ListenUp: Remembering Benjamin Curtis and Phil Everly, White Lies’ album art, Afrika Bambaataa and more in music this week

ListenUp


School of Seven Bells: Painting a Memory 2014 started off with the sad news of musician Benjamin Curtis passing at the young age of 35 after a battle with cancer. The distinctly talented artist began as a drummer in Dallas-based bands UFOFU and…

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Dukes of Chutney: Domino EP: Filmmaker Dustin Lynn reveals his musical side with a new band embracing cinematic electro surf sounds

Dukes of Chutney: Domino EP


We first came across Dustin Lynn’s visual creativity in connection with David de Rothschild’s Adventure Ecology initiative back in 2007. When we interviewed him last, Lynn was with de Rothchild on the Toxico Mission in…

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Interview: JIHAE : The artist on working with Dave Stewart of Eurythmics and co-writing music for a Leonard Cohen poem about an orgasm

Interview: JIHAE


Many singers these days produce albums that have been laboriously groomed and primped—from almost-too-perfect Autotuned vocals to the overly airbrushed album cover—so it’s refreshing to meet a singer and songwriter with a sultry voice and raw energy who’s not afraid to express her…

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Interview: Ty Segall: The prolific musician on his new record, early influences and recording in Creedence Clearwater Revival’s studio

Interview: Ty Segall


At just 25 years old, Ty Segall’s music career is already well beyond his years. With credibility among his fellow musicians, serious critical acclaim and production credits on more albums than you can shake an axe…

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