London trio Flowers pulled in Bernard Butler for their first album, 2013 debut ‘Do What You Want To, It’s What You Should Do’, Now for the second lp, Brian O’Shaughnessey, who’s worked with Primal Scream …
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Flowers – Everybody’s Dying to Meet You – review of the second album
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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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Spector – live review – Mercury Lounge NYC
Spector Mercury Lounge, New York City December 3, 2015 a blood hot example of teetering on the edge, never falling – guaranteeing an audience riveted by his audacity Spector. A band from the UK. Sometimes …
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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. …
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Katie Monks of Dilly Dally talks about what matters…
Dilly Dally has been kicking around Toronto for a while, but their moment to step under the bright spotlight has arrived. Comprised of Katie Monks on vocals and guitar, Liz Ball on guitar, and newer …
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Lull the band from London – say hello to noise pop
The second I set foot across the pond, or they come here, I’m rushing to a concert. The idea of hearing them loud and live…on serious repeat on the playlist. From the moment “Bubble Tea” …
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Day Wave live review at Mercury Lounge, NYC
Day Wave Mercury Lounge, NYC August 19 Day Wave, the new alt-emo-surf-pop band, the project of Jackson Phillips, played last night at Mercury Lounge. Promoting the new EP, Headcase, the five member live stage band …