Far below the pop radar screen, seething through the molten core of the music world lay some of the most interesting musicians around. Unfortunately, they are often lost to obscurity in favor of more visible artists.
Our student-run radio station, KSLU, has decided to dig up these rare gems from beneath the soil and display them this week in KSLU’s Fall Music Festival.
The first concert of the festival features the groups Arnoux, Noise Boat and Human Abstract. These groups specialize in experimental music, specifically the use of normal instruments in unusual ways. It looks to be an evening of new musical experiences for all. The show starts at 9 p.m. tonight in the KSLU studios in the basement of Notre Dame.
Friday, local punk band the Pubes will play in front of the Griesedieck Complex at around 4 p.m. Combined with a delicious Griesedieck cafeteria meal, this should make for quite the enjoyable dining experience.
All this leads up to Saturday night with the performance by Omaha, Nebraska’s own Broken Spindles. The group is the side project of the Faint’s bass player Joel Peterson, and features musical stylings ranging from intelligent dance music to new wave electrofunk.
While on tour, Broken Spindles has been known to play behind a movie that Peterson shot specifically for his shows. Opening for the act will be midwestern drum-and-bass DJs Ben Fuller and Traci Dub.
According to KSLU Events Director Mike Marquard, the idea of the festival started with the booking of Broken Spindles.
“I e-mailed [Broken Spindles] just to try and get them to play, and got a reply immediately. From there, we got other bands together to go with the group,” Marquard said. Every group was very cooperative and excited to play in the festival, Marquard said.
Don’t expect an event like this to happen again any time soon, said KSLU General Manager Rachel Beatty.”In terms of energy and time involved, [these events] will only be this week for a while,” Beatty said. She did say that KSLU expects to do a concert event in the spring.
