Archive | Artist Features
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Green Day’s latest commercial ventures
Spring has spring and Green Day’s song licensing team is busy. It’s been exactly 20 years since the Operation Ivy-inspired East Bay San Francisco punk band released its first EP, 39/Smooth, and yet it continues to skyrocket itself further into the rock-commercialist stratosphere with more l...
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Interview: Matt Hensley of Flogging Molly
A proper mix of Irish and punk, Flogging Molly essentially created a niche. As Irish culture continues to grow in popularity with movies like “The Departed” and the recent sequel to “The Boondock Saints” so has one of its best exports: Irish-punk.
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Drummer reflects on time spent in Elton John’s band
On the band’s “Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live” tour, Sir Elton John’s drummer, Nigel Olsson, took time to speak with The Daily Toreador about how the band has changed throughout the years, the different places it has performed and to encourage the audience to use the bathrooms before the ...
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On the road with ‘of Montreal’
It is not too often that one hears about college professors going on tour with a band. Spenser Simrill, Jr., however, is one of the rare exceptions. The professor from the U.
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Titus Andronicus Invokes History in Music
Listening to either The Airing of Grievances or The Monitor, one could assume Titus Andronicus would be a very good live band.
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Writer for Conan O’Brien shares a look behind the scenes
A mix shuffled from Vampire Weekend’s “A-Punk” to Vanessa Carlton’s “White Houses” as a crowd of about 50 gathered and chatted among themselves.
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Q&A: Actress Alice Eve talks about her new film
To her own admission, actress Alice Eve has been talking about “manscaping” a lot lately. That’s because it’s one of the many hilarious and inappropriate topics explored in her new film, “She’s Out of My League.