Moon Duo’s “White Rose”

June 29, 2021June 30, 2021

Moon Duo’s “White Rose”

One more Cloak & Dagger bit, which will wrap up this slight detour I've travelled the past three days. This post also doubles as a song recommend, since I've only got the solo clip featured."White Rose" is its name, and comes courtesy of San Francisco-based psych outfit Moon Duo, who found themselves at the start …

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June 28, 2021July 19, 2021

She Wants Revenge close the inaugural Cloak & Dagger Festival on 10.21.17

So I just found out that She Wants Revenge broke up last year. I had no idea they were amongst the casualties of 2020 - not death per se (nor do I mean to belittle actual tragedy), but one amongst the many comforts that have either closed, concluded, or fallen by the wayside. Total bummer.It's …

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June 27, 2021July 19, 2021

HEALTH issues :: “ANTI-LIFE” + “ISN’T EVERYONE” + a flashback performance at Cloak & Dagger 2017

I thought of breaking this into individual posts. But it's just easier to lump them all together. So let's get started ...L.A.'s own industrious noise rockers HEALTH have a crunchy new single titled "ANTI-LIFE," featuring Deftone's frontman Chino Moreno. It's got crazy percussive drum-patterns, raucous guitar licks, and an audio attitude meshed between aggro grind …

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November 15, 2018July 17, 2020

Lust for Youth’s “Armida”

Lust for Youth perform at last year's Cloak & Dagger Festival on 10.21.17.

At the moment, I'm a little sleep deprived. So forgive me, if I ramble a bit. I had a late night at work, coupled with some apocalyptic dreams for what little sleep I did get. Got hit by a giant tsunami, one of those "Deep Impact"-style 2000 footers. I ran to the roof of my …

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November 12, 2018July 29, 2020

“Far” from The Soft Moon

The Soft Moon perform "Far" at the Cloak & Dagger Festival at the Globe Theatre on 10.21.17.

Let's start the evening with The Soft Moon, a post-punk coldwave barnstormer of a band from the Bay Area, as in San Francisco, or more specifically Oakland. I first caught wind of these guys at last year's Cloak & Dagger Festival in Los Angeles. I had no idea who they were. Only knew their name. …

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