They might not be the most charismatic band in the world. They may be struggling very hard with the press this summer to correct that opinion. What you can’t correct though are the facts behind the songs.08/08/2002 With the new album, ‘A Rush Of Blood to The Head’ set for release, Crud asked Chris Martin and his chums to take us through the tracks on the new album. Here are the results. As plain as the nose on your face. Continue Reading
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy talks about how he and his band put together one of the best albums of the year. By Allan Martin Kemler08/08/2002 Nothing ventured, nothing gained goes the cliché, and it’s true. There is a direct correlation between how much a person is willing to fail and how much they can possibly achieve. But on the other side of the coin lies the possibility for total destruction. So how can a person tell whether they are embarking on Continue Reading
Live and direct from Cardiff, Wales, the Super Furry Animals, Macca and you. Allan Martin Kemler interviews the UK’s lefty anti-heroes on the eve of the US release of “Rings Around The World”. Photo by Matt Greenberg.22/07/2002 The Super Furry Animals are not related to the Teletubbies. They aren’t a spin-off of Pokemon and you won’t find them in the candy aisle next to the root beer barrels and Gummi Bears. However, they could be any or all of these Continue Reading
A new album, a cult following. Not been seen for years. Sound familiar? The garage door is open wide and the ‘serialists’ push forth. Whilst waiting the necessary time to meet Godot, Allan and Kim, talk shop.14/06/2002 After 21 years and 15 albums, New York’s perennial uptown hipsters have laid down tracks for a 16th: Murray Street. What follows, gentle reader, is a fictitious account of a real interview with Kim Gordon. Since conversations often reveal more detail and insight Continue Reading
Violins, mandolins and deep flowing intakes of clear fresh air. Hem return to their roots and add something new to an ongoing American narrative. Forget the new Lambchop album. The future’s where you left it. The song, ’Lazy Eye’ draws attention to the hem of the dress of an old, possibly lost love: “There’s a lazy eye that looks at you and sees you the same as before“ As a defining image of the album’s intent both musically and intellectually Continue Reading
Elf Power’s lyrics paint vivid mental pictures through oblique references to made-up mythological creatures, magic powers and the visions of seers. So no drugs here then. Andrew Rieger talks about psychedelia, spirituality and the new album ‘Creatures’29/04/2002 ATHENS, GEORGIA—land of pecans and blooming dogwoods. A land the local chamber of commerce calls the “closest place to Heaven on Earth.” Fifty miles northeast of Atlanta and 600 feet above sea level, the little college town that spawned such legendary acts as Continue Reading
Sonic gladiator, glam philosopher and general wildman of rock, Andrew W.K suggests there’s another side to his big pulsating blend of stadium-sized alterna. Something to do with regurgitation and spiritual debt? Allan Kemler talks to Mr W.K. Andrew W.K. has done the rock ‘n’ roll math and it all adds up. Despite the hype in the UK, where he’s been described by the fawning British music press as an amalgam of Diamond Dave Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Slade and GBV, Continue Reading
With the Mull Historical Society’s new single ‘Watching Xanadu’ out in January, James Berry unravels the mystery of another minor pop classic by going straight to the source itself. Colin McIntyre of talks to Crud about his album ‘Loss’. To follow on from their debut album ‘Loss’ released in October last year, the Mull Historical Society (well Colin, to all intents and purposes) release their new single ‘Watching Xanadu’ on 28 January. This is the fourth single off the album, Continue Reading
Fed up with the hype? You and The Strokes both. Stroke’s guitarist Nick tells Crud there’s more to The Strokes than seventies reference points and Lou Reed. Crud offers a look back at the highs and lows of 2001 beginning with an interview with Stroke fret-man, Nick Valensi. Strokes guitarist, Nick Valensi seems a bit fed up describing his music and explaining the concepts and reasoning behind the sound of The Strokes. “What bothers me is when people stick to Continue Reading
An artist from the legendary Jazz, Blue Note label, Jean-Luc Ponty is something of a revelation. Crud introduces Jean-Luc and the Mothers of Invention.03/12/01 Ponty was born in a family of classical musicians on September 29, 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano. At sixteen, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, graduating two years later with the institution’s highest award, ‘Premier Prix’. In turn, he was immediately hired by Continue Reading