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Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
With songs like these, it’s easy to see why the Editors had a sizable portion of the record industry at their beck and call during the ceremonial label-artist courtship period.Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
“We got into a huge bar brawl with a punk band in Akron,” Wraight said. “It was a really obnoxious punk band and they were as bad at their instruments as they were at being human beings."Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
“You have to be so self-focused and keep working in this business. I sometimes think I’m just being very selfish, not doing anything for the world, you know?"Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
“I don’t even think I know how to play the keyboard that well,” she says, laughing.Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
“In a lot of ways, the new record embraces every element that the band has managed to touch on. If it sounds like a departure from our last record, parts of it sound like a return to things that happened a long time ago. We always hoped not to fit into a niche or try to appease a certain aesthetic.”
Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
The less-than-divine inspiration to form a band came after Jones did a few days behind bars on what he calls a bogus burglary charge.Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
Ah yes, to be young, and with a history.Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
So rare, then, is the young woman who can break from the pack, leaving an impression beyond an initial listen.Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
Singer Gary Lightbody's crooning is instantly recognizable and tugs immediately at the heartstrings, making it perfect for broken hearts and sappy montages. (Poor Denny!)Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
Always living in the moment, the band effortlessly bats out a new record that stands as possibly its most accessible.Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
You can tell a band’s character by how they want their music to be heard.Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
Predictably, The Avalanche is merely a continuation of the emotionally resonant “list songs” of Illinois; not so predictably, these songs are in most cases more than mere leftovers.Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
For all the talk (and magazine covers) touting the Raconteurs as "Jack White's new band," the album feels much closer to Benson's previous work.
Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
With such company as Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, and Art Brut, how will the Rakes stand apart from the rest in such a competitive and undeniably talented genre of the music industry?Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living succeeds most when it turns inward.Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
If Chicago’s Felix da Housecat’s progressive trance-infused “Silver Screen Shower Scene” doesn’t get you going, then Albion’s swirling trance rhythms on “Air” will allow you to release your inner dancing queen.Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
Like tribute discs, of course, benefit discs instantly spark suspicion; purity of motivation scarcely necessitates preeminence of music—the road to hell, et cetera.Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
Bono returned to Europe to pursue his other favorite pastime: making insincere, gushy appearances in biographical documentaries...Friday, 30 June 2006 18:00
St. Louis’ Riddle of Steel makes prog-rock without the pretentiousness, Andrew Elstner’s effects-laden, intricate guitarwork gliding over the thunderous rhythm section of bassist Jimmy Vavak and Traindodge’s Rob Smith on drums while Elstner and Vavak trade off on catchy yet off-kilter vocal melodies sure to please any Police fan. No strangers to the road, RoS took off across the pond for a European tour this April. Elstner fills us in on the mayhem.Written by Bob McMahon Tuesday, 27 June 2006 02:26
"I tell bands from Columbia going out on the road that, [at a show] if you get $50, a case of beer, and a floor to sleep on, you've hit the jackpot."
Written by PLAYBACK:stl Tuesday, 20 June 2006 01:34
Written by Laura Hamlett Monday, 19 June 2006 18:00
All the history's there, albeit without the input of the four who's memories really matter. Still, it holds up reasonably well...Written by Pete Timmermann Monday, 22 May 2006 09:06
It seems that the “Independent Critical Analysis” tag was stuck on it so that people buying it wouldn’t expect a bunch of interviews with Lou Reed or John Cale or anyone like that (of which there are none, although both Mo Tucker and Doug Yule get their due), and instead expect a bunch of interviews with music scholars and the like (of which there are plenty).
Written by Jeremy Goldmeier Monday, 22 May 2006 09:03
There’s actually a strange little storyline behind this DVD collection, one involving a deranged millionaire out to sabotage TMBG’s career. But for the sake of brevity, let’s just call this plot an excuse for the duo to get exceedingly goofy with its songwriting.
Written by Shandy Casteel Monday, 22 May 2006 09:00
Structurally, Metropolitan is a simple comedy of manners, but its execution lends it the timeless aura of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Monday, 22 May 2006 06:55
At the moment we are 350 miles into the 800-mile drive to San Francisco. I smell so bad I almost want to cry.
Monday, 22 May 2006 06:25
“They can’t sack you, that’s the beauty of it. No matter how bad you are, they can’t sack you.”
Monday, 22 May 2006 04:48
"We get to go wild on self-expression with our own bands, which makes it easier to do the team thing with the Yayhoos when the time comes."
Monday, 22 May 2006 04:46
“I have no idea how to write an Extra Blue Kind song, and I have no idea how to describe it to people, either.”
Monday, 22 May 2006 04:46
“I have no idea how to write an Extra Blue Kind song, and I have no idea how to describe it to people, either.”
Monday, 22 May 2006 04:40
"I thought I’d really written a record that was maybe just not typical Tommy Keene...I have to tell you, a bunch of reviews have come in, and I didn’t succeed."
Monday, 22 May 2006 04:34
"We’ll work on a riff, we’ll see where the riff goes, then we’ll go drinking.”
Monday, 22 May 2006 04:31
“I think there was a sense that music is not supposed to be about big ideas.”
Monday, 22 May 2006 04:22
Back in the glory days, if Oprah had somehow offended the delicate sensibilities of N.W.A., they simply would have written a rap about gangbanging her—problem solved. That we have to be the ones to propose this obvious solution makes us very, very sad.
Written by Laura Hamlett Tuesday, 16 May 2006 08:54
Mike Skinner gives all sorts of advice on what to do and what not to do when you become a ubiquitous star on The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living, out stateside on April 25.
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