Earlier this year, musical and romantic partners Sandy Bell and Jeff Lipstein headed into New York’s Applehead Studios to work on ten tracks that became the album ‘Entelechy.’
‘Ad Astra’ from Black Rose Burning combines top notch musicianship and songwriting with ‘deep’ lyrical themes from sci-fi and personal experience.
After founding a successful fashion label ten years ago and releasing three albums with his roots-inspired rock band The Tomicks, British designer turned singer/songwriter Tom Cridland has traveled the U.S. and elsewhere with Tom’s Elton Tribute. There’s a bit of magic involved as Cridland picked up the drumsticks after encouragement from Nigel Olsson, a luminary of Elton John’s band for more than 50 years.
With a dark, complex sound and lyrics drawn from horror and science fiction films and short stories, Stereo Christ are a duo from Phoenix, Arizona.
As part of the exhibition “Stock Footage And Outakes: A Selection Of Works By Gronk” at Cerritos College in California, legendary Chicano artist Gronk (Glugio Nicandro) chats with visitors while he works on a 32 foot canvas. The mural will be on permanent display at Cerritos College when completed.
The exhibition was curated by Professor James MacDewitt, and is part of the SUR:Biennial, a series founded in 2011, which has 16 exhibitions in 2023 (mostly in Southern California) and returns every two years.
The comic book series “Rebel Grrrls” focuses on the adventures of a female punk band making waves in the Southern U.S., and has fantasy and horror elements in addition to tons of fan service for admirers of rock music and Grrl Power in general.
From early stunts by the collective ASCO, through his 1984 installation for MOCA in Los Angeles and up to the present day, Gronk has created works for gallery, public spaces, and stage, including collaborations with The Kronos Quartet and opera director Peter Sellars.