Tag Archives: Echo & the Bunnymen

U.K. art-rock clothing the Departure hails from the provincial city of Northampton, and was created by the end of 2003 by David Jones (vocals), Sam Harvey (acoustic guitar), Lee Irons (acoustic guitar/vocals), Ben Winton (bass), and Andy Hobson (drums). They produced their live debut within their indigenous Northampton in the …

Finland in the ’90s produced a lot more than its talk about of noteworthy rings, and even a number of the less-well-known groupings had a definite something heading. Such may be the case with Coo, a five-piece focused on it’s own make of post-shoegaze/psych exploration, having a obvious nod to …

Rusty Willoughby is usually among Seattle’s unsung alternate veterans. The vocalist/guitarist was an early on favorite from the Emerald City’s underground picture in the middle-’80s, leading the neo-psychedelic group Pure Pleasure. Although Pure Pleasure — also comprising bassist Lisa Ruler and drummer Jim Hunnicutt — distanced themselves from your collision …

Since Fall Leaves produced their 1993 saving debut using the single “WHILE I Close My Eye” b/w “The Sphere of Sea Tides,” singer/songwriter David Beckey laid the groundwork for his one-man music group that looked up to the psychedelic ’60s revival from the Byrds as well as the Beatles. Pursuing …

Lovingly retro, ambitious, and psychologically epic, Brooklyn-based alternative rock outfit Atomic Tom blend the arena rock grandeur from the Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, and Coldplay using the ’80s, soundtrack-ready precision of INXS, the Cure, and Echo & the Bunnymen. Produced in ’09 2009 by vocalist Luke Light, bass participant Philip Galitzine, …

As the cult of Cave grows, increasingly more non-Australian music fans may uncover the Children NEARBY and their lone album, 1979’s Door, Door. Vocalist Nick Cave, guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey, bassist Tracy Pew, and drummer Phil Calvert had been disaffected, dissatisfied teens growing up within a middle-class portion of Melbourne, hearing …

When North Britain rock-band Yourcodenameis: Milo continued hiatus in 2007, guitarist Justin Lockey considered producing. A 12 months later he fulfilled Craig Pilbin, a songwriter seeking to utilize a producer, inside a Newcastle studio room. Soon the set developed beyond the musician/maker relationship and started writing material collectively, dubbing themselves …

Climate Theatre had small in keeping with the majority of its Seattle brethren in the second option half from the ’80s. Following the separation of his music group A Western Family members, vocalist John Massoni created Weather Theater in 1985 with David Thierry (drums), Liz Wick (bass), and Eric Burnham …

The ’90s music group Violet Scene appeared towards the ’80s for inspiration. Produced in 1995 in Oslo, Norway, Violet Picture championed the Cure’s shimmering, interlocking guitars, the Smiths’ sun-drenched jangle, and the home of Love’s brooding British rock and roll. Featuring brothers Kjetil Bergseth (vocals, guitars, keyboards) and Jo Espen …

The voice of Paul Simpson (vocals, Mellotron, keyboards) is often as dreamy and ethereal as the music he creates. A previous keyboardist for the Teardrop Explodes, Simpson shaped the Crazy Swans with guitarist Jeremy Kelly in the first ’80s. The Crazy Swans documented live shows for legendary United kingdom DJ …