94 stories by "Tom Lanham"
Benji Hughes took eight years to release "Songs in the Key of Animals," the followup to his whimsical 25-track debut in 2008, "A Love Extreme." But don't worry about the »
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At first, fans might not recognize her from her solo-project sobirquet, the lower-case jennylee, as seen on last year's similarly lower-case "right on!" It's Warpaint bassist Jenny Lee Lindb…
London-bred Haelos vocalist Lotti Benardout can claim several gifted relatives, like an aunt who sings professionally and a grandmother in Arkansas renowned for penning advertising jingles a…
Even though the struggling artist's caveat warns against giving up your day job, Charles Michael Parks Jr. , who anchors neo-psychedelic Nashville quartet All Them Witches, had no choice two…
As the mastermind behind eclectic U.K. ensemble The Go! Team, Ian Parton is nearing the level occupied by visionaries the likes of Phil Spector and the late Joe Meek — »
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Two years ago, things were not going too well for folk-rock duo HoneyHoney. After two initially promising record deals fell apart, Benjamin Jaffe and Suzanne Santo were struggling to complet…
Josephine Vander Gucht is not a hypnologist. But with Anthony West, her partner in the British dream-pop duo Oh Wonder, she has compiled enough research on sleep and its rejuvenating »
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Erudite ex-Nerves/Plimsouls anchor Peter Case, whose great new solo recording is called "Hwy 62," also is the author of a scrappy autobiography, 2007's "As Far As You Can Get Without »
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Musically, 2016 seems like it will kick off with a bang, beginning with the long-awaited release of "Leave Me Alone," the jagged, jangling debut from Spanish all-girl quartet Hinds (formerly…
Remove Adele from the equation, and 2015 was a rather uneventful year in music. Taylor Swift still reigned supreme over everything, on a sweeping tour that included a cavalcade of »
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In 1998, Dean Wareham's alt-rock outfit Luna started a tradition of playing New Year's Eve concerts, which ended with the band's splintering in 2005. He and his wife Britta Phillips »
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Concrete Blonde mainstay Johnette Napolitano tracked her latest self-released solo effort "The Naked Album" in her secluded cabin in the Mojave desert. For skeletal, bluesy new numbers like …
Portland-raised artist Grace Mitchell quietly celebrated her 18th birthday in August by having dinner with a good friend at a restaurant in Hollywood, a city she has been visiting since …
In England, alt-rock combo Swim Deep has issued two critically lauded albums " 2013's "Where the Heaven Are We" and this year's more adventurous "Mothers" " and has been hailed »
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His bandmates in X are calling it their own "X-mas miracle." It's hard to downplay the triumphant stage return of founding guitarist Billy Zoom, who was sidelined this summer by »
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As a child, X Ambassadors bandleader Sam Harris was an extra in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator," and he even got to meet Scott and star Russell Crowe, thanks to his father »
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Bay Area rockabilly revivalist Chris Isaak is proud of his latest release, "First Comes the Night," which he recorded mostly in Nashville with country producers Dave Cobb and Paul Worley. &#…
Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann can't remember who first suggested the concept of an annual Christmas tour eight years ago. But it started as a little joke that quickly grew into a »
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The members of Icelandic outfit alt-rock outfit Kaleo experienced culture shock when they recently moved (on four-year visas) to Austin, Texas to track their forthcoming debut album with pro…
John Lydon of Public Image Limited painted the cover of his 10th album "What the World Needs Now…" with a picture of a harlequin-attired fool inspired by a traditional Hopi »
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When it comes to official tour merchandise, few artists can match the swag of Nashville renegade Nikki Lane. She parlayed a World War II-era fighter-pilot's patch " featuring a Posada-stark …
Formerly missing-in-action pop-R&B stylist JoJo has essentially finished, but not yet released, her long-awaited third album. In the meantime, the singer (born Joanna Levesque) has issu…
Boy & Bear bandleader Dave Hosking believes artists should write what they know, so he followed his gut instinct when composing the Aussie outfit's new third album, "Limit of Love," …
It's been three decades since British outfit The Cult released its landmark Goth-chiming "Love." But the band isn't living in the past. Its upcoming "Hidden City" is one of its »
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Sometimes hitting rock bottom can be a blessing in disguise, as was the case with Charlatans UK bandleader Tim Burgess, who wa penniless when he returned to his native England »
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