Author Archive
25 Jan 2008
Lake Trout: Weird, Catchy and Everything in Between
Take equal parts pre-Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd, Kid A era Radiohead and Soft Bulletin period Flaming Lips, and what do you get? I’d love to report the […]
24 Jan 2008
Nana Kitade: Gothic Lolita and J-pop Hit American Shores
I spoke to J-pop vocalist Nana Kitade through an interpreter. Though her Japanese answers (and my questions, for that matter) were subject to filtering in the process, hearing her voice […]
23 Jan 2008
The Collection
It wasn’t shrinkwrapped, but appeared to be new. The cover sported a black-and-white photo of The Beatles dating from 1969. There was no title on the front. On the back, […]
23 Jan 2008
King Khan & BBQ: Exactly the Same, Only Completely Different
The King Khan and BBQ Show is the same as other rock and roll acts, only different. They’re a duo, and the only instruments — both onstage and on record […]
22 Jan 2008
Tommy Keene in the Naughties (full interview)
In September 2006 I talked with Tommy Keene about his early brush with success, his new record Crashing the Ether, his disdain of genre labels, and much more. While it […]
22 Jan 2008
Tommy Keene in the Naughties (short version)
NOTE: The full text of my 2006 conversation with Tommy Keene is here. It’s like he never left. In fact he didn’t.Tommy Keene’s first major release, 1986’s Songs From the […]
20 Jan 2008
Billy Jonas: Bridging Genres and Happy Accidents
In a way, Billy Jonas is a man of two worlds. He writes, records and performs family music, and he’s a singer/songwriter who explores deeper issues in his music. “It’s […]
19 Jan 2008
Robyn Hitchcock: Vinyl is Forever
The droll (even by English standards) singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock came on the scene in the late 1970s with The Soft Boys, a Cambridge psych-rock group that — depending on one’s […]
18 Jan 2008
Free Planet Radio – What in the World?
Asheville NC might not be the first place you think to look for an innovative musical group working in the “world music” genre. But in fact the eclectic mountain city […]
16 Jan 2008
Flaming Lips: The Sound of Success
With the charismatic Wayne Coyne fronting the Flaming Lips, it’s easy to overlook the articulate creative expression of Steven Drozd. Steven joined in 1992, ostensibly as their drummer — but […]