FRANKIE POULLAIN ON WHAT FUELS THE DARKNESS: ‘WE SEE THE PAST AS AN ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND’
The Darkness are one of those intoxicating rock bands that constantly make you wonder what it’s like to be up there on stage, shredding…
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CATCHING UP WITH DREAMERS: ‘WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO RIDE THE WAVE’
“We were just in Texas in the middle of nowhere, at a gas station in the middle of the night, in the desert driving…
WILD BELLE VS. HATE: ‘LOVE IS THE ONLY OPTION FOR SURVIVAL’
The magnetic stage presence of Wild Belle, the psych-pop-ska-reggae-funk-rock-jazz band powered by brother and sister duo Elliot and Natalie Bergman, was a big draw…
TEI SHI OPENS UP AT MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
The stage was dark with only a tiny amount of light spilling onto the drummer from the laptop as it played a collage of…
FANTASTIC NEGRITO ON THE POWER OF MUSIC: “IT’S REALLY THE ERA OF ARTISTS”
Buried in the dark riffs and blues licks that shaped Fantastic Negrito’s searing set on Sunday at The Meadows, one would expect to find…
ARKELLS ON RECENT SHOWS & NEW MUSIC: ‘WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING THAT EXCITES US FIRST’
You wouldn’t expect Arkells, the Juno Award-winning Ontario alt-rockers who have been building up a fanbase since ‘06, to be playing the earliest festival…
THE FANTASTIC TALES OF UNI: ‘DON’T TAKE ANYTHING WE SAY LITERALLY’
Interviewing the three members of Uni was sort of like playing Mad Libs, charades, and 2 Truths and a Lie all at the same…
BRIAN WILSON ON TOURING AT 75 & WHERE THE INSPIRATION COMES FROM
I try not to get personal, but there’s no getting around it here. The knowledge that I’d soon be getting a call from Brian…
“SPICE IS THE SPICE OF LIFE”: AN INTERVIEW WITH EUGENE HÜTZ OF GOGOL BORDELLO
Since arriving on the New York City music scene with a unique brand of “gypsy punk” nearly 20 years ago, Gogol Bordello has continuously…
“I WOKE UP AND FELT LIKE I WAS ON ACID – I HAVE TO START A BAND”: INTERVIEW WITH ICE BALLOONS
As the lights dimmed, psychedelic projections took over the room and lead vocalist, Sean Powell, makes his way to the stage, his identity concealed…