There just aren’t enough mysteries in modern music any more. That’s why acts like Evelyn Evelyn, presented by Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley, come as a form of relief. Webley explains how the duo discovered the conjoined twins:
About a year ago Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls and Jason Webley received Myspace messages from the [...]

Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Max
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If there is any band that can replicate the thrillride of a daredevil, it might well be this band. Eric Nally (vocals), Loren Turner (guitar), Schuyler Vaughn White (keyboards/piano) Daisy (bass), Alex Nauth (vocals, horns), and Aaron McVeigh (drums) are Foxy Shazam. They hail from Cincinnati in the USA and in the early years of [...]

Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Max
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There is a good chance you may have heard of The Golden Filter, but not primarily for their own work. The duo of Penelope and Stephen from New York has done more remixes for other bands than they have done singles of their own. However, they’re absolutely adored on the blogosphere. The reason as to [...]

Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by Max
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It was a refreshing October evening in Guildford as I made my way to the Boileroom for a gig headlined by Kill It Kid (which I reviewed for Sonic Dice). There two pretty interesting support artists. One of them was the part-Scottish, part-Chicago Sparrow & The Workshop, whom I might write about at a future [...]

Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by Max
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Imagine this as a scenario. You fly over to the UK to embark on a tour supporting a band (for this instance, let’s use Hockey) with your bandmates. However, just as you’re about to start, your bandmates chicken out, leaving you all alone in a country you hardly know with just a Macbook for company. [...]

Posted on October 16th, 2009 by Max
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