Blackberry in City Paper Top 10
Baltimore’s City Paper named Blackberry Belle number 9 in their Top 10 Albums of 2003 list. Twilight Singers Blackberry Belle (One Little Indian) Is former Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli on track to be America’s Serge Gainsbourg? A soused, red-nosed rambler live, Dulli occupies a dusky sepia-toned vignette he so perfectly captures on Twilight Singers’ swooning sophomore album, Blackberry Belle. You can practically feel the groove’s grain and the neck’s pulsing vein as Dulli belts delirious, darkly erotic tales of decadence and desperation over his…
Feathers Single
One Little Indian confirmed that the Twilight Singers’ next UK single with be “Feathers” backed with the Lanegan collaboration “Number 9.” The single will be commercially available.
9:30 Club’s Best of 2003
From the 9:30 Club (Washington DC) Newsletter: 9:30 Quick Spins– A Guide to Giving the Gift of Music Wondering what kind of music would make the perfect gift? The 9:30 Staff has chosen their top picks of 2003: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Take Them On, On Your Own Cooper Temple Clause, See This Through and Leave Explosions in the Sky, The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place Raveonettes, Chain Gang of Love Twilight Singers, Blackberry Belle (Thanks Angel)
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Sounds Like…Whigs
Two recent Afghan Whigs comparisons in the press. The first, from Indystar.com, compares the rock band Maroon 5 to the Whigs: His band hammers rock textures to a classic soul blueprint, perhaps as well as 1990s cult heroes the Afghan Whigs. The second, from PopMatters, is a best-of-2003 review of the Constatines album “Shine a Light:” Much has been made about how they shamelessly lift their sound from Fugazi and the Afghan Whigs, …
MTV.com on the Twins
MTV.com ran a brief bit on the Gutter Twins: “Early next year, former Afghan Whigs singer Greg Dulli and Queens of the Stone Age guest vocalist Mark Lanegan (ex-Screaming Trees) will enter a studio in San Rafael, California, to record a collaborative project under the name the Gutter Twins. … ” Apparently, no one has told MTV about the Twilight Singers…
Tour Shirts on eBay
The remaining shirts from the Twilight Singers’ US tour have been placed on eBay (wow, two eBay posts in a row…). It’s a dutch auction, with a number of shirts in Large and Extra Large. View the auction details closely to make sure that you are bidding on the design and size that you want. The two styles are “black out the windows – it’s twilight time” and “twilight is for lovers.” These shirts will not be sold on the European leg of the tour….
Dulli Autographed Swag on eBay
In an auction set to benefit the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, Greg Dulli has submitted two signed CDs, Twilight as Played by the Twilight Singers, and 1965. The CDs are decorated for the holidays and would make a great gift for yourself or any fan of the Twilight Singers / Afghan Whigs. Best of all, the auction benefits a wonderful charity. Many other artists have also given memorabilia for the auction. You can see the entire list at: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/sweetreliefmusiciansfund. Update With a little more than…
The Gutter Twins
Confirmed: Greg Dulli is scheduled to head into the studio with Mark Lanegan to work on their new project, dubbed “The Gutter Twins,” this month. This follows a string of collaborations between the two songwriters, including “Number 9″ from Blackberry Belle and “Methamphetamine Blues” from Here Comes that Weird Chill. Dulli will be playing keys on Lanegans west coast dates this month, before heading to Europe with the Twilight Singers in January.
Last Story Best Album
The Last Story has named Blackberry Belle its top album for 2003. Excerpt: Blackberry Belle has something kids like Justin Timberlake just don’t have—and that’s a pair of balls the size of an elephant’s genitalia. Timberlake is obviously petrified of failure and is spoon-feeding the public what the studios advise him to peddle. Dulli’s only barometer is his soul and passion. If he fails, he fails—but at least it’s something worth failing for, my friends.