Ever caught a show that's made you wonder why you didn't quit your job and follow the band around for a few months? Some of you will have that opportunity this April, when Oakland-based movie-for-your-ears SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM rolls into a few lucky U.S. cities. It's been almost two years since Sleepytime's last record, In [...]
I went to see Sleepytime Gorilla Museum -- an experimental prog/metal/performance art outfit from the Bay Area -- a few weeks ago and they scared the living daylights out of me. My show review went up today at PopMatters. Here's a bit: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum ... is anything but boring. Scary? Mesmerizing? Perceptive? Theatrical? Loud? Yes, god yes. But dull? Never. Even the change-over is...
I went to see Sleepytime Gorilla Museum -- an experimental prog/metal/performance art outfit from the Bay Area -- a few weeks ago and they scared the living daylights out of me. My show review went up today at PopMatters. Here's a bit: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum ... is anything but boring. Scary? Mesmerizing? Perceptive? Theatrical? Loud? Yes, god yes. But dull? Never. Even the change-over is...
East Oakland is an interesting area to live in. I often hear windows being broken, people fighting and babies crying. I can't keep cute potted flowers on my front porch because they keep getting stolen and my roomate's once been greeted by a crackhead who'd meandered into our living room. You might wonder why I'd ever want to live there. Well, my rent is amazing for the bay area, I live in ...
Not quite sure yet what I'm doing here in MOGland. One of my motivations for joining was my desire to show friends and family what I am acquiring and listening to, but, so far, I'm not entirely pleased with the way in which the mog-o-matic overrides my metadata, making my brother's band, e.g., into some other group I've never heard. A second motivation was to explore the conceit that one's musi...
SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM will bring their self-described “costumed festival of hyperventilating self-derangement” to audiences on the west coast for four exclusive dates. The band has been hailed by critics for their stunning live performances and these dates will be the band’s final performances for the rest of the year. All dates listed below. [...]