Subject:

Pere Ubu

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Q&A: HotChaCha's Jovana Batkovic On Breaking The "Indie Pop Fourth Wall," The Cleveland Scene, And New York Being Exhausting

    Cleveland's HotChaCha fall (often quite inebriatedly) into the fine northeast Ohio tradition of music history-obsessed oddballs whose sound is hard to easily categorize. They stumble out of the Pere Ubu avant garage, then go slithering down alleys of mucked-up punk debris, art school dropout poverty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Q&A: Rocket From The Tombs Guitarist Cheetah Chrome Decides To Leave The Road Behind

    When news broke Tuesday that Cheetah Chrome was leaving the legendary, reduxed Cleveland proto-punk band Rocket from the Tombs—just on the heels of their first official release of all-new studio material, Barfly (Smog Veil)—a contentious e-debate broke out amongst the canon-punk intellig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Q&A: David Thomas On Resurrecting Rocket From The Tombs, Grooming His Replacement In Pere Ubu, And Doing What He Wants

    ​Tracing the antecedents of punk rock is as easy as whipping out your trusty map, then looking toward Michigan (The Stooges' blood-stained, glass-stabbed, track-marked skuzzballness; MC5's Afro-sized destructo rawk-n-roll bombast), New York (The Dolls' lipstick-smeared, cross-dressing scum-blu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Download I'm In You's Steve Erickson-Checking "Beast" (SOTC Premiere)

    Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing new and emerging MP3s from local talent. ​Brooklyn's I'm In You give a sprawling, cinematic makeover to the classic art-punk of bands like Pere Ubu, the Pop Group, or Nomeansno. With swarms of steaming strings, a choir of teenage girls, and ... More >>

  • Music

    July 13, 2010

    The Endtables Emerge At Last

    As do Tin Huey, Pistol Whip, and myriad other unjustly forgotten early-indie innovators

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Week In Review: I Feel Like My Whole Life Is Ridiculous

    One of Fabolous' 23 victims. (Note: number is approximate.)​Well, we survived another April Fool's Day, a/k/a the worst Internet day of the year, casting aside this year's wan hoaxes and getting to the good stuff: Fucked Up, sued by an energy-drink juggernaut for bad-mouthing SXSW? Hilarious! ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Live: Pere Ubu's One Night Only Performance of "Long Live Père Ubu!" at Le Poisson Rouge

    David Thomas tries somebody else's face on for size. Photo by Richard Gehr.​ Pere Ubu Le Poisson Rouge Sunday March 29 We can't read most of the notes we scribbled during Pere Ubu's rendering of Alfred Jarry's 1896 Absurdist masterpiece "Ubu Roi" at (le) Poisson Rouge last night. But that t ... More >>

  • Film

    November 26, 2008

    "Punk 'n' Pie" Series at BAM

    David Thomas tries somebody else's face on for size. Photo by Richard Gehr.​ Pere Ubu Le Poisson Rouge Sunday March 29 We can't read most of the notes we scribbled during Pere Ubu's rendering of Alfred Jarry's 1896 Absurdist masterpiece "Ubu Roi" at (le) Poisson Rouge last night. But that t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    Hugs and Kisses #36: David Cronenberg's Wife, The Pack A.D., Navvy

    David Thomas tries somebody else's face on for size. Photo by Richard Gehr.​ Pere Ubu Le Poisson Rouge Sunday March 29 We can't read most of the notes we scribbled during Pere Ubu's rendering of Alfred Jarry's 1896 Absurdist masterpiece "Ubu Roi" at (le) Poisson Rouge last night. But that t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2007

    Provincializm: Pearlene, Dirty South As Gravitron

    David Thomas tries somebody else's face on for size. Photo by Richard Gehr.​ Pere Ubu Le Poisson Rouge Sunday March 29 We can't read most of the notes we scribbled during Pere Ubu's rendering of Alfred Jarry's 1896 Absurdist masterpiece "Ubu Roi" at (le) Poisson Rouge last night. But that t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2007

    Hugs and Kisses, The Outbursts of Everett True: Old Time Relijun

    David Thomas tries somebody else's face on for size. Photo by Richard Gehr.​ Pere Ubu Le Poisson Rouge Sunday March 29 We can't read most of the notes we scribbled during Pere Ubu's rendering of Alfred Jarry's 1896 Absurdist masterpiece "Ubu Roi" at (le) Poisson Rouge last night. But that t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2007

    No Context by Zach Baron: 'Close Radio'

    David Thomas tries somebody else's face on for size. Photo by Richard Gehr.​ Pere Ubu Le Poisson Rouge Sunday March 29 We can't read most of the notes we scribbled during Pere Ubu's rendering of Alfred Jarry's 1896 Absurdist masterpiece "Ubu Roi" at (le) Poisson Rouge last night. But that t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2007

    New Column: Holy Shitwhistle, It's William Bowers!

    David Thomas tries somebody else's face on for size. Photo by Richard Gehr.​ Pere Ubu Le Poisson Rouge Sunday March 29 We can't read most of the notes we scribbled during Pere Ubu's rendering of Alfred Jarry's 1896 Absurdist masterpiece "Ubu Roi" at (le) Poisson Rouge last night. But that t ... More >>

  • Music

    March 20, 2007

    Noise from the Front

    David Thomas tries somebody else's face on for size. Photo by Richard Gehr.​ Pere Ubu Le Poisson Rouge Sunday March 29 We can't read most of the notes we scribbled during Pere Ubu's rendering of Alfred Jarry's 1896 Absurdist masterpiece "Ubu Roi" at (le) Poisson Rouge last night. But that t ... More >>

  • Music

    February 6, 2007

    Godsmacked

    Seventies heavy-metal pioneers Sir Lord Baltimore have returned with a new sound and a new master

  • Theater

    January 23, 2007

    Out, Damned Fart

    Macbeth and Ubu Roi combust

  • Music

    October 17, 2006

    Oh My Goth!

    Born Under the Sign of Satyrn

  • Books

    September 12, 2006

    Method Man

    Greil Marcus follows lost highways in search of the American spirit

  • Music

    September 5, 2006

    Ignoring Sincerity

    Atlanta's Roy Owens Jr. just can't click-start

  • Music

    April 18, 2006

    Music for DJs and Cultural Freaks

    Atlanta's Roy Owens Jr. just can't click-start

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2006

    Live: Annie and the Indie-Pop Problem

    Atlanta's Roy Owens Jr. just can't click-start

  • Music

    August 16, 2005

    Music

    Atlanta's Roy Owens Jr. just can't click-start

  • Music

    July 12, 2005

    Music

    Atlanta's Roy Owens Jr. just can't click-start

  • Music

    April 12, 2005

    Drew Carey, Move Your Car!

    Looking at yourself in the mystique on the Lake Resurgent

  • Music

    October 12, 2004

    Music

    Looking at yourself in the mystique on the Lake Resurgent

  • Music

    September 7, 2004

    Held by the Mayo

    Decades after Texas, always the same and never the same

  • Music

    August 3, 2004

    Music

    Decades after Texas, always the same and never the same

  • Music

    July 13, 2004

    Forgotten London New Wavers Emerge From Collector Hell

    Decades after Texas, always the same and never the same

  • Music

    March 16, 2004

    Music

    Decades after Texas, always the same and never the same

  • Music

    March 9, 2004

    Failing From Grace

    Flying flawed like an eagle when art-reach exceeds grasp

  • Music

    November 18, 2003

    Ear, Nose, and Throat

    Ho ho hee hee ha ha to the funny farm where life is beautiful

  • Music

    September 2, 2003

    Music

    Ho ho hee hee ha ha to the funny farm where life is beautiful

  • Film

    August 5, 2003

    Urban Renewal

    Harvey Pekar's City of Industry

  • Music

    June 17, 2003

    Music

    Harvey Pekar's City of Industry

  • NYC Life

    October 29, 2002

    Close Up On: Greenpoint

    Harvey Pekar's City of Industry

  • Music

    September 3, 2002

    A Very Good Year

    Harvey Pekar's City of Industry

  • Music

    May 7, 2002

    Born in Flames

    Harvey Pekar's City of Industry

  • Music

    January 15, 2002

    Music

    Harvey Pekar's City of Industry

  • Music

    September 11, 2001

    Sound Checks

    Your Choices Guide to Four Nights of CMJ Music

  • Music

    December 12, 2000

    So This Guy Walks Into a Bar . . .

    Your Choices Guide to Four Nights of CMJ Music

  • Music

    September 12, 2000

    Lunch Goes On

    Burritos, Burgers, Chili Dogs, and Vienna Sausages

  • Music

    July 25, 2000

    Music

    Burritos, Burgers, Chili Dogs, and Vienna Sausages

  • Music

    February 29, 2000

    Music

    Burritos, Burgers, Chili Dogs, and Vienna Sausages

  • Music

    February 8, 2000

    She's Not There (Not Anymore, Anyway)

    Burritos, Burgers, Chili Dogs, and Vienna Sausages

  • Music

    November 2, 1999

    Music

    Burritos, Burgers, Chili Dogs, and Vienna Sausages

  • Music

    October 19, 1999

    Easy Money

    Burritos, Burgers, Chili Dogs, and Vienna Sausages

  • Music

    August 31, 1999

    Lo-Fi Dead in O-hi-o?

    Burritos, Burgers, Chili Dogs, and Vienna Sausages

  • Music

    December 15, 1998

    Consumer Guide

    Six of these 12 picks recast known compositions, and only two of the six are in the rock tradition. But I did find one medium-obscure alt band worth writing about. One.

  • Music

    November 10, 1998

    Monster Mash

    Six of these 12 picks recast known compositions, and only two of the six are in the rock tradition. But I did find one medium-obscure alt band worth writing about. One.

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