We have recently put on-line the August edition of the Pennyblackmusic magazine.
Our lead interview for this month is with the critically lauded late 80s/early 90s angular guitar outfit That Petrol Emotion, whose vocalist Steve Mack and guitarist Raymond Gorman talk about their band and its reformation after an absence of nearly fifteen years.
The other main interviews of this month are with the Australian indie pop group the Lucksmiths who have announced their decision to split after over fifteen years together; American musician Bill Callahan who has recently abandoned his Smog moniker to record material under his own name, and the Declining Winter, the new band of Leeds musician and Hood member Richard Adams.
There are also new interviews with Portland, Oregon band Richmond Fontaine, whose singer songwriter Willy Vlautin back for a fifth interview with us speaks about his group’s eighth album, 'We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River’; rapidly rising lush pop outfit the Leisure Society; Scottish musician Jo Hamilton about her debut album ‘Gown’, and lo-fi American act the Drugs Models Love.
We are also running interviews with Edition 59, a remarkable German label which limits each of its releases to just 59 copies ; American journalist David Rothman whose political thriller and debut novel ‘The Solomon Scandals’, is part inspired by Bob Dylan, and Rebekah Why, the editor of the Los Angeles-based Penny-Ante, an unusual annual publication which combines together music, journalism and art.
Other highlights include features on Daniel Johnston, the Average White Band, Damned guitarist Captain Sensible and the twentieth anniversary reissue of the Stone Roses' debut album. There are also new photo shoots from Matthew Williams of recent Jane’s Addiction and Nine Inch Nails shows, while in our regular ‘Soundtrack of Our Lives’ column Carl Bookstein writes about the revelation for him of discovering the music of The Band in his late teens.
In 'Rock Salt Row', Lisa Torem will be debating each month with a different Pennyblackmusic writer about a moment in rock history and its impact now. In its second instalment, she takes an Aldous Huxley quote which gave the Doors their name, and talks with Malcolm Carter about whether rock music can ever really change perceptions.
There are also 32 new album and single reviews.
We will have another album and singles reviews up-date in just under a fortnight and then another full edition in early August.
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