LCD Soundsystem are back, and it is beautiful. By Sophie Harris. The Quietus Talking with James Murphy in 2007, the LCD frontman spoke about how he disliked what he called “the Mystery of Rock” – meaning, the kind of obtuse lyrics that sound good but don’t necessarily mean anything; a cheap way to hint at Read more about The Quietus: LCD Soundsystem, American Dream[…]
Fairytale of New York Magnetic Fields BAM, New York They don’t have panto in America at Christmas. But then, with the President-elect currently residing in Trump Tower and small civil wars being battled up and down the land, the national stage is already heaving with villains, plus a few brave heroes. Theatrics of a subtler Read more about MOJO: The Magnetic Fields, live[…]
Rolling Stone Christine and the Queens: Meet French Artist Restoring Pop’s Radical Edge “Queer is taking the shame and anger and taking it as a fuel for it to be something else,” singer-songwriter says ahead of U.S. tour “Everything is wonderful,” says Christine and the Queens’ Héloïse Letissier, “but at the same time it’s been Read more about Rolling Stone: Christine and the Queens[…]
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Strings of Life A fearless innovator takes her songs of experience Down Under Sydney Opera House,Australia, 2016 None of pop music’s great artists would – or could – have been designed by a focus group or a think-tank or a team of scientists. Not David Bowie, not Kate Bush, Stevie Wonder, Kanye West or Bjork. Read more about MOJO: Joanna Newsom, live[…]
MOJO Magazine feature American Ultra Raised by Christian missionaries, schooled in Downtown New York Jazz, immersed in black American Music, Matthew E. White makes rich, deep modern soul albums infused with passion and a confessional honesty. Sophie Harris visited his Richmond home and studio to meet the big man himself. Buy this issue of MOJO Read more about MOJO: Matthew E. White[…]
From ‘Waiting to Exhale’ to the Weeknd: Babyface on 20 Years of R&B Veteran songwriter also talks Barbra, Whitney, Puffy and why women are more interested in love than men On the one hand, it’s impossible to imagine what it would be like to live Babyface’s life. Kenny Edmonds is, after all, the songwriter-producer who Read more about Rolling Stone: Babyface[…]
Time Out New York, interview feature Courtney, Love Listen up! The adored, fast-rising Australian singer Courtney Barnett is about to storm New York in a big way.
Loss leader Brooklyn bard finds joyful relief in playing grief-stricken new songs to a home crowd Kings Theatre,Brooklyn, NY It shouldn’t really be a surprise that this show feels like a funeral. The album that Sufjan Stevens is playing behind tonight chronicles his response to his mother’s death in 2012. Carrie & Lowell explores Stevens’ Read more about MOJO: Sufjan Stevens, live[…]