Fifteen years after he scratched a lifelong itch and moved to New York City, Steve Wynn has settled in nicely to life on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The relocation also breathed fire into a music career that already had notched landmark albums by his first band, the Dream Syndicate, collaborations with Gutterball and a slew [...]
Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 25-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. War Between The Neighbors I suspect I’m part of a war between the neighbors, and soon enough, the doorbell rings. I am [...]
Fifteen years after he scratched a lifelong itch and moved to New York City, Steve Wynn has settled in nicely to life on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The relocation also breathed fire into a music career that already had notched landmark albums by his first band, the Dream Syndicate, collaborations with Gutterball and a slew [...]
Montreal’s best-kept secret is back with a vengeance. And if anyone could pull off the three-men/one-shirt look, it’s Think About Life. In the video for “Sweet Sixteen,” the dance-punk trio delivers an ’80s tribute, complete with boom box, that more than holds up in the modern age. Sophomore album Family will be released in the U.S. in [...]
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Brendan Benson If you’re unfamiliar with him, Benson is that other guy from the Raconteurs. Not Jack White. But to put it that way would be like talking [...]
Fifteen years after he scratched a lifelong itch and moved to New York City, Steve Wynn has settled in nicely to life on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The relocation also breathed fire into a music career that already had notched landmark albums by his first band, the Dream Syndicate, collaborations with Gutterball and a slew [...]
For whatever reason, the members of Times New Viking put their new album masters on a VHS cassette (because they can), and it came out sounding great. (Twenty-five percent higher fidelity, they claim.) And yeah, they’re pretty much the lo-fi flagship band, but “No Time No Hope,” off new album Born Again Revisited (Matador), shushes the [...]
Fifteen years after he scratched a lifelong itch and moved to New York City, Steve Wynn has settled in nicely to life on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The relocation also breathed fire into a music career that already had notched landmark albums by his first band, the Dream Syndicate, collaborations with Gutterball and a slew [...]
The video for Pink Mountaintops‘ “Execution” highlights one key principle of the music industry: When in doubt, hire some sexy ladies. Not that “Execution” leaves us doubting; it’s a brilliant slice of shoegaze wrapped up in feedback. The video for the Outside Love track features a quintet of comely young ladies lip-synching the band’s gauzy [...]
