Tag Archives: Brian Eno
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ALBUM REVIEW: Brian Eno scores points on latest compilation, ‘Film Music 1976-2020’
Unless you’ve been living underneath a sub-woofer for the last 40 years, you already know that Brian Eno is one of the most important figures in modern music—providing sonic sorcery as a producer for everyone from David Bowie to U2 to Coldplay, along with making some very cool albums…
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Professor Music’s 20 futuristic albums for the 2020s
It’s almost 2020. We’re living in an era when many of science fiction’s classics are supposed to take place. As a science fiction writer and a scholar who studies the genre, I’m acutely aware that we are not yet living in the stainless steel techno-utopia we were promised. Where’s…
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Tim Booth of James looks for home, hope with new record
By the time Manchester rock band James wanted to make a video for “Coming Home (Pt. 2),” off their new album, Living In Extraordinary Times, Tim Booth and his bandmates had run through all of the money their label had allocated for the record. Booth, 58, had a plan…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Tim Booth is candid on James’ Living in Extraordinary Times
Post-hiatus success can become a challenge for bands when nostalgia for their past successes overshadows their new material. While best known for ‘90s hits “Sit Down,” “Come Home” and “Laid,” British rock band James reached new milestones with recent releases, even following a six-year absence. James’ impact surged during…
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White Lies return with signature choruses, new Friends
U.K. rockers White Lies have always had a way with big arm-waving choruses. You can hear them coming from a mile away. And with the band’s return following three years away, a self-produced fourth album on a new label—Friends—their hallmark remains. White Lies, VOWWS 9 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 14 The Chapel Tickets: $25-$30.…