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Showing posts with label 2009. Show all posts

Album Review: Biffy Clyro "Only Revolutions"

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In these days of short attention spans and homogenized musical gunk, it's reassuring to see the Scottish alt-rockers get within t...
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Interview: Barney Greenway, Napalm Death

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THE FOUNDERS OF GRINDCORE JUST WANT YOU TO TAKE IT EASY Formed in Birmingham in 1981, NAPALM DEATH pioneered a sub-genre known as grindcore—...
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Interview, James McNew, Yo La Tengo

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James McNew is back to pick up a new album and do some shopping. It's been three years and a change of record labels since I last sat do...
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Preview: End of Year Concerts

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Music to get you in the festive spirit Music tastes differ from person to person, but less well known is that they also vary over time. The...
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Interview: Dave King, Flogging Molly

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King of Flogging Molly not slowing down When Dave King started blending the rich musical textures of traditional Irish music to the ...
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Album Review: U2, "No Line on the Horizon"

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Bono (on the left), shortly after his demotion to lance corporal. 2009's  No Line on the Horizon represents a minor return to...
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Interview: Emily Haines, Metric

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The great dilemma for modern rock musicians is the need to maintain the creativity of earlier generations along with the constant f...
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Best Japanese Song: Electric Eel Shock "Rock & Roll Can Rescue the World"

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With its rigorously drilled "idol" groups, "cute" tone-deaf singers, rampant cross-media marketing, and questionable m...
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Interview: Mikael Akerfeldt, Opeth

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Metal band Opeth enjoying the ride On stage Mikael Akerfeldt, lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for the Swedish progressi...
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Preview: Fuji Rock & Summer Sonic, 2009

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Summer Sonic to make some noise Largely inspired by English role models, the Japanese Summer music festival season has pretty much se...
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Album Review: Russian Circles, "Geneva"

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Post-rock is one of those misbegotten terms that serves more to obfuscate than elucidate. As an instrumental three-piece from Chicago pl...
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Album Review, Muse, "The Resistance"

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The Resistance is Muse's most ambitious album yet: extravagant, technically accomplished, epic rock providing a solid setting for Matt ...
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Photo: Mike McColgan, Street Dogs

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The original singer of the Dropkick Murphys, Mike McColgan on stage at Liquid Room, Tokyo, with his new band The Street Dogs. Like the ...
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Album Review, Simple Minds, "Graffiti Soul"

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This is the sound of the New Wave rock legends emerging from the shadows with a re-energized and sparkling cluster of sophisticated rock...
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Tapescript Interview: Mikael Akerfeldt, Opeth

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In late 2009, I conducted a telephone interview with Mikael Akerfeldt, the leader of Opeth. He was in Italy and I was in Saitama. The...
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