Tag: Silversun Pickups
[MUSIC: Interview] Crazy P
Sometimes you just can’t get away from the past. When Prince changed his stage name to a strange, hieroglyph-like symbol, people simply referred to him as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. In much the same way, Nottingham funk/soul outfit Crazy P have often had trouble distancing themselves from their old moniker, Crazy Penis. It’s not really hard to guess why.
Posted: November 12th, 2012 under Brag 488, Music, Music - Interview.
Tags: Beck, Beirut, Ben Folds Five, Cake, Crazy P, Fuck Buttons, Grizzly Bear, Harvest Festival, Liars, Morgan Richards, Santigold, Sigur Rós, Silversun Pickups, The Spice Cellar
[MUSIC: Album Review] Silversun Pickups – Neck Of The Woods
In 2006, Los Angeles four-piece Silversun Pickups became a youth radio staple with their debut single ‘Lazy Eye’ – and it’s easy to see why. With its perfect combination of pressure-cooker vocal punch and a ridiculously simple and infectious guitar line, it makes you want to dance around your bedroom alone while your cat observes in disdain. But despite selling a bunch of records on the back of that one song, the band seems to have fallen into semi-obscurity. Their sophomore album Swoon in 2009 (which actually had a few great songs) is now sales-bin fodder, and they are yet to recapture the genius that was that breakthrough track. With Neck Of The Woods, the band ventures towards new-romantic synth pop to counter-balance the stadium rock riffage.
Posted: May 23rd, 2012 under Album Reviews, Brag 463 (May 21), Music, Uncategorized.
Tags: Album, Album Reviews, Neck of the Woods, Rich Warner, Silversun Pickups
[MUSIC: Interview] Silversun Pickups
Los Angeles alt-rockers Silversun Pickups have been on a steady trajectory since the release of their Pikul EP in 2005, but chatting to the band’s frontman and guitarist Brian Aubert proves that success and humility can go hand-in-hand.
Posted: May 15th, 2012 under Brag 461 (May 7), Music, Music - Interview.
Tags: Lee Hutchison, Neck of the Woods, Silversun Pickups
Interview: Silversun Pickups
Silversun Pickups The Record Vs The Road By Caitlin Welsh It’s over an hour past the time that my chat with the Silversun Pickups’ keyboardist was supposed to start, and a relieved label rep has finally got hold of Joe Lester. He is apologetic, but unruffled: “Oh yeah. I goofed. I realised it was time [...]
Posted: August 16th, 2010 under Brag 374 (August 9), Music, Music - Interview, New.
Tags: Caitlin Welsh, Silversun Pickups