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]
Money, power, and sex. The near-perfect 21st-century trifecta and three words that explain so much of our world. They are the figurative carrots society uses to encourage compliance and creativity to its benefit. Not a perfect system, but one that has managed to usher in an untold technological revolution in a critically short period of time. And not without cost, as greed is a powerful motivator if an insatiable master — ask any … Continue reading METRIC ~ Gold Guns Girls [2⊘1⊘]
As we all know, there are real vampires. They sleep in coffins during the day, cannot be seen in mirrors, can shapeshift into bats at will, have long sharp canine teeth, and survive by laying waste to human subjects at night by sucking them dry of blood or turning them. There may also be emotional or energy vampires (see ingenious What We Do in the … Continue reading Kim Dracula ~ Make Me Famous [2⊘22]
There is something in the human spirit that enjoys a good car wreck. Notably, if it is not anyone we know … okay, anyone we directly care about … maybe. The symbolic cover shot for this feature, and its represented song, remind me of something my first wife (meh) once told me. At the end of our ever-so rocky relationship, she informed me that of all the many arguments we had shared, of all the times we had blustered and flustered … Continue reading The Mysterines ~ I WIN EVERY TIME [2⊘2⊘]
L.S. Dunes is a ‘Supergroup’ — a more recently christened band made up of highly talented members from other groups. Some succeed so exceedingly well as to eclipse their original groups so mightily we forget they were forged from circumstance, rather than formed by happenstance. The most revered of these being worthy of GOAT Supergroup status (Greatest Of All Time). “Stare,
Neither wait for your arrival, Chastise in the weight of your approval.” What ostensibly began with Cream in the 60s has now exploded with some of the most famous GOATs being Led Zeppelin, … Continue reading L.S. Dunes ~ Permanent Rebellion [2⊘22]
