Wondering what's blaring through the speakers at our interns' desks? They'll tell you — themselves — in our newest feature What the Interns Are Listening To.

Who: Creature Feature, a Los Angeles two-piece known for their horror-movie-driven anthems, make the kind of music that will be immediately recognized by avid Danny Elfman fans. Formed after a Halloween party in 2005, the duo made up of Curtis RX on guitar and Erik X on synths get their inspiration from slasher flicks like Blacula and Creepshow.


Sounds Like: Fantasy rock: Creature Feature's seemingly light, carnival-like songs have dark undertones and evoke lots of playfully gory imagery, like The Nightmare Before Christmas or Corpse Bride do onscreen.

Songs like "A Gory Demise," where the band picks a name that starts with every letter of the alphabet and sing about how that person died, make it evident that their story-based songs are fairytales for adults, almost like a morbid lullaby. Irony shines through much like Rocky Horror Picture Show or Phantom of the Paradise, where being ridiculous and absurd is the point.

Found It On: I recently came across Creature Feature’s MySpace page after lurking around for information on Schoolyard Heroes, a female-fronted band that also bases most of its sound on horror movies. Creature Feature and Schoolyard Heroes toured together in 2006. I was tempted to look at them based firstly on their band name. When I clicked on the songs I was glad to have discovered a band able to find the humor and irony in death.