Category: music
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If you were lucky enough to have been among the select few curious indie-rock fans at the Royal when Interpol made its Vancouver debut at that long-defunct Granville Street venue in 2002, you might very well have been instantly turned into a fan for life. That’s the effect it had on me, at any rate,…
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Ghost’s success is all the more impressive when you consider that it’s a heavy-metal band from the small city of Linköping whose members’ identities are concealed behind masks, makeup, and silly names. Oh, and they also write songs about Satan.
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Revisiting the two opportunities I have had (to date) to interview Killers frontman and all-around nice guy Brandon Flowers.
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With the band’s future uncertain—a run of “farewell” concerts has been announced, but there is talk afoot that Mew will actually continue without frontman Jonas Bjerre—it seemed like a good time to revisit some of the times I have had the opportunity to interview various members of the band over the years.
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His music is as likely to include the sounds of endangered songbirds as it is woozy waltz rhythms or marching-band brass. His lyrics read like the free-association ramblings of a man well-versed in the work of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, to say nothing of Syd Barrett. If that makes Cosmo Sheldrake sound like an…
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t’s a hell of a way to start a pop record. “Shanty for the Arethusa”, which kicks off Her Majesty the Decemberists, begins with the creaking and groaning of a mist-shrouded clipper in some forsaken Victorian outport, followed in short order by the sharp sound of a woman’s scream.
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It’s been a relatively quiet start to the New Year for the Starling Effect, but we’re gearing up for a couple of shows that I want to tell you about. Because it’s exciting. For me. (Your mileage may vary.) On March 21, we return to our old stomping grounds, the Princeton Pub, for a gig…
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This week my band celebrates the release of a new two-song single, featuring the tracks “A Strange Habit of Disappearing” and “Blueskiesgrey”. We would appreciate it if you would give the new tunes a listen. And if you happen to live in a city with a college radio station, please request the Starling Effect. We…
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If you live in Vancouver (or are planning to be here on April 19), please come and see my band play at the Princeton Pub, along with our pals in Hotel Empress and Pontiac. We have a couple of new songs recorded that—we dearly hope—will be released in time for the show. Come hear them…
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This past weekend my band holed up at Little Red Sounds in New Westminster to lay down some tracks with studio wizard Felix Fung. Things are sounding good, and you’ll be able to hear the results this spring.
John Lucas 