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Tonight in Santa Fe, it is frigid and damp. A storm passed through earlier and snowclouds are forming to the west. Outside the Lensic Theatre, located in the maze of downtown streets among khaki-colored adobe buildings, stand well-dressed and anxious concertgoers in line for tickets. The half-full lobby smells like leather and perfume. The band inside is a group of turbaned, robed Saharans called Tinariwen. Read more
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Chicago’s Dianogah have spent the last twelve years crafting unique compositions primarily from their two basses and drums, incorporating minimal guitar or keyboards when the situation called for it. On their first album in six years (still untitled at press time), bassists Jay Ryan and Jason Harvey and drummer Kip McCabe branch into new territory, using their bass-centric background in exciting new ways.
Enter Oakland’s Saviours, who have unleashed their beast of a second record, Into Abbadon (Kemado), this winter. The toughas-nails four-piece draws from classic sounds of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) Bay Area thrash, doom and punk rock, branding it with their own intense rebellion and hedonism. Their blistering live show is a sweaty mess of long hair, tattoos, and unbridled energy. In essence, Saviours recall a time when metal was genuinely feared. 
…Yet it still hasn’t been just another day living in Los Angeles for the Horrorpops, even though the Danish act originally staked their claim four years ago, moving from Copenhagen to further their musical careers. And it’s that wide-eyed outlook on the City of Angels that’s given front-woman Patricia Day the necessary inspiration to pen her band’s latest (and third) album, Kiss Kiss Kill Kill.
A rogues gallery of facile musicians, Pink Mountain is avant-garde music’s answer to the Justice League of America. Formed in 2006, the group includes Sam Coomes (Quasi), Kyle Bruckmann (Lozenge), Gino Robair (Splatter Trio), Scott Rosenberg (P.A.F.), and John Shiurba (Eskimo). Rosenberg, who plays various reed instruments, culled the other members to write and record their self-titled full-length off the cuff.