Atlases

Event Reviews

The Orlando concert season kicked off with a very loud bang at Orlando’s super-groovy Plaza “Live” Theater with Maps and Atlases, though it was opening band The Big Sleep that really did it for Christopher Long.

Tenacious D

Music Reviews

Rize of the Fenix (Columbia Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.

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Pigface

Music Reviews

The Howler: An English Breakfast (Overdrive/Invisible Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Idiot Grins

Idiot Grins

Interviews

Ink 19 talks with Idiot Grins about the making of Golf Cart Life, their evolution from Oakland soul-rock lifers to one of indie music’s most unpredictable acts.

Deathslope Music Festival 2026

Deathslope Music Festival 2026

Event Reviews

Eight bands from Colorado and as far away as New Zealand knocked the socks off the West Slope music scene on the last day of this year’s Deathslope Music Festival in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

Screen Reviews

John Badham’s 1983 future-tech helicopter thriller, Blue Thunder, with its cautionary tale of militarized police and a surveillance state, still resonates decades later.

The Eye

The Eye

Screen Reviews

What if the miracle of sight came with a curse? The Eye builds its horror from that chilling premise.

Chapterhouse

Chapterhouse

Interviews

With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.