A.L. Harper

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Archive for October, 2006

Band/ Music Review: Locksley

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Locksley’s sound is similar to The Beatles pre-Rubber Soul, mixed with the Kinks, a bit of The Beach Boys and plenty of the youthful enthusiasm of punk. Fantastic, energetic harmonies and melodies that harken back to the early 60’s but mixed with garage rock guitars, and modern spiky production, creating a sound that is completely […]

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Platinum Weird - Make Believe

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

There has been a lot of media hype surrounding Dave Stewart’s newest partnership/band Platinum Weird and their amazing “back-story”, a convoluted – and primarily untrue — tale of lost love & fame that could potentially qualify as a Movie of the Week on the Hallmark channel. And all the attention paid to this pretend history […]

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Another Interview with Mike Patton

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

Mike Patton is supremely. Supremely artistic, supremely talented, supremely prolific, supremely busy and that last one makes him supremely difficult to get a handle on, to “pin down” both figuratively and literally. In fact this is my second email interview with Mike and I still know fuck all about what makes him tick – but […]

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