Verbicide Magazine Stopped By The Riot Act Day Party And Wrote All About It!

"The Swan Dive is an upscale bar in Austin that hosts 1920s-themed parties, and the bartenders have the know-how to make any kind of cocktail you desire. The stage is set up just beside the venue’s large windows and cream-colored curtains, allowing in the perfect amount of sunlight. For a day show, the place was packed with eager fans." Check out Verbicide's coverage of our SXSW event complete with a full photo set!

Verbicide Magazine Reviews "Beyond This Place" Complete With Live Score

"The film is accompanied by a hauntingly poignant score by Sufjan Stevens and Raymond Raposa. The screening I attended had Sufjan and Raymond at the foot of the stage performing the score live. It’s an interesting experience — when the film started, my attention was torn. I found myself paying mind to the performing artists there in person and not focusing on the film. Still, as the opening music ended and the film drew me in, the subtle Hawaiian twangs and folk pickings melted into one with the film. The sound was deep and rich, providing a definitive difference between the live sound and a mixed master." Check out Verbicide Magazine's entire review.

Verbicide Reviews Robin Bacior's Intimate Performance at Le Voyeur, Olympia

"In true folksinger style, she chatted up the crowd in between songs, discussing tasty food, her adventures in Olympia that day, and her desire to discover the mysterious and magical Artesian Well of Olympia. She switched from acoustic guitar to the keys and back again during the course of her set, politely warning the audience to cover their ears as she transferred cables between instruments (it made a slightly unpleasant buzz). The performance was extremely intimate, as though we had a friend playing in our living room." Don't stop here, read the whole thing over on Verbicide, complete with photos from her set.

Hot Panda interviewed in Verbicide Magazine!

"How Come I’m Dead? is manic, full of frenzied guitars, cute melodies, gentle asides that calm things down nicely (piano downpours and gales of horns), and, for the most part, songs that inspire some form of movement or air punching: an undercurrent of anxiety swells with each track, as if menace and danger are just around the corner, stretching their limbs, lying in wait." Read the full feature interview over at Verbicide!

Verbicide Magazine premieres the new video from The Lights today!!



“New New” is the first single from Failed Graves, the third LP by Seattle’s The Lights, out now on Wäntage USA! The video is making its world premier here at the Verbicide Blog. It was created with very old rubdown font (Futura Demi Bold) and clip art purchased from Boise Blue.