Last week AD cut a session with Kris Kristofferson at a studio here in Los Angeles — we also had the opportunity to interview the troubadour/actor/activist. Below Kristofferson speaks on his new LP, Nicaragua, old friends, and what exactly did happen with that National Guard helicopter on Johnny Cash’s lawn. Stay tuned for the AD [...]
L.A. sons, No Age, return to their EP roots today with the release of the highly anticipated Losing Feeling EP. A week before the release, AD spoke via phone with Randy Randall, the duos co-founder and guitarist, about his love of VHS, photography, film-scoring, bandannas, Joshua Tree and a mutual affinity for unlikely soundtracks. (photo credit)
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This September – and how appropriate is that – Rhino brings us a wealth of Big Star related reissues and unreleased material. On the 15th comes Keep An Eye on the Sky, a 4-CD boxset that combines Big Star album tracks, alternate takes, demos and live material, and on the 28th, a 2-CD deluxe [...]
Following the demise of his former band, Verbena, in 2007 AA Bondy re-emerged with an amazing solo debut, American Hearts, that dug deep into the hidden folk, country and blues tendencies that had always existed below the distortion of his old band. Last week saw the release of the follow-up, the equally beautiful When The [...]
Vic Chesnutt belongs to a pantheon of the most unique and gifted songwriters that has emerged in the modern era of rock/pop/folk. For nearly 20 years, his channeling of Southern Gothic storytelling, along with a gift for vignettes and lyrical imagery, has won him a collection of devout fans. Vic is getting ready to [...]
Brendan Benson has had quite the time the last few years. After releasing three critically heralded solo records, he joined long time friends Jack White, of the White Stripes, and Patrick Keeler and Jack Lawrence of the Greenhornes, to form the Raconteurs. Releasing two records as a band-mate to the high-profile Jack White did wonders [...]
Formed in 2006, Providence, RI trio The Low Anthem have provided the summer of 2009 with music that, while purposefully anachronistic, offers glimpses into the past, present and future like a great American novel. Behind the air blowing through their ancient harmonium is a band who actually sees the music of the future as far [...]
Last week longtime AD pal, and Athens, GA resident, Lucas Jensen, sat down for a candid interview with Will Cullen Hart. Circulatory System performs at our Athfest party this Friday night.
Talking to Will Cullen Hart, the force behind Circulatory System and one of the founders of Olivia Tremor Control and the Elephant 6 collective, is [...]
There’s no doubt about Jay Farrar’s legacy in modern music. As a co-founding member of one of its genre-defining bands, Uncle Tupelo, and then as the creator behind one of its certifiable masterpieces, Son Volt’s Trace, his body of work ranks among the finest in contemporary country and rock and roll. His unique voice and [...]
Truly one of the most unique voices to come out of the Pacific Northwest in the 1990s, Jeremy Enigk crafted a reputation as a dynamic and emotive singer fronting the band Sunny Day Real Estate. His first solo record was released back in 1996, but it took another decade for him to return to [...]
In their three years of existence, Cleveland proto-punks The Electric Eels played all of six shows. According to the All Music Guide, each of those six shows ended in either arrest or violence, often between band members on-stage. The group’s fuzzed-to-death music would go on to influence the Dead Boys, the Rubber City Rebels, and [...]
Jason Lytle is a name whose return will most definitely excite a number of you reading. As the former center of the band Grandaddy, Lytle’s songwriting carved a unique and cultishly adored niche in indie rock. After the band called it quits preceding the release of their final album, Just Like The Fambly [...]
