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Now that the obsession with X Factor wannabe Pop Idols is over, it’s time to take a look at a band who, before grunge and Britpop, headlined the Reading Festival above Nirvana, had countless chart hits, a large loyal fan base, and a number one hit with comedian Vic Reeves. It was achieved by continuous […]
Tony Bartolo talks to Todd Rundgren about lies, ‘Pop Idol’, and the comical Bruce Springsteen. Todd Rundgren’s deep American drawl turns into a huge belly laugh as I amuse him with the tale of my recent karaoke rendition of ‘Hello It’s Me’ in Vietnam, which helped to introduce the country’s masses to the magic of […]
Time to get naked and back to nature – those sunny Californians Grandaddy are back in town to promote their excellent new album ‘Sumday’ to an ever-growing fanbase, hungry to pick up where 2001’s highly praised The Sophtware Slump left us – musically fulfilled and in a state of euphoric joy. Its predecessor, the equally […]
Sparks talk to Tony Bartolo about the current state of pop and their desire to create the grand classical culture. Brothers Ron and Russell Mael are in town to promote their new album L’il Beethoven as new and fresh as anything being done by bands half their age. It’s Sparks reinventing Sparks. So, did Russell […]
Sometimes the public gets what it deserves, always moaning about the lack of cutting edge music around, yet invariably lapping up the same old stuff. Most bands seem happy to reinvent the past, yet there is an old act reinventing the future. Thank God for Sparks! Make no mistake, Lil’ Beethoven is bang on it: […]