Focus on Thurston Moore – Who is he ?
Early life and Sonic Youth years Thurston Moore is born Thurston Joseph Moore on July 25 1958 in Florida. He followed his family to Connecticut when he was 8. Then he moved alone to NYC...
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Focus on Thurston Moore – Why him ?
As rhythmic guitarist/singer/songwriter of Sonic Youth Thurston Moore is the main contributor of a major band in post-punk and noise rock. That’s already a good reason to talk about him…
Top 10 of indie guitarists
The point of this blog is to highlight the work of indie guitarists. But which guitarists? And in which order? …
Watch Radiohead at Glastonbury 2017
It’s been a while. And it was worth waiting. Their Glastonbury 2017 show was really wonderful. Check out the video here! For the 20 years’anniversary of OK Computer, Radiohead covered their full discography. No...
What are the different genres of indie guitarists ?
It may sound contradictory to assign genres to indie guitarist as, by definition, indie artists rather explore and stay away from mainstream. However some of them managed to create something new that became a...
Listen to the great new album of Sufjan Stevens and The National’s Bryce Dessner
Two notable indie guitarists, i.e. Sufjan Stevens and Bryce Dessner from The National, have formed an indie “super group” with the drummer James McAlister and the composer/arranger Nico Muhly. Their new album “Planetarium” is available...
Arcade Fire released a new song before a new album
Watch that video of the first song of new album to come. Arcade Fire is definitely back as they were at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound Festival where few materials were unveiled (vinyl, t-shirts..).
Kurt Vile covering a great song of Lou Reed
Listen to Kurt Vile covering “Sword of Damocles”, a moving song from Lou Reed on the deep “Magic and loss” album. A chance to revisit Lou Reed and that specific album, not the most known...
What is an indie guitarist ?
This question is essential when it comes to defining the content and the boundaries of this blog. Indeed it’s not so obvious to categorize a guitarist as an indie guitarist or not. Think of grunge guitarists like...
J Mascis talks about yoga, Adele, his sitar and plays few tunes
Check it out here in a podcast WTF with Marc Maron from WTF. Now I’m looking forward to hear that electrical sitar of his. But I’m not sure I would see myself doing yoga...
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