BROOKLYNVEGAN: The Sisters of Mercy’s Andrew Eldritch talks US tour, System of a Down, new music & more
SOURCE Despite not having released an album since 1990 and no new music since 1993, The Sisters of Mercy are very much a current band according to frontman and founding member Andrew Eldritch. With the most stable lineup of the band in ages — Eldritch, guitarists Dylan Smith (since 2019), Ben Christo (since 2006), and Ravey Davey who is the “nurse” […]
ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER (cover): The Church: Welcome to The Hypnogogue
SOURCE The Church, 2023 (Kilbey with glasses) Sometimes, great art can become something like a snowball as it tumbles downhill after its initial creation, colliding with — then absorbing — many other diverse mediums, expressions, and even creators themselves as it goes. Take, for example, Australian author Jane Harper’s riveting mystery novel from 2016, The Dry. […]
TALKHOUSE: Philip Selway (Radiohead) Talks with Dave Rowntree (Blur) on the Talkhouse Podcast
SOURCE On this week’s Talkhouse Podcast, we’ve put together the drummers from two of the UK’s biggest bands in recent memory: Dave Rowntree and Philip Selway. Rowntree came to fame with Blur, one of the original Britpop bands of the early 1990s. I probably don’t need to give you much biography on Blur, but in the band’s […]
AV CLUB: The Church in “February Music Preview”
SOURCE Known in America for 1988’s album Starfish and the single “Under The Milky Way,” the Church’s career is far more expansive. The Hypnogogue is the this Australian band’s 26th album in 43 years, and while frontman Steve Kilbey is the lone remaining original member, their clarity of vision remains consistent. There’s a warm intimacy to this trippy, low-key […]
CONSEQUENCE: Dave Rowntree on Radio Songs, Making Friends with Machines, and Blur Reunion
SOURCE Consequence Staff January 18, 2023 | 11:45am ET Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Blur’s Dave Rowntree sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about Radio Songs, his first solo album, as well as the Britpop legends’ upcoming second reunion. The drummer takes us into the new LP’s songs that hit on keeping relationships alive as […]
AMERICAN SONGWRITER: Alicia Blue is one of “16 Artists to Watch in 2023”
SOURCE Among the dozens of new artists that were some of our Daily Discovery picks and some artists circulating the festivals, to those who were already a few albums (or singles) in, and others that made their big debut in 2022, there were a few selects that left an imprint. Though there were many more artists that […]
PITCHFORK: Frank Sinatra’s “Watertown” receives an 8.9 Rating
By Sam Sodomsky GENRE: Jazz / Pop/R&B REVIEWED: December 11, 2022 SOURCE Frank Sinatra always recorded his vocals the same way. He would stand at the mic in the center of the room, surrounded by a large ensemble, conducted by an arranger who’d written the score to suit Sinatra’s own voice and mood. In the 1940s and […]
ROLLING STONE: These Charming Men: Hear the Smiths’ Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke Reunite for First New Song in 35 Years
BY KORY GROW SOURCE HALF OF THE Smiths — guitarist Johnny Marr and bassist Andy Rourke — have reunited for their first recording together in 35 years. “Strong Forever” is a new track by Blitz Vega, a group featuring Rourke and former Happy Mondays guitarist Kav Blaggers, which they co-produced with DJ Z-Trip. “We’ve got the love, we’ve got the power,” […]
NEW YORKER: The Boundless Optimism of the Spice Girls
By Amanda Petrusich November 7, 2022 Source The Boundless Optimism of the Spice Girls In 1994, Heart Management—the father-son team of Bob and Chris Herbert, with the financier Chic Murphy—placed a classified ad in the Stage, a British trade rag founded in 1880 and still devoured, more than a century later, by aspiring performers looking […]
GUITAR WORLD: Dead Kennedys’ East Bay Ray: “Tape delay used to be like a galloping horse you were trying to hold onto. Now, all the horses are very well trained and in a box”
SOURCE By Greg Prato published about 7 hours ago Certainly, one of the greatest punk rock albums of all time was Dead Kennedys’ debut full-length, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables. And now, the album has been reissued as a newly remixed version by veteran engineer Chris Lord-Alge. Originally formed in 1978 in San Francisco, DK’s core included singer […]