Written by Nick Amies It is the curse of every band with a highly acclaimed and much loved debut album that each subsequent release will be compared to that first artistic statement. Critics will await new material with a certain morbid fascination, eager to remark on how close to total extinguishment the band’s early creative…
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Tags: Carlos Dengler, Daniel Kessler, El Pintor, Interpol, Nick Amies, Our Love to Admire, Paul Banks, Turn On The Bright Lights
An Interview With Scott Bennett: The Man Brian Wilson Calls The Most Talented Musician He’s Ever Met. Scott Bennett is a multi-instrumentalist musician and a key member of Brian Wilson’s touring band – a group who Paul McCartney calls the best band on the road. Recently he embarked on a North American tour with Wilson…
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Tags: Brian Wilson, Carol King, Chuck Berry, Everly Brothers, Four Freshmen, Jeff Beck, Jeff Buckley, Little Richard, Paul McCartney, Scott Bennett
Puluche: Firstly, congratulations on She’s Electric. It’s an excellent novel and certainly is a multi-faceted love story with a sex, drugs and rock and roll backdrop, but within a “Cool Britannia” culture which many might not know about. How does your book relate to international audiences when it’s such a Brit-focused topic? Nick Amies:…
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Tags: Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Britpop, Cool Britannia, Madchester, Nick Amies, Oasis, Puluche, She's Electric, Tame Impala
December 30, 2012
Category: Interviews
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Written by Nick Amies
Tom Meighan sits quietly at his backstage dressing table and thoughtfully thumbs the pages of a battered copy of Crazy Diamond, a book detailing the rise and psychedelic fall of Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett. His current demeanor is in stark contrast to the last time we met and one wonders…
Tags: alternative rock, Chris Edwards, Ian Matthews, Kasabian, Serge Pizzorno, Tom Meighan, Velociraptor!, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum