Death in Vegas’ “23 Lies”

Death in Vegas. Photo by Grant Fleming; sourced from the original CD liner notes to "Scorpio Rising.”
Just a quick post for the late afternoon/early evening. Yesterday, I was checking out the pilot for this new Netflix series "White Lines," and was unexpectedly (re) introduced to an old Death in Vegas track titled "23 Lies." It's an older cut, from their psychedelic-leaning 2002 electronic album "Scorpio Rising."The series itself is proving to …

Morcheeba’s “Mezcal Dream”

I'm still kind of bitter about missing Morcheeba's show from a few weeks back. I've never seen these soul-minded, trip-hoppin' Brits perform live, and I somehow missed them in their mid-'90s heyday. So I was totally looking forward to it. Unfortunately, I was working late on a film shoot in Cheviot Hills, so I couldn't …

Massive Attack @ the Hollywood Palladium on 09.04.19

Massive Attack perform with Horace Andy at the Hollywood Palladium on 09.04.19.
Okay, I've been sitting on this Massive Attack post for close to a month and a half. I've got no real excuse, other than I just wasn't into the writing of it. I've also been of a mixed mind on this show, which took place at the beginning of September at the Hollywood Palladium, rescheduled …

Saint Etienne’s “Nothing Can Stop Us” + A Few Xtra Gems

Saint Etienne perform at the Fonda Theatre way back in 2017.
"Nothing Can Stop Us" from the 1991 album "Foxbase Alpha." I'm going to experiment a bit with today's post. When you write enough of these things, you tend to back yourself into a corner of formula and repetition. So today, I'm changing it up by sticking the embed up top. I know, not the most …

Vaults’ “Premonition” + a few remixes and such

This post is going to be a little all over the place. It started out with one song from Vaults, "Premonition," which I heard last night while watching season 4 of "The Magicians," a sexy, silly subversion on the "Harry Potter" genre. Entertaining stuff. But the tune appeared in the end credits, and it just …