(MUSIC) Named after a George Romero flick, Zombi emulate Italy’s favorite horror-film soundtrackers Goblin, with thickly tenebrous waves of analog synths and heavily FX’d bass. The Chicago duo also channel the chthonic throb and juggernaut rhythms of mid-period Tangerine Dream and Heldon. At SXSW, Zombi aired songs from their new disc, Surface to Air, that furthered their mission to turn your mind’s eye into a receptacle of macabre images. Expect blood on the (Marshall) stacks. (Neumo’s, 925 E Pike St, 709-9442. 8 pm, $14 adv, all ages.)
Dave Segal is a journalist and DJ living in Seattle. He has been writing about music since 1983. His stuff has appeared in Gale Research’s literary criticism series of reference books, Creem (when... More by Dave Segal