SPINDRIFT: JUST ONCE IN THE NUTS Spindrift wrote the soundtrack for their hallucinogenic western The Legend Of God’s Gun and then starred with friends in the film (directed by Mike Bruce) that followed. They also put together this weekend’s Clean Air Clean Stars festival. Pictured members Dave Koenig, Henry Evans, Julie Patterson and Marcos Diableros weren’t present for an interview at the Reno Room. Jason ‘Plucky’ Anchondo (drums/noise): If it’s a small gig, we do it acoustic. … Read entire article »

SADDLE UP WITH THE PSYCHEDELIC ROCK WRANGLERS SPINDRIFT AS THE COSMIC COWBOY RIDES AGAIN by Shana Ting Lipton photos Aaron Farley Disheveled and anonymous, a shadow of a man makes his way through the mosaic of landscapes, heading West-always West-across the land. Weary and gritty from his journey, which is a pilgrimage of sorts, he rides alone away from his past, into a vague and distant future. Guitar in one hand, six-shooter in the other, he is the cosmic cowboy-the ghost rider on his dogged and hunted trek, seeking freedom from the bonds of the world-a rock’n’roll Western archetype founded in the psychedelia of the ’60s, and most recently resurrected from the dead with a vengeance by a posse of local musicians and filmmakers. Kirpatrick Thomas, the founding member of … Read entire article »