Magnet Magazine
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers:
The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Daniel Merriweather
Rerun from February 18. Australian singer/songwriter Daniel Merriweather performed “Red,” off debut album Love & War.
Last Call With Carson Daly (NBC): Black Lips
“Flower-punk” band Black Lips are plugging their spring U.S. tour.
Dengue Fever is anything but your average indie-rock combo. Based in Los Angeles, the exotic six-piece outfit is fronted by Chhom Nimol, who sings in her native Cambodian dialect, backed by guitarist Zac Holtzman, his brother Ethan (keyboards), Senon Williams (bass), David Ralicke (horns) and Paul Smith (drums). Some photos of the boys in the band from their three previous albums look like they’ve come from Homeland Security’s no-fly list. In reality, Dengue Fever may be the best U.S. cultural ambassadors to Southeast Asia since the glory days of jazz stars Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane 50 years ago. The band’s “new” album, Dengue Fever Presents Electric Cambodia (Minky), spotlights vintage performances by its favorite Cambodian artists from the late ’60s/early ’70s. Dengue Fever will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with them.
Ethan Holtzman: My favorite radio show is Coast To Coast AM With George Noory. He talks with all the experts on conspiracy theories and paranormal activities. Whether it’s a professor who has lived with shamans and experimented with ayahuasca, the Bufo alvarius toad secretions, the latest Bigfoot sightings or pyramids on Mars, it is fascinating and keeps my mind stimulated. Did we really go to the moon? Fuck if I know.
Video after the jump.
Minus The Bear‘s modern, driving, indie-rock sound has been steadily evolving for almost a decade. Although the Seattle band has toyed with negative space, its virtuosic guitar work (performed by former math-metal stalwart Dave Knudson), off-kilter beats and synth sequences and earnest (though snarky) lyrical delivery have defined the group’s approach since its inception. “My Time,” the first single from Minus The Bear’s upcoming OMNI (Dangerbird), confidently opens its otherwise tidy sheen to funk-esque synth and wah-wah guitar runs that expand, rather than betray, its long-refined sound. The experience leaves you stimulated without belaboring the point; the music remains fun. And if “funk-esque” worries you, it shouldn’t; the keyboard flourishes, in particular, are more reminiscent of a danceable Ratatat or Passion Pit than, say, these guys. OMNI arrives May 4.
“My Time” (download):
https://magnetmagazine.com/audio/MyTime.mp3
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Dengue Fever is anything but your average indie-rock combo. Based in Los Angeles, the exotic six-piece outfit is fronted by Chhom Nimol, who sings in her native Cambodian dialect, backed by guitarist Zac Holtzman, his brother Ethan (keyboards), Senon Williams (bass), David Ralicke (horns) and Paul Smith (drums). Some photos of the boys in the band from their three previous albums look like they’ve come from Homeland Security’s no-fly list. In reality, Dengue Fever may be the best U.S. cultural ambassadors to Southeast Asia since the glory days of jazz stars Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane 50 years ago. The band’s “new” album, Dengue Fever Presents Electric Cambodia (Minky), spotlights vintage performances by its favorite Cambodian artists from the late ’60s/early ’70s. Dengue Fever will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with them.
Senon Williams: The Nicholas Brothers are about as full of insanity as any artists I can imagine. To achieve such exquisite grace and strength in a lifetime? I don’t think they slept before the age of 20; they must have danced 24 hours a day. Shit, I barely like to watch any style of dancing, but when I see these brothers in their heyday, I know they must of stepped off the stage each time and knew with no hesitation or moment of doubt that they slayed it. I don’t think they could hit a bad step. Perhaps the stakes were higher then and I’m just a twee, bass-playing lallygagger thinking I’ll figure it all out one of these days?
Video after the jump.