Category: music
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I’m pretty excited that my band, the Starling Effect, will be on the Unsigned BC radio program, which airs on Saturday (September 13) at 4 pm on Vancouver Co-op Radio (CFRO-FM 100.5 for local listeners, but you can also listen live on the Co-op Radio website). Because we will be there to promote our September 19 show…
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I recently interviewed Loverboy guitarist Paul Dean for an upcoming Montecristo feature on the 45th anniversary of the band’s self-titled debut album. It reminded me of the time I interviewed Dean on the eve of Loverboy’s induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
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The impending release of Jehnny Beth’s latest solo album, You Heartbreaker, You, reminded me that I once interviewed her for the Georgia Straight ahead of a Vancouver performance by her band Savages. Savages bemused by Mercury nod (This article originally appeared in The Georgia Straight.) It’s arguably the most prestigious honour in British music, so…
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I already noted in my last blog post that my band has new music out soon. Well, it’s my blog and I can mention it as many times as I want! Come see the Starling Effect play live on September 19 at LanaLou’s in Vancouver.
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We are super excited about the fact that we have a new single, featuring the songs “Pile of Ash” and “Memory Palace”, coming out on September 19 via our label, Submerged Records.
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Wiggedout Music presents the Starling Effect—that’s my band!—at the Painted Ship (2884 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC) on Saturday, August 16, with guests Shimbashi Station and Thomas Van Alstine.
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“I’m just trying to spread some positivity, because life is real fucked-up,” A$AP Rocky says. “You’ve just got to make the best of this shit, you know what I’m saying?”
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“I’m always trying to find the craziest sound, you know—the thing that sounds the least like it comes from Earth,” says Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker.
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Hit me up for your bio-writing needs.
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Digging through the archives, I discovered that I have actually written about Mother Mother quite a lot over the years, so I have decided to split this blog post into two installments. This is the second.
John Lucas 