For the love of music
Hiya Dan! I’ve had the grand pleasure of hearing both of your band’s albums, the 2008 debut You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into and 2011’s Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You, and you definitely redefine and realign what is labeled ‘electronic rock’ these days! Your latest album is extremely aurally varied compared to your … [Read more...]
It’s hard not feel deep stirrings of cynicism when approaching this ostensibly ‘new’ Suzanne Vega album. Given that she’s only put out a relatively slender catalogue of seven studio LPs over the last 25 or so years, it does somewhat smack of chronic creative stagnation to find that Vega plans to revisit all corners of her back catalogue … [Read more...]
Evan Dando is certainly no slouch when it comes to cover versions. In fact, many of his most memorable moments over the years - especially with the on/off/on again Lemonheads - have been via other people's songs. From the snotty-but-sincere punk-pop assault on Suzanne Vega's "Luka," via a warm chugging reheating of Michael Nesmith's "Different … [Read more...]
With the traditional summertime slowdown in essential new releases having kicked-in, after an exceptionally busy spring, it’s been a good opportunity for this writer to step-back ahead of the autumnal assault of fresh (or reheated) musical product. That said however, there are still a few intriguing things that need to be drawn into the reviewing … [Read more...]