Cigarettes After Sex @ the Wiltern on 10.03.19

Cigarettes After Sex perform at the Wiltern Theatre on 10.03.19.
Okay, here's another offering from my backlog of concerts I've been meaning to post. This early October performance comes courtesy of Texas dream-pop auteurs Cigarettes After Sex, who played to a sold out crowd at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on 10.03.19.I figured this would be a good one to write up, as their …

ShitKid’s “Favourite Thing”

Admittedly, I think I chose this one on the basis of name alone. I mean, ShitKid … how could I not? The song's called "Favourite Thing," and sounds like it could've stumbled out of a Chelsea Wolfe drunken stupor. It's kind of grungey and grimey, sleazy and sexy, sort of subversive, and slightly pissed off, …

A Couple of Cigarettes After Sex

Cigarettes After Sex perform at the Fonda Theatre on 04.28.18.
There's two Cigarettes After Sex songs that have been on my mind … their hauntingly beautiful cover of REO Speedwagon's "Keep on Loving You," and the ethereal dreaminess of "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby."  So I choose to post both.Hailing from El Paso, Texas, these ambient romantics make music that reminds me of the old …