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INTERVIEW: Marian Hill looks to free its sound further on forthcoming third LP
Fans of alt-pop and R&B duo Marian Hill can expect to hear new music by the time producer Jeremy Lloyd and vocalist Samantha Gongol take the stage at BottleRock next week. BottleRock Napa Valley May 24…
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INTERVIEW: Vintage Trouble finds home on the road in support of ‘Chapter II’
It’s difficult to mask the excitement Vintage Trouble drummer Richard Danielson feels for his band. The band has both a new album, a two-part EP and is returning to the road following the longest hiatus…
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INTERVIEW: D.C. trio finds a different SHAED of success with “Trampoline”
SAN FRANCISCO — “Trampoline” propelled SHAED to the tops of multiple charts after Apple used the spacey and woozy slow-burner last fall to score a MacBook commercial, but if you ask the Washington, D.C.-area electro-pop trio…
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Q&A: Judas Priest cofounder Ian Hill on the new tour, resurgence and the future
Even the members of Judas Priest were surprised when, nearly 50 years into the iconic metal rockers’ careers, the band’s 18th album became the highest-debuting in America. Firepower, which Judas Priest released in 2018, debuted…
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INTERVIEW: Amanda Palmer on her very personal music, getting back on the road
Amanda Palmer’s latest album, There Will Be No Intermission, is intensely personal. That was not by design. “It’s not like I woke up one day and said, ‘I know what I want to do; I want…
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INTERVIEW: The Dip continues a rise to the top of blue-eyed soul
The Dip is selling out shows. Their second album of upbeat and nostalgic soul music, The Dip Delivers, is getting rave reviews. The band’s spring tour, their longest ever, will culminate at BottleRock. The septet’s…
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INTERVIEW: Joy Williams finds the way back to her ‘Front Porch’
After her Grammy-winning and critically lauded Americana duo The Civil Wars abruptly imploded in 2014, singer-songwriter Joy Williams felt like she had to get out of Nashville, where the Santa Cruz native lived with her husband,…
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Q&A: The Dandy Warhols’ Courtney Taylor-Taylor on writing cool songs over slick ones
Every musical decision Portland alt-rockers The Dandy Warhols have ever made, they’ve tried to make in an effort to rebel against what was expected not only of themselves, but of artists in general. BottleRock Napa…
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Nerdcore pioneer MC Frontalot on his new LP, breaking up with the Internet
Nerdcore hip-hop pioneer MC Frontalot‘s new album, Net Split or, the Fathomless Heartbreak of Online Itself, is a breakup album about the Internet. “I mean, don’t worry,” the artist, born Damian Hess, clarifies. “It’s not…
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INTERVIEW: Picture This, the biggest band in Ireland, finds hope in ‘MDRN LV’
Irish pop band Picture This has ruled its home country’s charts since 2017, when the quartet released its self-titled triple-platinum debut album. Since success is measured differently in Ireland and the U.S., singer and chief…
