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NINO MOSCHELLA: SORRY, THIS HAS GOTTEN HEAVY

July 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Nino Moschella started out four-tracking funk-soul that sounded like Sly and Shuggie and Stevie in a mountain shack at midnight and exploded into fidelity once he visited the wider world. His newest Boomshadow is out now on Ubiquity. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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THE VEILS: SOCIAL INSECTS AND MASS EXTINCTION

July 14th, 2009 · No Comments

American rock critics, after their oft-coldblooded fashion, took note of the battered heart of frontman Finn Andrews—son of XTC keyboardist Barry Andrews—since The Runaway Found first blipped the indie radar back in 2004. In this interview with Ron Garmon, Finn gives up a glimpse of characteristic romanticism while putting discreet end to some rumors.

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THE HEPTONES: NOTHING HAS EVER TOPPED THAT

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments

The Heptones’ Leroy Sibbles touched more than the majority of Studio One’s hit songs, whether in his own band or as the obfuscated group of studio musicians known variously as Sound Dimension or the Soul Investigators or as the man who played the bass on classics by the Abyssinians or Dennis Brown. He will be leading the Lions at Dub Club tonight. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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