Kyle Eustice
Stories by Kyle Eustice
Snoozing Sounds
Two CSF performances demonstrate differences: Pre-pop rustic folk does lazy battle with hypnotic vigor.
Ten Questions for DJ Melanie Moore
A product of the early ’90s legendary DJ scene at Simon’s nightclub in Gainesville, Fla., Moore cites French DJ/producer Laurent Garnier among her most powerful inspirations. The talented Moore started mixing vinyl professionally in 1995, spinning house and techno into colorful textures of atomic sound. Drawing from world music, house and all varieties of electronica, Moore’s style is upbeat, positive and always danceable. A systems engineering consultant by day and a DJ by night, she has spent years balancing careers in both technology and music.
Santa Fe Nights
The Lodge is branching out, both in terms of space and in terms of variety.
hip-hop to A WHOLE NEW LEVEL
Dinner and a Rap Song is a benefit to send Santa Fe's finest to the World Social Forum in Brazil.
Built For Blues
Indigenous front man Mato Nanji tells it like it is.
CD Review: Sole
Anticon Records founder Tim Holland, aka Sole, is an unstoppable wrecking ball of politically charged energy. His stream-of-consciousness lyrical style has a tendency to deconstruct common hip-hop themes until they are just ashes on the mic.
RECYCLED SOUNDS
Meow Wolf has renewed itself like a resurgent, um, feline-canine-phoenix.
CD REVIEW: Mighty Underdogs
Sometimes when seasoned musicians and lyricists get together the chemistry is instant. Such is the case with Oakland-based super group The Mighty Underdogs.
The Road Conquers All
Boris McCutcheon’s introspective Americana offers a freshness and originality untarnished by mainstream influences. It’s what he describes as “high-road hillbilly desert rat folk."k.
