Tag Archives: MisterWives
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REVIEW: MisterWives flourish in vivid ‘Superbloom’ live dream stream
Misterwives perform during their “SUPERBLOOM: The Live Dream” livestream on Dec. 12, 2020. Courtesy of the band. MisterWives’ streamed performance on Saturday was an embodiment of what girl power in the music industry is all about: luminescent vocals and a rebel grandeur neatly wrapped up in the pizzazz of…
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The 75 best albums of 2020: 50-41
The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): The Jayhawks, Lady Gaga, Royce da 5’9”, Poppy, MisterWives, The Weeknd, Donna Missal, Caleb Landry Jones, Songhoy Blues and Homeboy Sandman. Welcome back to RIFF’s top album countdown! If you’re here just to complain about the order or lack…
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ALBUM REVIEW: MisterWives build a tragic kingdom on ‘Superbloom’
In the several times I’ve interviewed New York’s MisterWives, it’s become my habit to ask vocalist Mandy Lee, drummer Etienne Bowler and their bandmates whether they’ve had any internal fights—something they pointed out at our first meeting hadn’t yet happened. Behind the scenes, Lee and Bowler were an item for…
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Tuesday Tracks: Your Weekly New Music Discovery – Feb. 11
Clockwise from top left: Flor, KAYE, Dreamer Boy, Savage Ga$p, SimxSantana and High Waisted. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to…
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Q&A: MisterWives ‘bloom’ again with new music and more on the way
MisterWives, Courtesy: Shervin Lainez. The Denver studio where MisterWives spent the morning working didn’t appreciate bassist William Hehir trying to light up indoors, which is why he’s found himself outside, joining the band’s vocalist and primary songwriter, Mandy Lee, in a phone interview Wednesday. MisterWives Foreign Air 8 p.m.,…
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REVIEW: Chvrches take a ‘field trip for goths’ at Sonoma Harvest Music Festival
Chvrches perform at Sonoma Harvest Music Festival in Glen Ellen, Calif. on Sept. 21, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey. GLEN ELLEN, Calif. — Alternative rock was the order of the day Saturday at B.R. Cohn Winery on the second weekend of the expanded Sonoma Harvest Festival. The second weekend had…
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PLAYLIST: Roman Gokhman’s year in interviews
Phoenix photographed at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, on June 10, 2017. Photo: Alessio Neri RIFF doubled in readership in 2017, and as editor-in-chief, so did my workload. As one of five people running our humble little publication on a day-to-day basis, while planning as far out as…
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Q&A: MisterWives rage against the “Machine” on new album
The last few months have been busy ones for New York pop band MisterWives. After completing their sophomore album, Connect the Dots, the band hit the road for the longest tour of their short careers, more than two straight months opening for Panic! At The Disco. MisterWives, Smallpools, Vinyl Theatre…
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NYC’s MisterWives Connect the Dots from debut to sophomore album
Sophomore albums are a tricky thing. A band often runs the risk of either sounding too similar or veering too far from its original sound. On Connect the Dots, MisterWives manage to masterfully push their sound, while staying true to their core. MisterWives, Smallpools, Vinyl Theater 7 p.m., Oct.…
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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…