Tag Archives: Thee Oh Sees
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ALBUM REVIEW: Osees set the controls for the heart of the machine on ‘Intercepted Message’
OSEES, “Intercepted Message.” There are certain things we’ve come to expect in the late summer: mostly short vacations, climate emergencies and back-to-school sales. But ’tis also the season for a new Osees album. Since 2003, John Dwyer and company have released at least one album per year, first as…
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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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The 50 best albums of 2019: 10-1
Clockwise from top left: Angel Olsen, Foals, Sharon Van Etten, Billie Eilish, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Oh Sees, The Highwomen, Bring Me The Horizon, Gary Clark Jr., and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Well, we’ve made it. The following 10 albums are the best we heard this year.…
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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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Review: Oh Sees lead a punk invasion at Phono del Sol
Photos: Gary Chancer SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands showed up to Potrero del Sol Park Saturday for the seventh annual Phono Del Sol music fest, a one-day concert with local and up-and-coming acts ranging from indie rock, hip-hop, and R&B to grunge and punk rock. Festivalgoers packed the main stage for SoCal…