In the October 23 issue we posted excerpts of Tom Murphy’s recent conversation with Diplo (aka Wesley Pentz). The quotes used in that piece were taken from the following interview posted after the jump, in which Diplo Mad Decent, his record label and Heaps Decent, a program devoted to underprivileged…
Disco doesn’t suck so bad now that it’s saving your sorry ass, does it? Here’s a user-friendly guide to all of the top-notch content you might have missed out on while you were busy this week practicing your CPR skills to the beat of the disco classic “Staying Alive”…..
Christian Bland, guitarist and occasional vocalist for the Black Angels — Austin, TX’s leading psych-rock band — knows his evil ’60s rock. From the Velvet Underground to Syd Barrett to the 13th Floor Elevators, Bland and his bandmates dig the slow-churning, drone-filled jams that highlighted the darkside of the decade…
Dressy Bessy. Denver’s Dressy Bessy was first profiled in Westword a decade ago; click here to read the original piece. However, Tammy Ealom, who fronts the group, is as creatively vibrant and vital as ever. She makes that clear in “After an Extended break, Dressy Bessy’s Tammy Ealom Feels Like…
Senator McCain, that song is not about you Here’s a round-up of all the great content you missed this week on Backbeat Online while you were busy following the saga of yet another band — the Foo Fighters — getting pissed about the McCain campaign using one of their songs…
In the October 9 issue, we ran excerpts of Tom Murphy’s recent interview with Tim Gane from Stereolab. The following is the transcript from their entire conversation…
Deerhoof is weird. When the Bay Area experimental indie-pop outfit opened for Radiohead in Berkeley two years ago, Thom Yorke thanked them during his band’s set with a caveat that included pointing to his oddly-shaped head and making the twirling motion that connotes “crazy.” Yorke’s got a point: For a…
Rob Swire with the rest of Pendulum. Rob Swire, a singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist for Pendulum, has done a lot of moving around, both musically and physically. The band got started in his native Australia before relocating to England — and now Swire and company are hoping to conquer the…
Due to a crippling, worldwide shortage of seventeen-minute solos, Phish has decided to reform Here’s a friendly, easy-to-use index to all the great content you might have missed this week on Backbeat Online while you were busy doing that weird stoner hippie dance in celebration of the recent news that…
The Cold War Kids take a seat. The Cold War Kids stop by the Boulder Theater on Friday, October 3, in support of Loyalty to Loyalty, a new recording reviewed here. However, the band was first featured in Westword in a March 2007 profile built on an intriguing e-mail interview…
Two sides of David Berman. E-mail interviews can be a drag unless the person providing A’s to the Q’s takes the time to respond in an interesting and thoughtful way. Fortunately, we’ve gotten lucky lately, first with Santogold’s Santi White, and now with David Berman of Silver Jews, the subject…
‘It’ll be worth the wait, baby. I promise.” Here’s a handy wrap-up of all the great content you might have overlooked this week on Backbeat Online while you were consumed with wailing and gnashing your teeth over the tragic news that Britney Spears new single would be delayed…..
Santi White and/or Santogold. As artists’ careers get hotter, they become much tougher to pin down. Example? Santi White of Santogold, who headlines the Wednesday, October 1 MySpace Music event at the Gothic Theatre co-starring Mates of State, Low Vs. Diamond and Trouble Andrew (click here to learn more). Several…
Sigur Ros’s brand of musical minimalism eschews conventional structures, familiar formulas and lyrical language, resulting in an emotive form of ambient dream pop, which relies on fluid textures, open-ended forms and an invented idiom of gibberish, branded Vonlenska by the band, for its surreal effect. The band’s latest studio album,…
Will it go ’round in circles? Bassist/vocalist Rob Barbato of Darker My Love initially seemed reticent to show much of himself during an interview for a September 25 Westword profile of his band. But with a little prodding, he began sharing background about himself and his band in what turned…
“Does this mean I need to find a real job?” Here’s a user-friendly guide to all the great content you might have missed this week on Backbeat Online while you were reeling in shock and horror at the news that the end of era was coming with the impending cancellation…
Lindsey Buckingham. Lindsey Buckingham, the solo artist and Fleetwood Mac frontman who headlines the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on September 24 (see this Westword profile for the particulars), isn’t afraid to share. Unlike those musicians who fear that they’ll smother their muse if they speak in too much detail about…
Take my picture and I will bust your ass Here’s a handy compendium of all the great content you missed this week on Backbeat Online while you were busy pondering why Kanye West hates having his picture taken so badly he decided to bust up $10,000 worth of camera gear…
These Kids are looking a little grizzled… Here’s a convenient, one-stop guide to all the great content you might have overlooked this week on Backbeat Online while you were preoccupied with the alarming news that New Kids on the Block had reunited and released a new album, despite the fact…
In advance of the Fear Before the March of Flames show tonight at the Marquis Theater, we sat down for a chat with frontman David Marion, who filled us in on everything that’s been going on with the band, from recording the new record, which the act just finished, to…
Axl Rose is displeased that people are actually hearing the long-fabled Chinese Democracy Here’s a handy list of all the great content you might have missed this week while you were avidly following the story of the blogger who was arrested for leaking tracks from the Guns ‘N Roses Chinese…
It’s hard to not to be a bit star-struck when Al Green starts singing the first verse of “Let’s Stay Together” on the phone from his home in Memphis, or even just talking to him. But Green has a way to make a guy feel at ease and about thirty…
