The Ecstasies of the Eye: A Second Look at “Del Greco al Goya.”
- Enrique OlivaresThe Museo de Arte de Ponce has its own particular way of ushering spring. Instead of the gem-like brightness the trinitaria’s red and violet, the museum has given way to … Continue reading
The Dandy’s Metaphysical Guide: The Optics of the Cruz de Malta.
- Enrique OlivaresThough the cloud is too heavy to grasp, there is still something fixed that situates its axis. Among the hot barricades of green, a looming scarlet yearns under its intensity, inviting an intenser look: the ghosts of the Cruz de Malta.
The baptism of blood does not correlate the thing, the flower, to its realit Continue reading
Black Lips’ “Arabia Mountain”
- adminThe boys are loud, debauched,lewd, irreverent and slightly criminal, just like their sound. Continue reading
Wasted Youth: The Bee’s Knees’ First EP
- Enrique OlivaresThe cover is an allotment of dreamy photographs plastered on a pale wall: a candelabra lighting an enormous room, castles unheard of, phantom self-portraits, fat dogs; memories of things that … Continue reading
The Cackle and the Fury: Campo-Formio’s “Crackman.”
- Enrique OlivaresThe latest sonic slop from these feral kids bends on a darker note. Continue reading
Struck a nerve: A look at Los Nervios
- Enrique OlivaresWith three albums and a running time clocking in at seven plus years, Los Nervios play their last show. Continue reading
Los Vigilantes and their non-stop joy ride into the outlawed heart of rock n’ roll
- Enrique OlivaresLocal greasers all lubed up with their latest hip-shaking extravaganza. Continue reading
The astral glide of Can’s “Future Days”
- Enrique OlivaresKrautrock legends gracefully combine design and performance in this often overlooked classic.
Macabeo and Zodiac meet in stellar slaying: “Un Panteón Macabro”
- Enrique OlivaresWham bam thank you ma’m of local salsa mammoths. Continue reading
Heineken JazzFest Pt. 2
- Enrique OlivaresEnds not with a whimper, but with a bang. Continue reading