The new album is out today – June 3! This was a really fun interview to do – sometimes you feel like you could just keep talking about anything with someone. Max Jury is an …
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My Interview with Max Jury
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My interview with Har Mar Superstar
Har Mar Superstar, born Sean Tillmann, is one of those people whose undeniable talent has led him on a journey through genres and unabashed theatricality. How many people can do semi-nude handstands, then belt out …
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Lucius releases new album Good Grief – review
If you have heard of Lucius, it might have been via Matt Sharp, of Weezer past, and his incarnation as The Rentals, where they did sharp work providing vocals for Lost in Alphaville. Or it …
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Lull brings out new music – Cicada and Rainer
New single from Lull – “Cicada/Rainer” This North London based-band was formed in early 2014 by Jon, Toby, Filipe and Simon. Their press compares them to Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive. But they …
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Seratones – live at Mercury Lounge, NYC
Seratones Live at Mercury Lounge, NYC Seratones blew in on a southern breeze to NYC’s Mercury Lounge. Let’s let the singer, AJ Haynes, introduce, just as she did from the stage on Houston Street: “From …
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Review of Wet – Don’t You
Wet is singer-songwriter Kelly Zutrau, and multi-instrumentalists Joe Valle and Marty Sulkow. According to the press, Wet wrote the album in the countryside, on hiatus from Brooklyn. They released an EP in 2014 that drew …
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Interview with Fred Macpherson of Spector
A very enjoyable interview with the affable, sharp, and nicely bittersweet Fred Macpherson, who also wins a prize for his Twitter tribute to the great Alan Rickman. Spector. The Guardian described them as being “somewhere …
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Reflections on Dave Gahan and Soulsavers at Town Hall, NYC
Dave Gahan and Soulsavers – live at Town Hall, NYC October 22, 2015 Town Hall in New York City is one of those historic theatres, built at a time when acoustics mattered. Not …
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My interview with the iconic John Taylor of Duran Duran
Q Icon Award last week. MTV Video Visionary Award tonight in Milan. The global force that is Duran Duran. Time to acknowledge a band that changed everything. Nick Rhodes. Simon Le Bon. John Taylor. …
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Mercury Prize Nominees – my interviews with Wolf Alice and Jamie xx
Congratulations to Mercury Prize Nominees – Wolf Alice and Jamie xx. I did interviews with both over the summer. See what they each had to say about their music and why they do what they do. …