Originally printed in the Event Guide Ready to Erupt By Aoife Barry Chicagoans Mark Cartwright, Sam Scranton and Aaron With are members of Volcano! , an experimental rock band that touches on free jazz, improv and noise rock. The first ‘rock’ band to be signed to the Leaf label, they recently released their second album,…
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Archive: No Age interview
This originally appeared in the Event Guide Get Hurt By Aoife Barry For a two-piece, No Age make a lot of noise – the sort of glorious racket that inspires teenagers to pick up their guitars and gig-goers to flail about in wild abandon. An arty indie rock group made up of good friends Randy…
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…
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…
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…
Archive: Mighty Boosh
From the Event Guide, September 2008 (Not the?) Odd Couple By Aoife Barry Sometimes, it’s the most unlikely of pairings that end up having the most impact. And in the world of comedy, it’s often the seemingly unsuited duos who audiences find they relate to. Morecambe and Wise, Reeves and Mortimer, Walliams and Lucas –…
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…
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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