interview
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Archive: Liam Finn interview
Liam Finn Q&A originally printed in the Event Guide By Aoife Barry As the son of New Zealander (with Irish roots) and Crowded House frontman Neil Finn, Liam Finn grew up surrounded by music and unsurprisingly began his first forays into the music world in his teens. At the young age of 25, he’s already…
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Archive: Volcano! interview
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…
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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: 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: 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: IAMX interview
IAMX – CHRIS CORNER “I think I’m at a point where I really feed off that sort of unpredictable chaotic energy that you can really only get on stage, and that kind of has built up this persona, this character, which I become at night.” THERE aren’t many bands around who are like IAMX. Sure,…
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