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The War On Drugs - ‘Wagonwheel Blues’
For a band with so many experimental pop influences, The War On Drugs’ Wagonwheel Blues continues the recent thematic trend of Springsteen nostalgia, while also hinting at the intrepid Americana explorations of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Is this necessarily a bad thing? Not in the case of this release, which manages to infuse the […]
Coldplay – ‘Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends’
The ancient churches of Barcelona that played host to the marvel Coldplay’s first record in three years would become offered no shortage of blessings. To be certain, the communion between producers Brian Eno and Markus Dravs and the band could not have come at a better time. For all of Chris Martin’s bleating over the […]
Tilly and The Wall - ‘O’
An evanescent experience that combines emotionally charged lyrics and physically stimulating instruments, Tilly and The Wall’s newest album, O, is a reincarnation of everything that initially captivated their audience. The 11-song album is a thrilling cacophony of youthful exuberance – a young-hearted anthem that propels the mind to that of an inspired young idea proffering […]
B-52’s Funplex Prizepack Contest
What better way to welcome the official start of summer than by dancing to “Rock Lobster” at your next barbeque? But don’t forget, the B-52’s have a new disc which will also heat up your summer nights and put the boogie into your two left feet. We’re thrilled to be able to give away this […]
The Kooks at Terminal 5, NYC with The Morning Benders 6.11.08
We all loved “Ooh La” off of Inside In/Inside Out last summer, but the Kooks’ sophomore album, Konk, is filled with even more classic Britpop and vibrant, danceable hooks. Despite the oppressive heat wave currently blanketing the Naked City, fans of the Brighton rockers made it all the way up to Terminal 5 to see […]
The Kooks: Recording with ‘Big’ Grit
The Kooks have come a long way from our first interview in the winter of 2005. I first met the then-unknown band at John Henry’s Rehearsal Studios in King’s Cross, a ramshackle section of London. Our interviews launched from there to a snazzy rooftop in Brooklyn and now to a hotel room in Kansas City. […]
The Wombats at the Blender Gramercy Theater, NYC, June 3, 2008
The Wombats are even more “on” than usual tonight, playing a ferocious pop set which opens with their usual a cappella “Tales of Girls, Boys & Marsupials” for the raucous teen crowd (and a few of us non-teens) inside the bulging Blender Theater. A few songs in, singer/guitarist Matthew “Murph” Murphy announces the band has […]
Spiritualized: Everything in its Right Space
Jason Pierce has this clever go-to riff when faced with the suggestion that his lyrics are overwhelmingly autobiographical. It’s certainly not a stretch to come to such assumptions over a canon so mired in self-destruction and dripping with narcotica.
“I say in every interview that when you listen to Ray Charles singing, ‘I Can’t Stop Loving […]
Bloody Social: Who Needs Labels Anyway?
Bloody Social is a downtown NYC act that plays by their own rules, without feeling the need to cozy up to a coddling publicity rep or bow down to the first label throwing them a bone. They might just be one of the few real rock and roll bands based in this glitzier-by-the-minute city. For […]
Supergrass: Lasting like Diamonds
Life is confusing, and the UK’s super-darlings known as Supergrass are the first to admit it. In fact, their latest album, Diamond Hoo Ha, applauds that fact. As drummer Danny Goffey describes the loose concept behind the release, “You’re never quite in control of what you’re doing. We’ve all got calamities and stuff but you’ve […]
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