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ELEFANT - The Black Magic Show
| AbsolutePunk | | Using a wide palette of styles in the indie-pop and new wave realm, the collective that makes up Elefant possess a musical charisma all their own. Beguiling frontman Diego Garcia has an air about himself that bleeds into his music. His personality, confidence, and strong pipes all make one of the more underrated singers in music today....full text |
| | Aversion | | In our modern world, magic isn’t the hoodoo of manipulating mystical forces and bending the laws of reality. It’s the skill of deception and showmanship to make audiences suspend their disbelief, making them think you can saw your beautiful assistant in half, swallow a coin and pull it from your ear or make a Lear jet disappear on stage. It’s the art of taking something we’re familiar with – airplanes, women, cards, currency – and combining it with slight of hand....full text |
| | Popmatters | | I’m sure that you are familiar with the fable of the Emperor’s New Clothes, where the Emperor swanned around butt-naked because he had been conned by an unscrupulous tailor. In this tale, the courtiers were terrified to inform said Emperor that his danglies were on show for fear of reprisal. It took the new kid on the block to point out that these magical new clothes that the boss man was sporting were not so innovative....full text |
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