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Austin 2015 Psych Fest Lineup Announced: Levitation event features an epic lineup. The official 2015 lineup for Austin’s annual Psych Fest, featuring the best in trippy guitar fuzz goodness has just been announced and it is massively impressive. The Flaming Lips will be headlining the event (which is being dubbed /renamed Levitation 2015), and other artists of […]
SLIS 2014 Holiday Geek Gift Guide: A regular Smorgasbord of pop-culture gadgets and apparel. **UPDATED with Black Friday deals! Hello and welcome to the 2014 edition of the SLIS Holiday Geek Gift Guide. I’ve compiled a list of the must-have (or fun to have) pop culture gifts for nerds and geeks everywhere (be sure to check […]
Check out our list of the best 2014 Blu-ray and DVD Box Sets that make ideal presents for the pop-culture fanatic in your life. Welcome to the SLIS 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: Blu-ray and DVD Edition! It’s time to look at the impressive list of this year’s deluxe film and television releases and box sets […]
The Church Announce 2015 North American Tour Dates: Australian Alternative rockers launch Further/Deeper tour Australian psychedelic icons The Church have just announced a slate of North American tour dates for 2015. The date start in Vancouver, British Columbia in late February and will wrap up at Austin, TX’s SXSW Festival in March. The band will also […]
SLIS Holiday Gift Guide: Best Music Box Sets of 2014: this year marks a staggering amount of excellent musical gift selections. Hard to believe it, but the holiday season is almost upon us. And it’s a great year for music geeks, as 2014 has produced a massive amount of deluxe album reissues and music docs on DVD/Blu-ray. And […]
Glenn Danzig Interview: Housecore, Samhain and a Busy 2015. The veteran rocker discusses his upcoming HHF set and busy musical plans for next year. Glenn Danzig has a reputation for being a difficult interview, but he was friendly and approachable when I spoke with him about his upcoming Danzig/Samhain performance at Austin’s 2014 Housecore Horror Film Festival. […]
Twin Peaks to Return in 2016 as Showtime Mini-series: David Lynch’s cult classic series to be resurrected as nine-episode Showtime mini-series. “I’ll see you again in 25 years.” Those were the words of Laura Palmer to Agent Dale Cooper in the series finale of Twin Peaks in 1991. And it seems she was true to her […]
Hey folks, if you see less output on my blog over the next week, it’s because I’ll be covering the 10th Anniversary of Fantastic Fest for my horror movie column on Examiner.com I’ll be up to my eyeballs in movie awesomeness, so be sure to check out my column for a bevy of reviews of […]
Afghan Whigs Announce ‘Gentlemen’ 21st Anniversary Reissue: Group’s seminal album gets deluxe release from Rhino Records with ‘Gentleman at 21’. It’s been a big year for the Afghan Whigs. They released their excellent comeback album Do To The Beast and played a killer Coachella set. Their U.S. tour kicks off on Wednesday. And today they revealed they’re releasing […]
New Faith No More Album Set For 2015 Release: Band plot first new release since 1997’s ‘Album of The Year’ and a full U.S. tour for 2015. Faith No More recently posted a subtle hint on their Twitter page that “in 2015 things are going to change.” And today they made it official; the band will […]