STEVE ALBINI
Steve Albini speaks in manifesto. The man and the legend has had a hand in making some of the seminal albums of our generation, working with acts such as the Pixies, Nirvana, Breeders, Slint, the Jesus...
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Earl Lowe, a.k.a. Little Roy, is lauded by reggae aficionados for a career that began in childhood in the mid ’60s and hit its stride in the ’70s with a string of timeless compositions, on his own...
View ArticlePENTAGRAM
Despite being heavy metal legends and pioneers of the doom metal genre, Pentagram had never played in London before I met them at their sold out gig at the Garage venue in the north of the capital –...
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It takes a while for me to connect with Geoff Barrow, but he’s a busy man. He has a label to run, indie-legend status to maintain (Geoff is, of course, a founding member of ’90s trip-hop icons...
View ArticleLEMONADE
Lemonade are a band striving to top themselves. In a world where an effect pedal and a SoundCloud account can catapult a band to unknown fame and fortune in a matter of weeks, Lemonade released Diver...
View ArticleRachel Zeffira loves Stromboli
In Rachel Zeffira’s first solo album, The Deserters (Paper Bag Records, 2013), beats the heart of a nomad. You may recognize her robust mezzo-soprano and lush multi-instrumentalism from Cat’s Eyes, her...
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The sisterhood. It’s a baffling connection to admire from afar if you haven’t experienced it firsthand. Women with such a closeness can certainly come off as threatening as a wild animal, or at least...
View ArticleNight Works
By the time you’ve read this sentence, you will have lost some of your life. That’s it. A couple of seconds have gone. You’ll never get them back. Maybe that means a lot to you, maybe not. The...
View ArticlePremiere: The Secret History –“Johnny Panic (Forget Everything)”
Back when cult New York City indie pop band The Secret History were known as cult New York City indie pop band My Favorite (give or take a few key members), their music left many slightly dissolute...
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