Music Archives: 07/2013

Secos e Molhados (“ The Dry & Wet”) was an glam-rock/Tropicália band formed in Brazil in 1971 during the most repressive phase of the military…

In an area of Tokyo known as “Foot Town,” a G-rated entertainment neighborhood for tourists, there sits the Tokyo Tower’s Wax Museum, the world’s greatest…

Depeche Mode interviewed in 1993, with Martin Gore, Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder and Andy Fletcher discussing their individual roles within the band, and their thoughts…

Stevie Wonder and Nelson Mandela During his concert Sunday in Quebec City, Stevie Wonder declared he would not be playing Florida again until the abolition…

I heard this rumor that Oasis will reform. So, I contacted Alan McGee, former head of Creation Records, and present boss of 359 Music, to…

Although I grew up in the punk era, it was really the post-punk stuff that turned my crank, and still does. During that time there…

Managing to sound simultaneously authentically retro and yet still very cutting edge at the same time is a neat trick and youthful Aussie psychsters Tame…

In yesterday’s mail I got a copy of Universal’s newly-released Scott Walker box set, which includes Scott(s) I-IV, ’til The Band Comes In and a…

Marc Almond is one of the truly great interpreters of song of our age. His distinctive voice, like Frank Sinatra’s, is instantly recognizable from the…

Grace Jones applies her makeup as Lady Miss Kier and DJ Dmitri of Deee-Lite ham it up for the video cameras in the dressing room…