Yesterday, Tuesday, 9 March, I spoke with Irish alt rock band Sixteen Layers on the eve of Canadian Music Week 2010. I met up with these four lads from Dublin at Java House on Queen Street, Toronto to discuss their reasons for appearing at the festival and what they hoped to get out of...
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Chuck Ragan, of Hot Water Music, and now a distinguished solo singer-songwriter of his own merit, is set to play European and UK tour dates this March, then heads to Australia in April. Music Vice’s Scotland based writer Gavin Leech probed Chuck with some questions about his music and the upcoming tour.
The most common...
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Last night in Solana Beach, CA former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins kicked off the North American leg of his latest spoken word tour. On Monday I spoke to Henry on the phone from his office in Los Angeles. Henry discussed several topics including the Frequent Flyer tour, his love for Africa and African...
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In little more than 24 hours time Andrew Johnston of the Dangerfields is set to embark on a journey to Morocco for a 60-mile hike across the Sahara Desert to raise money for Mencap.
Mencap is a UK charity that works with people with disabilities, as well as their carers and family. Without getting too...
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Yesterday, February 5th, I spoke to Corey Beaulieu from Trivium about some important news; the announcement of their new drummer Nick Augusto, the progress of album number five and of course the Soundwave festival which they’ll be playing towards the end of February.
Firstly the thing everyone wants to know more about – earlier...
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Music Vice contributor Steve Pass caught up with vocalist/guitarist Cam Baines from veteran Australian pop-punkers Bodyjar, just before the band took the stage to play their penultimate gig of their farewell tour, in Dunsborough, Western Australia.
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Ray Ahn is the bass player and sometimes-vocalist for iconic punk rock band the Hard-Ons from Sydney, Australia. Currently playing shows for their 25th Anniversary tour, Music Vice writer Steve Pass caught up with Ray before their recent gig at Perth’s Rosemount Hotel.
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The Rural Alberta Advantage is one of the most important bands among the exciting new wave of Canadian indie rock. Music Vice editor Brian Banks caught up with the RAA at Virgin Festival 2009 in Toronto for an in-depth interview.
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Scott Klopfenstein of Reel Big Fish talked on the phone with Danny. Listen to the mp3 stream to hear their conversation covering such wide-ranging topics as next year’s Soundwave Festival, his appreciation for Mike Patton, being dropped by Jive, and then the token chit-chat about vices. As a special treat there is cheesy background...
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John Calabrese of Danko Jones discusses Angus Young’s nephews, clown car tour buses and Paul Stanley’s Love Gun.
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