Slog

News & Arts

Line Out

Music & Nightlife

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Today The Stranger Suggests

Posted by The Stranger on Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 11:00 AM

Blues Control

Don't be misled: Blues Control won't be grinding out rote Muddy Waters or Willie Dixon covers. Rather, the Queens duo works in more hazily indefinable strata. Their self-titled 2007 album ran myriad avant-rock tropes through mutational and cosmic processes. This year's Local Flavor elevates Blues Control's game even higher, soaring into glorious Popol Vuh–like mantras and purveying a rarefied brand of dub that's unfathomably aquatic and deeply spacious. This paradox spotlights the distinctiveness of these atypical New Yorkers. (Funhouse, 206 Fifth Ave N, 374-8400. 9:30 pm, $7, 21+.)

DAVE SEGAL

Share via

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Newsvine
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • del.icio.us
  • Email
 

Comments (2) RSS

Oldest First Unregistered On Registered On Add a comment
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 1

Listening to "Local Flavor" on Rhapsody.

Blue Cheer meets the White Stripes?
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://www.you-read-it-here-first.com on November 1, 2009 at 11:48 AM
mrbombit 2
Hipsters really need to stay away from the blues. They really do.
Posted by mrbombit on November 1, 2009 at 8:22 PM

Add a comment

 

All contents © Index Newspapers, LLC
1535 11th Ave (Third Floor), Seattle, WA 98122
Contact Info | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use