Sitting at the crossroads between Oxbow s Eugene S. Robinson and Xiu Xiu s Jamie Stewart, Sal Mineo is a pure/impure distillate of experimentalism based on 30-second to three-minute-long focused bursts of sonic crime, which plumbs the cooling depths of a pleasure-cruise death trip. These two undisputed heavyweights of musical and emotional non-compromise, whose music leaves tender bruises by whatever sweet blow is rendered, are ready to crack rooms in two with their high-precision silencer of a duo show, combining the best and most free-roaming of both their artistic domains. Eugene S. Robinson puts the work in. From past collaborative efforts with Lydia Lunch, Marianne Faithfull, Gus Van Sant, Steve Albini, DJ Rupture, Bill Cosby, Kathy Acker, Allen Ginsberg, Jarboe, Old Man Gloom, and a passel of side projects passing from electronica to post-punk, Robinson s work with his primary group Oxbow covers two decades of chaotic complexity, several releases, a few soundtracks, and even a few books. Jamie Stewart has embraced a stevedore s dedication to the work harder than any others ethos over the course of eight records and even more compilations and collaborations Michael Gira, Devendra Banhart, Deerhoof, Carla Bozulich, Larsen, Shearwater plus splits, singles, live albums, and an endless touring schedule that covers the globe. Stewart s multi-instrumentalism and obsession with structural chaos and clarity seals whatever deal needs sealing.