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KT Tunstall : Sentimentalist Magazine Interview
Many of us came to know Scottish blues-pop star KT Tunstall from her concert announcements in the back of UK music magazines. She wore a sexy black tank-top with rainbow suspenders. She was still hungry then, still relatively unknown, not too far removed from her days of busking. This, of course, was before Katharine McPhee [...]
Schoolyard Heroes : Sentimentalist Magazine Online Exclusive Interview
When I was in high school, I had this good friend Gabe who would sometimes drive me home in his beat-up Honda Civic, blasting the Cramps and the Misfits through the streets of sleepy Tallahassee, Florida. We would talk at length about his obsession with Glenn Danzig, and I would natter on and on about [...]
Calvin Harris, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 9.12.07: Sentimentalist Magazine Review
The 23-year old Scotsman Calvin Harris played his flamboyant New York debut to a sold out crowd at the Mercury Lounge. Appropriately, he opened the show with “Colours”, a song he introduced with a rather funny bit about how the ladies should wear more of them. In the audience were plenty of devoted [...]
Enter Shikari The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, 9.11.07: Sentimentalist Magazine Review
Enter Shikari took to the Bowery Ballroom stage with their eponymously titled song, “Enter Shikari”. The youngish crowd was ecstatic, and to say that the show was highly energetic would be an understatement. There was quite a lot of dancing going on, and not all of it in the audience as the band [...]
The Hours Play in Style at PRADA, NYC, 9.08.07: Sentimentalist Magazine Review
On a recent Friday night at the PRADA boutique in Soho, British power-pop band The Hours debuted in the U.S. They played on a stage in front of New York’s most fashionable people, with lights flashing blue and yellow and a giant disco skull hanging above the audience. The show was a fitting wrap-up for [...]
Rumble Strips Secure Domestic Release and Hit the Road with Cold War Kids
UK’s Rumble Strips describe themselves as, “Like playing Clash songs, but using brass instead,” and on November 27 you can decide for yourselves with the domestic release of their debut, The Alarm Clock EP, via Kanine Records, and produced by in-demand Tony Hoffer. And what’s a perfect, harmonious way to celebrate your debut? To hit [...]
Foreign Born get Chuck’d, hit the road with Datarock
I haven’t yet had time to settle in and study the Fall TV lineup and its myriad of interesting new offerings, but Chuck certainly seems to be getting its fair share of attention. This is certainly lucky for Los Angeles-based Foreign Born whose music will appear in the pilot episode on September 24, shortly before they [...]
Fiery Furnaces: Sentimentalist Magazine Interview
Though it’s hard to imagine, in an era when Radiohead takes four years between releases, there was a time not too very long ago when the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan were releasing one and sometimes two full-length releases each and every year. No doubt, such prolonged gestation periods are a luxury we [...]
Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers – “Swampblood” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
If I was ever in a cemetery in the middle of Kentucky during an invasive tornado, I would imagine Th’ Shack Shakers would be playing. This spooky country-rock group has returned with another titillating album exploring the South with a dirty old harmonica and a rolling banjo. This record is the final installment of the [...]
Magnet - “The Simple Life” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
An intimate, uncompromising album, The Simple Life is a reflection of just that: everyday living. A blend of bluegrass twinges, artful minimalism, and lush acoustics, Magnet brainchild Even Johansen conveys a sense of impressionable charm with songs like “Lonely No More” and “Volatile.” Clattering drums often leak beyond the margins, giving a haphazard feel to [...]
Great Interview can't wait to hear the album. and meet you all. Chester French is great, and i really enjoyed ...
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drama drama. where would we be without it? it's the reason we love brian jonestown massacre, afterall. 
I can't believe they weren't playing the big room. This band has the guts and the sound to play ...
