Although singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/DJ/producer Andrew Cohen wasn't even born until the end of the '70s, his sound — at least under the stage name Mayer Hawthorne — is firmly rooted in '60s and '70s soul. It was in L.A. that Cohen veered away from his DJ start, caught the ear of Stones Throw label head Peanut Butter […]
The Flaming Lips are possibly rock music's most creative outfit. Aside from the psychedelic insanity of its notorious live show, the band has made a 30-year career of embracing its every whim, no matter how bizarre or seemingly impossible. Whether it be the quadruple disc album designed to be played in unison on four separate […]
Self-described as "the only successful Arab/Jewish partnership since the dawn of human culture," electrofunk duo Chromeo (P-Thugg and Dave 1) have been on tour with soul artists Mayer Hawthorne. Expect sexy jams tempered with plenty of humor. And talk box. Plenty of talk box. — A.M. Cole Murphy, the visionary/mad scientist behind one-man circus Fine […]
Let's be honest: it's a hollow, blanket term with little meaning in the age of sub-sub-genres. That said, at a festival where even sub-sub-genres don't begin to encapsulate the spectrum of influences in the musical goulash, indie rock is probably as good as it's going to get for this rag-tag bunch of guitar-loving experimentalists. From […]
