For the love of music
Colleen on… Moondog’s Moondog 2 (Columbia Records, 1971) I first encountered Moondog’s music around 2001, discovering him – like so much other music in my life – at a time when going to the music libraries of Paris had become an essential part of my life. I had just finished my studies and had very little money, so my favourite … [Read more...]
Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy – You Are Everything Call it music and words; call it magic. Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy’s third and final album together is everything their collaboration stands for. The alchemy that exists between the two artists is palpable, and where separately each is mighty (re)fine(d), when combined, their … [Read more...]
Ghostwriter’s Mark Brend on… David Ackles’ American Gothic (Elektra, 1972) I’ve been listening to David Ackles for 27 years now, and for most of that time his third album American Gothic, was one I admired more than liked. Recently that’s changed, but for years if I wanted to listen to Ackles, which I often did, I’d generally … [Read more...]
There is a small gray van, standing on the 'Oude Markt' in the city of Leuven--a place that is known to many students as “The longest bar in the world”. I have gathered inside to do a quick interview with Dan Bond and Josh McKenzie from the British punk quartet Apologies, I Have None, just before they took the stage at The Rockcafé in Leuven, … [Read more...]
Blood Red Shoes – Water EP http://v2music.com/ http://www.bloodredshoes.co.uk/ Laura-Mary and Steven muddy the waters with a harder, fuzzed-out sound on their latest EP, an emphatic nod to hard rock and garage rock styles. The inherent exuberance and defiance found on their earlier output is bogged down on Water by a sludgy sonic brew … [Read more...]
James McNew (Yo La Tengo and Dump) on… Chris Knox’s Seizure (Flying Nun Europe, 1989) In the late 80s, Homestead Records released domestic versions of several records originally issued on the Flying Nun label from New Zealand. It was the way I (and lots of people) first heard The Clean, The Chills, The Verlaines, and the Tall Dwarfs. … [Read more...]
Hello Adam! It’s great to hear back from you and to find out more about your new album Candela and your plans for 2013. What’s next on your To Do list? Do you mean the Mice Parade to do list? Rest for a bit and then hit Japan, Hawaii, & USA west coast in May / June. Find a replacement singer for our last two shows as I just found … [Read more...]
There is an almost frightening and overwhelming amount of music being released in the world right now, in both tangible and incorporeal forms. For listeners the challenge is not currently about gaining access to music but how to filter it into meaningful and memorable contexts. Contrary to popular technologically-subservient media myths, … [Read more...]
Hiya Danny! Your new album Crusher is out in late February and it’s your debut for the Sub Pop sub-division Hardly Art. You’ve previously released a cassette/vinyl album, a 7” single, and an EP on other labels. How did you end up with Hardly Art? Hardly Art put out our last release which was our EP and the 7" ("Pleasures") before … [Read more...]
Thalia Zedek on… The Birthday Party’s Junkyard (Missing Link/4AD, 1982) I remember clearly the luckiest record shopping day of my life. It was 1982 and I was at Newbury Comics, the only record shop in Boston that stocked underground records at that time. I went to the new arrivals bin and starting flipping through the stack, and … [Read more...]