Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee is a demonym Los Angelean supergroup comprised of Laurence “Lol” Tolhurst (previous drummer for The Cure), Budgie (drummer for Siouxsie and the Banshees), and Jacknife Lee (producer for Taylor Swift, R.E.M., and U2). The “x” between their … Continue reading Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee ~ Uh Oh (feat. Arrow de Wilde and Mark Bowen) [2⊘23]
It was a dark and stormy night… or might have been if there was an omen of truth in advertising. Vocalist Susan Janet Ballion and bassist Steven John Bailey had met at a Roxy Music concert in September 1975 and by 1976 were members of the same group of notoriously rabid Sex … Continue reading Siouxsie And The Banshees ~ Peek-A-Boo [1988]
Psych-pop Antoine Diligent is, in reality, New Jersey native (and Los Angeles musician) Anthony Polcino. “‘Antoine Diligent’ was a pseudonym I had in my back pocket since the days I was in Beat Club. I’ve been a musician in Los Angeles for more than twelve years, and, during … Continue reading Antoine Diligent ~ Nobody Loves U (WYL) [2⊘19]
In my past experience, strip clubs are not generally the happiest of places. Unless they have changed in the last few decades, they seemed frequented by mostly joyless older men, and populated with generally attractive women sometimes in it for the art of the pole dance, but always for the lucrative tips. It seemed what some women found degrading, others embraced. Yet for men, it always felt like an exercise in frustration, unless you dated … Continue reading Mareux – Night Vision [2⊘23]
I was and still am a sucker for pure, unadulterated synthpop. From Abba and Bee Gees disco to new wave Duran Duran to the murmurings of industrial Depeche Mode and the revitalized Victorian gothicality of Siouxsie and the Banshees. It may seem like a progression away from pop, but in actuality, it is simply a fork-in-the-road diffusion between light and darkness. Both are still appealing and mixtures of the two sometimes bleed … Continue reading Cannons ~ Tunnel Of You [2⊘22]
