July 2009
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Archive: Conway Savage interview
This originally appeared in the Event Guide. The Good Son By Aoife Barry When he’s not tinkling the ivories in The Bad Seeds, Conway Savage is creating his own music: Solo, he trades in blues-infected , down-tempo psycho-billy dirty rock, or haunting, emotional duets with the likes of Suzie Higgie. He’s released six albums over…
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Archive: Fujiya and Miyagi interview
This originally appeared in the Event Guide Bright Lights of Brighton By Aoife Barry They may sound like a pair of Japanese martial arts experts, but Fujiya & Miyagi are in fact a quartet from Brighton who specialise in synth-rock electronica with a kraut-rock edge. A three-piece up until early this year, they’ve now got…
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Archive: Robots in Disguise interview
Never Mind the Bollocks – the Robots Re-write Rock… By Aoife Barry “I’d say get the bass out from under the bed, stop trying to pull boys with it, and play it!” Sue Denim, bassist and one half of English electro-punk band Robots in Disguise laughs, a twinkle in her eyes half hidden by a…
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Archive: Fucked Up interview
From the Event Guide, August 2008 Looking for Gold By Aoife Barry There may be no other band as perfectly named as Canada’s Fucked Up. A hardcore punk band who are renowned for their intense live shows (which often end with frontman Damian Abraham, aka ‘Pink Eyes’, with blood streaming down his face from a self-inflicted…
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Archive: Silver Jews interview
From the Event Guide, May 2008 Suffering Jukebox By Aoife Barry American alternative rock outfit Silver Jews, fronted by the enigmatic David Berman, began as a musical project back in 1989, when David hooked up with friends Stephen Malkmus (of Pavement) and Bob Nastanovich. The band were famed for the fact that they never played…
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Archive: Nina Nastasia interview
From the Event Guide, July 2008 The Beautiful One By Aoife Barry New York-based Nina Nastasia is a woman blessed with a voice that has the power to stop the listener is his or her tracks. It’s beautiful, strong yet fragile, and utterly compelling. Her debut album, ‘Dogs’, gained cult status after John Peel played…
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Archive: Amusement Parks on Fire interviews
Amusement Parks on Fire Originally appeared in the Event Guide, January 2009 By Aoife Barry Young British band Amusement Parks on Fire formed around five years ago – starting off as a solo project of frontman Michael Feerick, and going on to become a five-piece band, with Feerick now joined by Daniel Knowles (guitar/production), Peter…
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Archive: A Sunny Day in Glasgow interview
From the Event Guide…July 2008. A Sunny Day in Glasgow By Aoife Barry They may sound like a British band from the early 1990s, but A Sunny Day In Glasgow, -despite their sun-drenched melodies and C86-era sound, are actually from Philadelphia in the USA. Beginning as a bedroom band formed by Ben Daniels and his…
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Archive: Le Galaxie interview
Visions of the Future Le Galaxie used to be 66e – an Irish rock band who produced intense indie-rock tracks and took things rather seriously. Then the band members decided to take a radically different direction and became Le Galaxie – a futuristic electronic-based band with one eye on the future and one on the…
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