Adam Bloom
Sugar Sweet (Indie). Review by Christopher Long.
Sugar Sweet (Indie). Review by Christopher Long.
Before John Hughes and Molly Ringwald came along, “Pretty in Pink” was a song on a seminal post-punk album, Talk Talk Talk. The Psychedelic Furs are celebrating the disc’s 30th anniversary with a tour, and Steve Stav was there to soak up the nostalgia – and a few surprises.
Happy Mondays and Psychedelic Furs rock an Orlando audience filled with aging Gen-Xers, and all is well.
Too melodic for punk, too gritty for “new wave” – The Psychedelic Furs are a hard band to pigeonhole, which makes them that much more rewarding. Steve Stav speaks with legendary frontman Richard Butler.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.