25 years after Lovetone’s first pedals launched, designer Dan Coggins explains how this tiny British brand’s effects ended up on U2 and Radiohead hits and acquired legendary status among toneheads… In a classic ‘brain meets brawn’ story that began in 1994 in the small English town of Henley-on-Thames, Lovetone has gained near mythical status as […]
The 20-year-old Arizona guitarist on Schecters, Green Day, a Mega-manager and the importance of practice… Doll Skin always had a knack for writing anthemic, pop-punk songs like modern-day Runaways. On their third release Love Is Dead And We Killed Her (Hopeless Records) a heavier Doll Skin has emerged musically, as well as lyrically. Guitar player Alex […]
The War on Drugs are one of my favourite bands, been listening to them for a couple of years now, and the guitar work on the albums is really impressive. The songs are multi-dimensional with so many layers and textures, along with the lyrics, they great albums to listen to, so I enjoyed listening to […]
If you have never watched Curb Your Enthusiasm before, well you are missing out, for me it’s the funniest program on the telly. And Marty Funkouser is one of the main characters in the series alongside Larry David. Bob Einsteen the actor who played Marty Funkhouser passed away this week, and tributes have been pouring […]
For the past ten years, I’ve been documenting and interpreting the Christmas decorations on Bob Dylan’s Malibu home, much as the hippest music critics of my youth dwelled on and picked apart the abstract lyrics of his songs. My reasons were many and you can read about them in this early analysis, here. I honestly […]
For the first time since the era of compact discs, this year’s Grammy album of the year nominations feature projects not released on CD. Both Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy (Atlantic) and H.E.R.’s self-titled debut album (RCA) skipped the format in their official U.S. releases, favouring streaming, digital downloads and vinyl instead. It is the […]