Tag Archives: Oh Sees
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ALBUM REVIEW: Osees rearrange with ‘Panther Rotate,’ their third LP of 2020
If only we could all have such a creative incubation as John Dwyer and company during the pandemic. Osees (or Thee Oh Sees, Oh Sees or OCS) have released three albums this year, with Panther Rotate being the third. The usual energy the band puts into touring and traveling…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Osees continue their evolution on ‘Protean Threat’
Charles Darwin rarely used the term “evolution,” even as he popularized the concept that species change over successive generations. Instead, Darwin preferred the phrase “descent with modification.” His groundbreaking idea was that organisms randomly mutate over generations, and that the mutations that helped the creature survive would be passed…
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ALBUM REVIEW: John Dwyer gets funky and discordant on Bent Arcana’s debut
With all of his many side projects, John Dwyer has become a fairly complex geometric shape. The Osees frontman is dropping no fewer than three albums this summer. Bent Arcana is Dwyer’s latest supergroup, and its self-titled debut album is a cosmic slop of funky influences performed by a…
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Professor Music: This column is getting nostalgic
The Technicolor Dream Coat. Photo by Quinn Gill. David Gill. Original art: Julia Kovaleva. “It’s more than a feeling (more than a feeling) When I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling) I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)” – “More Than a Feeling”…
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Professor Music’s 20 futuristic albums for the 2020s
It’s almost 2020. We’re living in an era when many of science fiction’s classics are supposed to take place. As a science fiction writer and a scholar who studies the genre, I’m acutely aware that we are not yet living in the stainless steel techno-utopia we were promised. Where’s…
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REVIEW: The Chapel celebrates 50 years of the Grateful Dead’s ‘Aoxomoxoa’
Ethan Miller leads a bevy of Bay Area artists celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead’s ‘Aoxomoxoa’ at The Chapel in San Francisco on Oct. 28, 2019. Photos: Michael Smyth/Staff. SAN FRANCISCO — One expects to encounter a certain amount of enthusiasm for The Grateful Dead here. The Bay…
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REVIEW: Oh Sees get seriously weird at The Chapel residency opener
Oh Sees perform at The Chapel in San Francisco on Sept. 30, 2019. Photos: Karen Goldman. SAN FRANCISCO — For the Oh Sees, musical freak outs are serious business. The L.A. band returned to its former home on Monday to kick off its tour playing three sold-out shows at…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Oh Sees go feral on ‘Face Stabber’
Oh Sees have always been an exercise in Lamarckian evolution. Helmed by guitarist and vocalist John Dwyer, the psychedelic veterans have changed lineups almost as many times as they’ve changed their name—OCS, The Ohsees and Thee Oh Sees. The revolving door of musicians coincides with the band’s transformation from a sloppy,…
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REVIEW: Oh Sees cover new ground at the Great American Music Hall
Oh Sees perform at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 3, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — Oh Sees frontman John Dwyer was at the top of his game Wednesday night at the Great American Music Hall, turning in a blistering set and spending nearly…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Oh Sees release Smote Reverser from newly orbiting space station
If you were to strap rockets to a garage and blast it into space, the resulting satellite would be the perfect studio in which to record the latest album by the Oh Sees, Smote Reverser. The prolific San Francisco band helmed by guitarist Jon Dwyer strikes again with its fifth album…