create rock music of the thoughtful, sometimes epic, often loud, vaguely danceable, implicitly humanist variety. At least, that's what Keith Murray, Chris Cain and Andy Burrows think what they're doing. Overall, the three Brooklynites are a band that masters that mysterious reaction that turns bedsit angst into dancefloor gold. With «Steve Wants His Money» they even have their own mini-series on MTV.
Editors / Bishop Allen / Roland Shanks / Foreign Born / The Double (we're acquaintances, really, but they're amazing)
5 favorite cities
San Francisco, CA / Berkeley, CA / New York, NY / Glasgow, Scotland / Miami, Florida
5 favorite human inventions
the hat rack / the cat leash / my laptop (although not laptops in general) / flow charts / those fake skeletons that hang in biology classrooms
5 favorite instruments
drums / bass / guitar / microKorg / piano
5 favorite months
September / October / November / April / May
5 favorite personal belongings
my Fender Telecaster / my Boss DD6 delay pedal / my father's Guild 1968 acoustic guitar (stolen from him) / a strip of photos taken of my girlfriend in a photobooth in Cleveland, Ohio / my pack of strawberry candies, which will soon be lost to history
The Chromatics are finally back. After their very promising debut they took some time to come back with an album that finally shows the full potential of what Johnny Jewel & co is capable of. Where «In The City» left off ...