Spaceland
1717 Silver Lake Blvd
323.661.4380
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Ghost
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Thursday May 21, 2009 (8:30pm)
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$14 / $12 advance
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For those who caught Japanese heavy-metal gods Boris on their last two tours, you'll remember their secret weapon both times was guest guitarist Michio Kurihara. Tonight, Kurihara — who can make his axe weep gentle tears as well as rain scalding hellfire — comes to the Spaceland stage with his longtime main project: the enigmatic psych collective Ghost. Founded by mystical frontman Masaki Batoh in 1984, Ghost have released only a handful of albums in their two-decade career, and tour with about as much frequency. Incorporating elements of psych-folk, Krautrock, free jazz, and all manner of indigenous Japanese and world musics, the group is the clear torchbearer of such earlier Japanese psych mercenaries as the Taj Mahal Travellers and Flower Travellin' Band.
