Greetings,
In the latest issue of Perfect Sound Forever online music magazine
<http://www.furious.com/perfect>, you'll find among other things:
LLORENC BARBER
Avant-garde bells of Spain- an interview with a Fluxus refugee who
finds
more than bats in the belfry plus the story of modern Spanish
experimental
music.
BLACK RANDY
Unsettling L.A. punk - even with a one-album legacy, Randy managed to
stand
out for his outrageousness in a scene known for its outrageousness
JOHN CARPENTER
Master of his own film music- known as a masterful director of horror
flicks, Carpenter just as carefully crafts the music for his own
scream-fests
CHARALAMBIDES
Texas neo-psychedelia: "the music seems to move more laterally than
vertically, if that makes any sense. Its unity is not come to by way of
reaching a summit. It doesn't so much absorb you as look out at you. It
is
electronically viscous with moments of lucidity you can see through
into
great distances."
SIMON FRITH INTERVIEW
Thinking about pop music- the master of the think-piece considers the
state
of pop music in the new millennium. Topics include the shrinking
global
market, silence as a commodity, journalism as feedback for the industry
and
why critics don't matter to pop music.
JOLLY BOYS
Masters of Jamaican Mento- before reggae left Jam-town to take the
world by
storm, the island cultivated this wonderful lesser-known music, with
its
tradition carried on today by the Jollys
NYLON UNION
Slovakian electro-lounge: 'The band tones down the poetry by succinctly
stating that their music is intended "for evening sessions in front of
the
switched-off TV set." It is classy, romantic, cohesive and
symmetrical.'
MARY MARGARET O'HARA
"Mind-blowing," "stunning," "dazzling," "brilliant," "strikingly
original,"
"exceptionally superb," "extraordinary," "very unusual . . . !" are the
sorts of words fans use to describe the Canadian singer-songwriter Mary
Margaret O'Hara. "One of the most powerful singers I've ever heard,"
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe once called her; "a performer of astonishing
force."
NEW ORLEANS METAL
The Big Easy "is not all Mardi Gras, drug murders and Cajun music... if
you
were to roll its ruined body over, I think you would find that there is
so
much more creeping around underneath the surface," Joseph Larkin
explains.
ORANGE CAKE MIX
One-man atmospheric-pop. After ten years at it, human jukebox Jim Rao
still hasn't set foot on a stage- Jeff Penczak investigates.
OUTSIGHT
News and reviews
SCREECHING WEASEL
R.I.P. rock'n'roll auteurs. Ted Esquivel reaches an epiphany with
these
loud/fast purists.
STRANGLERS
Memoirs of a roughneck fan. Exploits from a member of 'The Finchley
Boys,'
a group of fans of the punk group the Stranglers as the band was
embarking
on a UK tour. The Boys were characterized by BBC radio as 'a hooligan
outfit more suited to football terraces than music
venues.'
VINYL ANACHRONIST
Ch-ch-changes: a look back. Marc Phillips reflects back on four years
of
cheering on a format that's supposedly been dead and buried
We're always looking for new material and good writers to work with so
let
us know if you have any ideas.
See you online,
Jason
Perfect Sound Forever
online music magazine
[email protected]
http://www.furious.com/perfect
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