Tag Archives: Biffy Clyro
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Q&A: Biffy Clyro calls for action to avoid ultimate ‘endings’
Biffy Clyro, Courtesy: Ash Roberts. A Celebration of Endings, the new album from Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro ends with a screamo-prog-metal-funk journey “Cop Syrup,” on which singer-guitarist Simon Neil feverishly and repeatedly declares, “Fuck everyone! Whoo!” It may sound like the retort of someone who’s given up all hope,…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Biffy Clyro tests new waters on diverse ‘A Celebration of Endings’
As with so many bands with an album on the 2020 calendar, fans of Biffy Clyro had to wait a few extra months for the band’s eighth full-length release, A Celebration of Endings. The album takes the foundation that was built on 2016’s Ellipsis and develops it into an even…
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Roman Gokhman’s favorite concerts of 2017: 5-1
Photo: Jay Demetillo This is the final in a three-part series. Read how I’m scoring my list and find out about my “special consideration” acts in PART 1 and 10 through 6 in PART 2. Favorite Shows 2016 | Favorite Shows 2015 | Favorite Shows 2014 Favorite Shows 2013 | Favorite Shows 2012 5 – TOM PETTY at BottleRock…
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Photos: Biffy Clyro deliver the goods at the Fillmore
Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a point in every wildly successful act’s show when the fans, knowing their role, act out a role or clap, as if on cue, but without having to be prompted. U2 has this, the Stones have this, and Biffy Clyro has it, too.…
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Roman Gokhman’s favorite interviews of 2016
St. Lucia Looking back on my interviews over the past 12 months, the first thing that surprised me was just how busy I stayed: nearly 50 interviews of 10 minutes or longer, about a dozen more than 2015, which had seemed much busier. Interviewing artists is just one part…
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Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil turns anguish into two albums and solo dance project
Coming off Scottish trio Biffy Clyro’s tour supporting double album Opposites, in 2015, frontman Simon Neil had a lot on his mind. Neil had begun suffering from depression brought on by the deaths of several friends and relatives. And as the band reached new heights around the globe (the…
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Roman Gokhman’s favorite shows of 2014: 5-1, with Biffy Clyro
Biffy Clyro performs at the Great American Music Hall on Feb. 12, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. This is the final part in a three-part series. Read how I’m scoring my list and find out about my “special consideration” acts in PART 1 and 10 through 6 in PART 2. Before I get my…
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Biffy Clyro’s James Johnston on marriage, the peculiar name, songwriting and Trent Reznor
Biffy Clyro performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on March 28, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. No matter how many hard rock musicians I’ve interviewed, I’m still surprised to learn how friendly and pleasant they are in conversation. Last week I spoke to the very charming James Johnston, bassist for…
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Interview: Not content to be No. 1 in the U.K., Biffy Clyro heads to America
Biffy Clyro performs at the Great American Music Hall on Feb. 12, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Few rock bands in the United Kingdom had as successful of a 2013 as Biffy Clyro. After more than 15 years of sweating it out on stage with a ferocious live show and six…
