This article originally appeared on Qthemusic.com One if the bands to emerge in the New York post Strokes boom at the start of the 2000s, The Rapture carved a post-punk, disco niche for themselves producing a debut album, Echoes, that made you think and dance. Having left their initial label, James Murphy's DFA, for a …
This article originally appeared on Qthemusic.com If the very convincing, put upon, stay-at-home new dad in Noah Baumbach’s new film While We’re Young seems familiar, then you probably do know him. However, you’ll have never seen the actor in a role like this before. In fact, unless you possess a certain degree of fandom you …
This article originally appeared on Qthemusic.com The first time this writer encountered Kanye West he was knee-deep in water, stood in a disused Czech mineshaft in 2005. Continually conferring with video director Hype Williams, the rapper-producer was enduring the mud and dirty air – filtered masks were a legal requirement when cameras weren’t rolling – …
This article originally appeared on Qthemusic.com Practically a one man music scene - and often a one man band - Ty Segall has enjoyed growing cult success with his fuzz-heavy garage rock and roll and a relentless work rate that's seen him release over ten albums in just six years (he was only a full …
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This article originally appeared on Qthemusic.com Cass McCombs has just released his new album, Big Wheel And Others - and it's a big deal. Well, it's a double for starters, but it recently picked up five stars in Q. There's a feature with the singer-songwriter in our new issue, Q329 which is out now, …
This article originally appeared on Qthemusic.com Having released their second album Lonerism in October last year, Perth's Tame Impala find themselves a long way from home this summer on tour - having already made stops at festivals including Glastonbury and Primavera. With their music exposed to millions for the first time via Elephant appearing in …
This article originally appeared on Qthemusic.com After 14 years fronting acclaimed US indie band The Walkmen, Hamilton Leithauser will release his debut solo album, The Black Hours, next month (2 June). Speaking to Q the singer explains why it was time for him - along with bandmates Walter Martin and Peter Matthew Bauer who also …
This article originally appeared on Qthemusic.com “I’m going to leave the room when the record plays, so you can grimace and wince at your own disposal,” announces a slightly diminished-looking Leonard Cohen to the room of journalists and well-wishers at the Canadian High Commissioner in London’s Mayfair. In town for one night only – last …
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This article originally appeared on Qthemusic.com All in in all, it's been an eventful few years for The Flaming Lips. There's been the collaborative Heady Fwends EPs - featuring the likes of Ke$ha, Yoko Ono and Erykah Badu, the latter even publicly fell out with the band - a radio play with influential US publishers …
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