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Audiofilenew
Jessie Ware exposes the secret of chart success.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
11-07-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jacco Gardner’s Age of Discoverynew
“I had a quite clear visual image when I made that song,” Jacco Gardner says of “Cabinet of Curiosities.” “It’s from a time when dreams and reality came together in a way … like the first [explorers] who saw an elephant, and they made a drawing of it. It looked like a monster."
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
10-21-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jacco Gardner
Beauty Born of Explorationnew
Improvisational act Cave take their experimental ethos to all aspects of their creative process.
Tucson Weekly |
Joshua Levine |
10-17-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hawkwind's Persistent Visionnew
The current incarnation of Hawkwind, including dancers and a light crew, counts about ten people, all dedicated to crafting a stage show to extol the psychedelic virtues of the ensemble’s 1975 work. Brock refers to the album as “the last part of the jigsaw puzzle from the seventies.” And while it was the final album featuring Lemmy on bass, Hawkwind issued several additional long-players during that decade.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
10-10-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hawkwind
Joy Division and New Order co-founder Peter Hook relives a troubled legacynew
The worst insult in the world: "Don't be good, don't play anything yourself, just follow what I do."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-25-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Guttural Rhythms: The Science of Ted Sirota’s Heavyweight Dubnew
Honing in on sounds drawn from Jamaica invariably abut America’s jazz tradition. Drummer Ted Sirota’s more than vaguely familiar with both. But his estrangement from reggae and dub didn’t occur because of lacking fealty. The drummer just found himself more easily insinuated into jazz ensembles.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
09-20-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ted Sirota
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews releases Say That to Say Thisnew
Many New Orleanians have followed the rising musical star of Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews' since he was brought onstage at the 1990 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival by blues legend Bo Diddley — a magic moment captured by late photographer Michael P. Smith as the four-and-a-half year old Andrews lofted a trombone taller than he was. Local music lovers feel a proud parent's type of joy regarding the precious success he's achieved since then...
Gambit |
Frank Etheridge |
09-10-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Stoner Rock's Best Kept Secretnew
Sweden's Truckfighters have more in common with the Melvins than ABBA.
Tucson Weekly |
Casey Dewey |
09-03-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Truckfighters
Just A Rambler: Nick Garrie Reclaims His Masterful “Nightmare”new
He says the album’s recording wasn’t hijacked back in 1968. But if Nick Garrie didn’t think “The Nightmare of J.B. Stanislas” existed in bastardized form, he likely wouldn’t be traversing the Atlantic Ocean to set it all right.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
09-03-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Spiritual Revolutionary: The Musical Meander of Saxophonist Charles Lloydnew
Charles Lloyd’s "Forest Flower" followed him to New York, a city he describes as jazz’s mecca in its heyday. It followed him to Europe and the U.S.S.R., an unheard of occurrence amid the Cold War. It insinuated itself into hippie culture, Lloyd counting the Grateful Dead, John Densmore and David Crosby as ardent disciples.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
09-03-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
GNR's Duff McKagan gets his Walking Papersnew
Duff McKagan says he's been wanting to work with former Post Stardom Depression frontman Jeff Angell ever since the Guns N' Roses co-founder first saw the ill-fated rock band perform back in the early '90s. "They were the coolest rock band on the planet at that moment," enthuses the former GNR bassist...
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
08-28-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Enter the Nugenew
Ted Nugent is heading on tour in advance of a new live album--and yes, he's still saying controversial things.
Coachella Valley Independent |
Brian Blueskye |
08-21-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Not 'Too Metal'new
Underground legends The Melvins hit the road to promote their new album, "Everybody Loves Sausages."
Coachella Valley Independent |
Brian Blueskye |
08-16-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brace Yourself for the Hardcore Punk of The Dwarvesnew
Formed in 1982 in the suburbs of Chicago, the Dwarves became hardcore-punk sound trailblazers—before they later became notorious for onstage acts that included violence, drug use and self-mutilation.
Coachella Valley Independent |
Brian Blueskye |
08-09-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Falsetto and Funknew
Demon Queen's new album, featuring Zackey Force
Funk, might be one of the year's most anticipated releases.
Tucson Weekly |
Joshua Levine |
08-08-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: zackey force funk, Demon Queen
