Spiritualized frontman Jason Spaceman, a.k.a. Jason Pierce, commingled the "taking drugs to make music to take drugs to" mantra with gospel tinges sans Spacemen 3, and after spending a decade-plus crafting psychedelic space rock with Spiritualized, he's no longer floating in a drug-induced sonic space. Taking to North America for the

Who? The four members of Los Angeles-based HEALTH came up with their primordial take on noise rock when they got their hands on a Zoothorn, a microphone-guitar pedal transmutation. The band, led by Jacob Duzsik (guitar, vocals) started rising in the L.A. circuit by offering to play shows for free, instigating booking bids throughout

Who? Where most shoegaze revival efforts fall short, Brooklyn-based trio A Place to Bury Strangers takes off with the most frustrated, lacerating take on noise pop in arguably more than a decade. Singer/guitarist Oliver Ackermann, bassist Jono Mofo, and drummer Jay Space -- who got together after Ackermann disbanded his

Touring in support of his latest studio offering, Ripe, singer/songwriter Ben Lee treated cocktail-sipping music industry insiders and media associates to a special SPINHouse Live performance at the Falcon last night (Oct. 3). The show, presented by Oakley and New West Records, saw the

Who? Dominique Keegan (vocals/guitars) and Glen Brady (programming/vocals), notorious for their 12" vinyl releases, have been making hits in the NYC club circuit for the last few years. But they are by no means new to the club banger scene. Both have been working as DJs since the '90s; Keegan at his own Plant Music label parties in New