From: demhopkins
Date: Thu Aug 28, 2003 10:43 pm
I refrained from posting about Magnus after their August 21 headlining gig in Chicago at Beat Kitchen because I have a bit of a bias. Don't we all. After not playing out for many months—Magnus justified all of their recent bravado-speak with one of the best musical shows of the year. Keyboards firmly in place--not swirling. Great guitar work. Confident vocals. And drums that held this very intense band together. Certainly some room to tighten up--but the material is as good as any band I've seen this year. Magnus is pushing pop in the way that Mars Volta has pushed "prog." They see the possibility and seize it. Terminus Victor was on the bill—and said after the show that "we have almost nothing in common with Magnus--but we can't wait to play with them again." Terminus is setting up some gigs for Magnus (very nice of them). What this leads to is that Magnus is HEADLINING at the Abbey Pub on Saturday, September 6. This is almost unheard of for a Chicago band that has been away from the clubs and in the studio for so many months.
--Dem
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Friday, August 29, 2003
Sunday, August 17, 2003
The Strokes/ The Barbs/ Miscellaneous
From: Neil
Date: Sun Aug 17, 2003 4:56 am
The Strokes have been getting plenty of UK press lately... Last week's NME had an eight page glossy centrespread full of Strokes pics, all seen before in the paper but never pulled together or printed on glossy paper.
This week's mag gives a review of on of the Japan gigs, and a review of a few rough mix versions of tracks that are to be on the new album due in Oct (yeah....right! Christmas appears on record company release schedules Nov 2!). Mojo magazine has The Strokes on the cover - dunno about the actual content yet cos I didn't pick up a copy, but will do soon.
Spent Saturday at "Parklife", a local free festival put on by Medway Council. You might have heard of King Adora, Easyworld, Sexton Ming and Chumbawumba, all of whom performed. However, the stars of he show were The Barbs, whose singer is a local lad. I'll post a snippet of their soon-to-be-released debut single so you can make your mind up. Kinda B52s meet Pixies via the Rezillos, if you ask me.
All the best,
NeilM
Date: Sun Aug 17, 2003 4:56 am
The Strokes have been getting plenty of UK press lately... Last week's NME had an eight page glossy centrespread full of Strokes pics, all seen before in the paper but never pulled together or printed on glossy paper.
This week's mag gives a review of on of the Japan gigs, and a review of a few rough mix versions of tracks that are to be on the new album due in Oct (yeah....right! Christmas appears on record company release schedules Nov 2!). Mojo magazine has The Strokes on the cover - dunno about the actual content yet cos I didn't pick up a copy, but will do soon.
Spent Saturday at "Parklife", a local free festival put on by Medway Council. You might have heard of King Adora, Easyworld, Sexton Ming and Chumbawumba, all of whom performed. However, the stars of he show were The Barbs, whose singer is a local lad. I'll post a snippet of their soon-to-be-released debut single so you can make your mind up. Kinda B52s meet Pixies via the Rezillos, if you ask me.
All the best,
NeilM
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