Earlier today, I chatted with Rufus Wainwright. Here’s our full exchange:
1. Was Lulu your most challenging album to record?
This album is a reaction to personal tragedy and also personal exhaustion from doing these operas and doing all these tours and visiting my mom in the hospital. It’s definitely a darker record.
2. Can you explain Lulu’s myriad Shakespeare references?
A year ago, I worked with Robert Wilson on ten Shakespeare sonnets. He’s a very famous & respected American director. I picked out the three I enjoyed the most. It’s a glimpse into one of the many Wainwright avenues.
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Read today’s article expressing love for ‘Lion Face Boy’ here.
We Built A Fire is out now.
Visit Seabear on MySpace.
MP3: Seabear - Lion Face Boy
Wild Smile will see daylight on 6/8. It features:
1 Save Your Love for Me
2 Black Sheep
3 Before Your Birthday Ends
4 You Can Keep Me Runnin’ Around
5 A Mind I Knew
6 Roman Candles
7 It Gets Your Body Movin’
8 Martha
9 King Of Snakes
10 2 Eyes 2 C
11 Loose Change
We’re giving away tix to catch Suckers in NYC!
Read my review of Suckers @ NYC’s Pianos here.
MP3: Suckers - It Gets Your Body Movin’
Catch ‘em at:
April 19 Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
April 20 The Railyard Billings, MT
April 22 Slowdown Omaha, NE
April 23 Sandstone Amphitheatre Bonner Springs, KS
April 25 St. Andrew’s Hall Detroit, MI
April 26 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
April 28 Madison Theater Covington, KY
April 29 Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY
April 30 Webster Theatre Hartford, CT
May 2 Bamboozle Festival E. Rutherford, NJ
May 5 Wilbur Theatre Boston, MA
May 6 Trocadero Philadelphia, PA
May 7 9:30 Club Washington, DC
May 8 The National Richmond, VA
May 9 The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
May 10 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
May 11 Revolution Ft. Lauderdale, FL
May 12 The Ritz Tampa, FL
May 14 House Of Blues Houston, TX
May 15 Granada Dallas, TX
May 16 La Zona Rosa Austin, TX
May 18 Sunshine Theatre Albuquerque, NM
May 19 House Of Blues Las Vegas, NV
May 20 Mayan Theatre Los Angeles, CA
May 21 Glass House Pomona, CA
May 22 SOMA San Diego, CA
May 23 Marquee Theater Tempe, AZ
May 26 Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA
May 27 Knitting Factory Reno, NV
May 28 Roseland Theatre Portland, OR
May 29 Sasquatch Music Festival George, WA
Omni is out soon.
MP3: Minus The Bear - Guns & Ammo
The Five Ghosts will see daylight on 6/22. It features:
1 Dead Hearts
2 Wasted Daylight
3 I Died So I Could Haunt You
4 Fixed
5 We Don’t Want Your Body
6 He Dreams He’s Awake
7 Never Been Good With Change
8 The Passenger
9 The Last Song Ever Written
10 How Much More
11 Winter Bones
Visit Stars on MySpace.
MP3: Stars - Sleep Tonight (Junior Boys Mix)
Enjoy her positively stunning performance of ‘Run’ in the feature below.
MP3: Basia - Gold Rush
