When you think of the stereotypical artist-as-social-outcast, huddling in a garret in isolation, you don’t think of them tweaking a synthesizer. But in Australia, where boozy rock bands and thundering riffs roam the plains, it takes courage and bravery to forsake AC/DC, as Cut Copy have done, and publicly embrace the likes...
Read Full StoryRobyn saw an article on MTV’s website the other week that got her wondering about her new disc’s prospects for success. “This guy was really giving props to the album,” the Swedish singer says, ...
Back in ’97, Scrolling Eye columnist Marc Weisblott interviewed Robyn for EYE WEEKLY at the dawn of her pop career. Here's an excerpt:
Toronto’s lovably litigious punk band keep reaching for the stars — if only the show could last more than three songs.
“What’s with the matching looks?” I blurt out upon entering the Metropolitan hotel room containing Atmosphere duo Ant and Slug back in early March. It’s not the most insightful opening question, but the sight of ...
If the music business is on the skids, record stores are supposed to be begging for clientele, right? And yet, on a sunny Saturday, when it seems like everyone on Queen Street is bursting to get outdoors ...
Carla Bozulich is no preacher, but there couldn’t be a more appropriate moniker for her loose collective of co-conspirators than Evangelista. Taken from the title of their first record together — released in ...
UK electro-pop mavericks borrow from R&B, but their melancholy comes from a source closer to home
When the haunting, experimental soundscapes of Radiohead’s Kid A began seeping into the world’s collective unconscious via download back in 2000, one of the most noticeable additions was an ethereal wail ...
From his tone of voice, I suspect Njacko Backo thinks I’m crazy.