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INTERVIEW: Amsterdam-based Turkish group Altın Gün takes on first U.S. tour
Altin Gün, including Merve Dasdemir (second from left), and Daniel Smienk (third from left). Courtesy photo. NEW YORK — Merve Dasdemir and Daniel Smienk are outside the Rough Trade record store in Brooklyn, taking a smoke break and chatting about their Amsterdam-based Turkish psychedelic folk band Altin Gün while their…
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Q&A: Citizen Cope on ‘Heroin and Helicopters,’ his role as an artist
Citizen Cope. Courtesy photo. In the seven years between his 2012 album, One Lovely Day, and this spring’s Heroin and Helicopters, Clarence Greenwood had a daughter and lost his father. The singer-songwriter, better known as Citizen Cope, also toured consistently. He didn’t set out to avoid releasing music for…
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Q&A: Judas Priest cofounder Ian Hill on the new tour, resurgence and the future
Judas Priest. Courtesy: Travis Shin. Even the members of Judas Priest were surprised when, nearly 50 years into the iconic metal rockers’ careers, the band’s 18th album became the highest-debuting in America. Firepower, which Judas Priest released in 2018, debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200—and No. 5…
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Q&A: The Dandy Warhols’ Courtney Taylor-Taylor on writing cool songs over slick ones
The Dandy Warhols Every musical decision Portland alt-rockers The Dandy Warhols have ever made, they’ve tried to make in an effort to rebel against what was expected not only of themselves, but of artists in general. BottleRock Napa Valley May 24 to 26 Napa Valley Expo Tickets: General admission…
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Q&A: Rupa and the April Fishes propelled by civil justice on ‘Growing Upward’
Rupa Marya of Rupa and the April Fishes. Courtesy photo. San Francisco’s Rupa Marya has spent her adult life dedicated to fighting injustice. The doctor and musician has used her actions to back up her often outspoken lyrics in global alternative band Rupa and the April Fishes. Rupa and…
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Q&A: Steve Kilbey of The Church on never facing writer’s block and hating grunge
Steve Kilbey (second from left) and The Church. Courtesy photo. Starfish became the best-selling album for Australian alt-rock band The Church, but what frontman Steve Kilbey remembers most from making the 1988 record is how star producers Greg Ladanyi (Fleetwood Mac and Don Henley) and Waddy Wachtel (The Rolling Stones, Jon Bon…
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Q&A: Nina Nesbitt finds herself on ‘The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change’
Nina Nesbitt. Courtesy of High Rise PR. Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt is in the middle of a European tour with Rudimental and has a show this night, but is currently battling a cold that has her sneezing every few seconds and her eyes watering from a scratchy throat. Still,…
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Q&A: Roger Clyne on two decades of independence with The Peacemakers
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers perform at the Van Buren in Phoenix, Ariz. on Dec. 29, 2018. Photos: Brent Hankins. Roger Clyne never envisioned himself as a pioneer. Yet after a dispute with a record company led to the 1998 dissolution of his first band, The Refreshments, Clyne set…
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Q&A: UPSAHL pursues alternative education, heads out on her first tour
UPSAHL. Courtesy. When she was in high school in Phoenix, an arts academy, Taylor Upsahl had a backup plan. If the music thing was not going to turn out, she was considering medical school. That’s what the aspiring singer-songwriter said in an interview with a hometown newspaper. Now, Upsahl,…
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Q&A: Felicia Day boldly going with sci-fi improv podcast ‘Voyage to the Stars’
The Cast of Voyage to the Stars (l-r): Janet Varney, Colton Dunn, Felicia Day, Steve Berg. Courtesy. While podcasts are experiencing a renaissance and anyone who’s anyone’s got one, Voyage to the Stars, which debuts Tuesday, still stands out. It’s an improv-yet-scripted comedic take on sci-fi adventure. Actress, writer…
