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Tag: REM

Telefis - Jacknife Lee and Cathal Coughlan

LORD OF MISRULE – REM Producer Jacknife Lee On New Mischief-Making Telefis Collaboration With Microdisney’s Cathal Coughlan

February 28, 2022

“We walk a tightrope in Telefis between super seriousness, frivolity, flippancy and pop.”

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OUT OF TIME – REM-Influenced Dupont Circles Release Debut Album 30 Years In The Making

April 24, 2021

Washington DC psych-indie outfit The Dupont Circles are celebrating the release of what must be one of the longest awaited debut albums in musical…

HEY KIDS, ROCK AND ROLL – REM Documentary Marks 25th Anniversary Release of Automatic For The People

December 14, 2017

REM have unveiled a new mini-documentary to mark the 25th anniversary re-mastered release of Automatic for the People. Featuring new interviews with Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills,…

BACK TO BASICS – Earwig’s Lizard McGee Goes Acoustic For New Solo Album And Maiden British Tour Dates

June 12, 2017

Earwig mainman Lizard McGee is heading to the UK this month to play a series of shows in support of new solo album Spooky Jets At A…

ROBYN’S NEST – Nashville Base Enlivens Musical Palette of Charismatic Psych-Rock Songwriter

May 25, 2017

My first encounter with Robyn Hitchcock came while watching the BBC’s Whistle Test in the late 1980s. Hitchcock was performing one of his most lauded…

WAR ON CAN’T – Mark Nevin Takes On The Naysayers On Fifth Solo Album My Unfashionable Opinion

May 8, 2017

It may have escaped your notice in this competitive age of downloads and streaming, but Mark Nevin has quietly been amassing a considerable canon…

Corrina Jaye Asks ‘What Do You Want?’ And We Say More Please

December 19, 2016

Produced by Tom McFall, best known for his work with Snow Patrol, Walking On Cars, and REM, Irish singer songwriter Corrina Jaye’s track, ‘What Do You Want?’ has seen national airplay across her home country, as well as selection as the soundtrack for the 2016 Irish Film Festival London Trailer.

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PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED – Kristin Hersh Beguiles With Intimate Set At St John on Bethnal Green

November 26, 2016

Kristin Hersh is an artist who inspires religious devotion on behalf of her fans, so what more appropriate venue for her than a church.

WOLF MOTHER – Kristin Hersh On Songwriting, 4AD And New Double Album Wyatt At The Coyote Palace

October 7, 2016

Thirty years on from the release of the first Throwing Muses EP Chains Changed Kristin Hersh is showing no signs of slowing down. Just six months after…

New Salient Braves EP - They Must Have Seen Me Coming

NORTHERN SOULS – Barnsley’s Salient Braves Kick Up The ’80s On New Five-Track EP

June 4, 2016

Salient Braves’ shambling sound is shot through with nostalgia, reviving the spirit of the ’80s for the social media generation.

It’s All About Unrequited Love With HOT RUMOUR’s Debut ‘Run To Me’

March 6, 2016

Out of Los Angeles is brand new band HOT RUMOUR. Fresh and exciting, the alt rock trio has burst onto the scene ready to take on the world.

REASONS TO BE TEARFUL – Iggy Pop Returns With Josh Homme Collaboration ‘Post Pop Depression’

February 29, 2016

Never one to do anything by halves Iggy Pop has hinted that Post Pop Depression may be his last ever long player.

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