Sat, Feb 14
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

FL!GHT: “Kiss My Crevice”
FL!GHT Gallery (1906 S Flores St), in association with heavy Denim, is proud to present a Valentine’s day freak out by local underground psychedelia legends Crevice. The show is free and open to the public starting at 8:30 pm on Second Saturday, February 14. Beto Gonzales’ Tru Hustla exhibit will be on view. Free copies of Crevice’s most recent album, “Lullabies for Little Albert” will be distributed.

ABOUT CREVICE: Long before their live debut in 1996, Crevice were obsessively toiling away in their studio, abusing their equipment to its limit in search of that perfect headphone trip. One hundred and fifteen instruments were used on their debut CD, Crevice, which has everything from giant Moog-monster insect soundtracks to super-chill acoustic panoramas. Two of the group’s three members were working on outside soundtrack projects at the time, so it’s no surprise that Crevice sounds more influenced by Apocalypse Now, The Shining, 2001, or Forbidden Planet than by any particular rock band. Yet, a rock band they are. The limited edition CD sold surprisingly well for such an odd recording and the band began getting attention from the underground psychedelic press in England, Germany and the U.S. The All Music Guide’s review of “Crevice” was typical in its mixture of puzzlement and satisfaction with the recording: “Crevice’s self-titled debut consists of one 70-minute, untitled track, seamlessly shifting from one slice of strangeness to another. Maybe it was all one take, maybe a series of fragments or performances edited together, but the end result is good stuff indeed.” (Ned Raggett) The original 3-piece Crevice had intended to make their second album another all-studio project. Instead, now doubled in size, Crevice spent the following year playing live at various clubs, boxing rings, art galleries, warehouses, and experimental music festivals. During this period, Crevice’s shows developed a theatricality that verged on performance art. The shows were taped for use on their second album, CREVICE 2. The weirdness is definitely still there. The tripped-out atmospheres, synth-washes, oscillators, theremin, and disembodied voices, now joined by violins, cellos, saxes, flute (and a little help from Barry Manilow) come on like an orchestra from Mars. CREVICE 2 got coverage in the mainstream U.S. music press and the European underground + airplay on several progressive radio stations. Crevice 2 was followed by Think of Pleasant Things, a four part spacerock epic recorded live for the German psychedelic label, Get Happy!! The group also collaborated with the krautrock group S/T for their next Get Happy!! release, Ahtoon Eskaloon (available on vinyl only). Crevice’s last official release was Lullabies for Little Albert in 2002. Crevice members include and have included Bryan Stanchak, Jeff DeCuir, James Sidlo, Phillip Luna, Jessica DeCuir, Robert Jimenez, Greg Nelson, James Cobb, Steven Garcia, Boxcar Sanford, Rena Jones, Terry Stanton, Sunn Thomas, Gavin DeCuir, Mark Semmes and Joe Wallace.

LoneStar Studios: “The DuChampions of the ReadyMade“

The theme for the show is Found Object art.

DuChampions

DuChampions

One9Zero6 Gallery

Mel Feldman: “A Bite of the Big Apple”


(Photograph by Marc Deadrick)

Mito’s Gallery is presenting “Love/Sick 2″ opens 6 to 9 p.m. at the space inside the Gallista Gallery complex, 1913 S. Flores. Artists including Jim Haught, Luis Guerrero, Rob Benavides, Barbara Hand, Bekka Flores, Diane Gonzales, Nicole Gonzales and Melva Ramirez.

Also at Gallista Gallery : “Mujeres De Mi Corazon,” an exhibit of watercolors by Esbelle M. Lopez and a silent auction at L.A. David’s Arte Cosmico Studio.

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