Pere Ubu: Lady From Shanghai

When Pere Ubu released The Modern Dance in 1978, they were lightyears ahead of their time.  read more

Pere Ubu announces spring tour dates

Having emerged from the Cleveland scene over 30 years ago, post-punk band Pere Ubu has announced it's still alive and warbling with a new mini-spring tour in support of its most recent full-length, Why I Hate Women. The quintet only plans on taking its shows--and lead singer David Thomas' "gruff caterwauls," as one Paste concert review of them and recent Band of the Week Mahjongg put it--to four cities. Two of the dates, which dot the South, will also feature a live underscoring of Roger Corman's 1963 film X, The Man with the X-Ray Eyes. May we relay a quote...  read more

Pere Ubu and Mahjongg

Via Chicago, a sign that pop culture isn’t entirely in the dustbin...  read more