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HAPPY MONDAYS: SEE, WE’RE GROUND BREAKING!

September 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Happy Mondays were the actual 24 hour party people and legendarily—but perhaps not really, says drummer Gaz here—helped bankrupt Factory Records. They have been banned from Disneyland and the BBC and speak now despite mea culpas about being boring. This interview by Dan Collins.

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THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES: ALL TIME IS ONE TIME

June 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Though Sweden’s economy is in as much trouble as ours, TSOOL wasn’t bashful about releasing their latest effort Communion—a discussion of the corporate mass psychosis that has slowly taken over the world—as an epic 90-minute double-CD. Ebbot, Ian and Mattias chat with Linda Rapka about their album.

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THE WARLOCKS: THE MIRROR EXPLODES

May 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Warlocks have been panned for both self-similarity and for trying different sounds, for taking drugs and not taking drugs, for their chaos and careerism. At this point in their career, if they made a fantastic album, would anyone stop coming up with memes long enough to notice?

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