Music Reviews
Plastic Constellations

Plastic Constellations

Mazatlan

2024

It’s a horrible thing to think about, but 311, even in their flash-in-the-pan flirtation with fame, managed to actually influence some of today’s up-and-coming bands. Normally I can spot the hemp necklaces and heavily medicated stares of their acolytes from miles away, but Plastic Constellations slipped under my ska-hippie concertina wire by namedropping excellent indie rock bands like Pavement and Dismemberment Plan. They’ve even opened for Low, for God’s sake!

Yeah, Plastic Constellations’ riffing is much more muscular than the average post-reggae (shudder) outfit’s bristly soul patch, but when I hear dual white boy “baby, please come back” raps and sub-Barenaked Ladies (is that possible?) ironic self-aggrandizement, my brain huddles shivering inside my skull, lobes crossed that the zany Minnesotan frat-rock will go away. It does, but 38 minutes too slowly.

2024: http://www.2024records.com


Recently on Ink 19...

AFI Fest 2024

AFI Fest 2024

Event Reviews

For the tenth straight year, Lily and Generoso proudly present their coverage of AFI Fest, Los Angeles’s premiere film festival which took place in Hollywood this October.

Featured photo courtesy of AFI Fest.

C.L. Turner of Arctic Wave

C.L. Turner of Arctic Wave

Interviews

Ink 19’s Randy Radic spoke with C.L. Turner of the band Arctic Wave to discuss the latest single, inspirations, and next directions.

Featured image courtesy of Present PR

Wand

Wand

Music Reviews

“Help Desk”/”Goldfish” EP (Drag City). Review by Peter Lindblad.