Kenneth Partridge
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Kenneth Partridge is a freelance music journalist living in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to AOL Music, he's written for the Hartford Courant, USA Today, the Village Voice, Performing Songwriter, ListenDammit.com, the Deli, and Electronic Musician.
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The third Spiritualized album, 1997's 'Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space,' is very much one man's story. Genre-wise, it falls somewhere between science fiction and self-help -- group mastermind Jason Pierce's journey into the both the distant cosmos and depths of his own soul. One day, he might consider playing the whole ...
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Whatever inspired 'Ladies and Gentlemen, We're Floating in Space,' Spiritualized's classic 1997 album, it was heavy, heavy stuff. Frontman and songwriter Jason Pierce has repeatedly downplayed the influence of his breakup with then-bandmate Kate Radley, but with its bipolar mix of drugged-out despair and manic hopefulness, ...
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Steve Shaw
The first time around, the Gories lasted seven years, three albums and about a half-dozen singles. The way they see it, that's enough rehearsal for one lifetime. Last summer, the Detroit garage rockers prefaced their first tour in 16 years with exactly zero full-band practices, and Thursday night at Maxwell's in Hoboken, N.J., where ...
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Alex Chilton led one of the richest, strangest lives in rock 'n' roll history. He was, at various points in his 43-year career, a soulful teenage hitmaker, a power-pop innovator, a tender folkie, a CBGB punker and a rockabilly rebel, among other things. Beloved by many, unknown to many more, he played in Big ...
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Last summer, Jack Tatum was gearing up for his senior year at Virginia Tech. The songwriter and multi-instrumentalist had recently started Wild Nothing, then a one-man recording project, and even if he suspected his songs were good, he had no reason to believe that, a mere 12 months later, he'd be touring England, promoting an ...
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The version of Squeeze touring this summer with Cheap Trick and the English Beat bears little resemblance to the one first came together in London in 1974. Of course, that original lineup lasted only a couple of years, giving way to another that remained intact only through the band's second album, 1979's 'Cool for Cats.' ...
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Jelle Wagenaar
When Interpol announced the resignation of Carlos Dengler, the monochromatic foursome's most colorful member, it came as good news to no one. Fans of the band wondered what the bassist's departure would mean for its sound, while haters lamented the loss of their favorite punching bag, the man whose slick, urban-gunslinger stage ...
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