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Loto Ball – A Circus of Sound at the Hemlock
Remember the Phantom Limbs? They were my favorite live San Francisco band when they were still together and performing gigs. The lead singer was Loto Ball.
Loto Ball
photo: Reversible Eye
We’ve seen him naked. We’ve seen him pee in beer cups. We’ve caught him as he hurled his [...]

Chicago’s Loto Ballmight be the perfect Halloween band. This being Chicago, I’m sure Halloween is a week long event so let’s just include this with the festivities. Kind of drunken sounding, Loto Ball are weird without being weird for weird’s sake. There is a rhyme and a reason to their chaotic jazz meets organ drone meets [...]

Loto Ball returns to Europe for the first time since his last tour with the Phantom Limbs in 2004. He will be performing solo, using live electronics, programmed sequences and beats.
Additional act on the tour will be aerial acrobat Elena Brocade

Elena Brocade is an aerialist based out of Chicago, presenting passionate performances through emotive choreography, awesome strength [...]

The Loto Ball Show is not one single band or anything that can be summed up by a band name. They need a unique symbol like Prince to get their sound and spirit across. I picture a pit bull standing on two legs with a receding hairline, a tuxedo and four arms: two for guitar, [...]

In the early days of the 00s, I had the good fortune of checking out a show in which I witnessed one of the most insane, visceral, and intense performances I can remember, from Oakland’s Phantom Limbs. They were sort of like the unloved bastard child of LA punk bands like The Screamers or The [...]

Their sound stood out, sure, but their live spectacle was an integral piece of the Phantom Limbs experience. Singer Loto Ball (nee Ryan Hopeless) was something of a punk rock Artaud, encouraging involuntary audience participation by handcuffing himself to show-goers, hocking fake gold watches, or just covering himself in greasepaint that inevitably rubbed off on [...]

Chicago’s Loto Ball Show is the brainchild of its namesake and lead singer, former Phantom Limbs vocalist Loto Ball. Fusing doomsday dissonance with stellar musicianship and raw energy, Loto Ball Show captures the disorientation of today’s youth in its dizzying post-punk compositions. Ball’s atonal, Ian Curtis-esque vocals play off the band’s steely, cold synths and [...]

Levy on the Eyeway nominated for album of the year by deathrock.com

Levy on the Eyeway makes Diane Kamikaze’s (WFMU) top ten albums of 2008!
Here is the link to see the list and listen to her special

First off, the opening track “MC Kenney” is one of those annoying vocal-only introductions. At 35 seconds, it’s a throwaway; likely an inside joke. But once you get past that, Levy On The Eyeway is a surprising ride. The true opener is “Dead Kiss”, a song that begins with a pointed key riff but quickly [...]