Video
Afghan Whigs + Usher at SXSW
Video: The Afghan Whigs were joined by pop star Usher and Sinkane at SXSW 2013. Watch the performance and read reviews.
Fader Interview with Greg Dulli
Includes footage from the band’s private show in Los Angeles for Fader.
Dulli Joins Afterhours in Rome
Greg Dulli joined Afterhours on stage in Rome last night for a melding of “La Vedova Blanca (White Widow)” and “My Time (Has Come)”. Afterhours were the opening act for The Afghan Whigs’ Rome performance. Dulli and the band have a long history, with Manuel Agnelli joining The Twilight Singers on tour as keyboardist and Dulli’s work co-writing, recording and producing with Afterhours.
News
NME on Twilight Singers UK Dates, McCabe
via NME.com The Verve guitarist Nick McCabe is to appear on the Twilight Singers’ first album in five years. Greg Dulli’s band release ‘Dynamite Steps’ on February 14. It’s their first LP since 2006′s ‘Powder Burns’. Mark Lanegan, who Dulli regularly plays with in The Gutter Twins, also guests on the record. The band also tour the UK this March. Twilight Singers will play: London Electric Ballroom (March 18) Glasgow Arches (19) Manchester Moho (20) Brighton Komedia (21)
Dulli Talks Dynamite Steps, Basketball, Kanye
By William Goodman, Spin.com Greg Dulli is alt-rock’s suave raconteur — and he has plenty real-life stories for fodder. He rose to fame during the grunge era as the frontman of Afghan Whigs, the first non-Northwest band to sign to Sub Pop; he was the singing voice of John Lennon in the 1994 film Backbeat, recording classic rock’n’roll songs in a band with Thurston Moore, Dave Grohl, and R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, among others; he was nearly beaten to death after a show in Austin, TX,…
SK Readers Top 10 of 2010
Thanks to everyone that cast their vote in the SK Readers Best of 2010 poll. There were a number of interesting choices; but here are the albums that rose to the top. 1. The National – High Violet 2. The Black Keys – Brothers 3. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs 4. Spoon – Transference 5. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 6. The Gaslight Athem – American Slang 7. My Jerusalem – Gone for Good 8. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More…
“On the Corner” Free Download
You can download “On the Corner” by The Twilight Singers right here. Merry Christmas!
New Marianne Faithfull Album Covers Gutter Twins
via PopInStereo Award winning English singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull is set to release her 23rd solo album, Horses And High Heels, in January 2011 in France and Germany and March in the UK. The album, which was recorded in the New Orleans French Quarter in September and October, features eight cover versions and four original new songs co-written by Marianne, four songs which feature the virtuoso guitar playing of John Porter, a musician/producer friend most noted for his work with Roxy Music, Eric…
“On The Corner” debuts Sunday
via thetwilightsingers.com “On The Corner” from the forthcoming Twilight Singers album Dynamite Steps will make it’s debut on WRXP in New York this Sunday evening during Denis Leary’s takeover of the station. The program starts at 7pm EST and we hope you’ll tune in.
SK Readers Best of 2010
What were the best albums of 2K10? Maybe you really dug the 10.0 receiving Kanye West album or Surfer Blood stoked your fire. Maybe Best Coast and The National stirred something deep within you. Maybe 2010 was a year of so-so releases with only a few good singles. Share your top 10 albums list with SK and we’ll combine all of the responses into a master list of album recommendation goodness. Here’s How: Visit the SK Contact Page. Leave a comment with “Best of” in…
SK Recs Holiday Sale
From right now until Monday morning, you can get the Afghan Whigs tribute album for only $10! The album features exclusive performances from Mark Lanegan, Joseph Arthur, Wussy, Matthew Ryan, Zykos and many more. This is your last chance to order and ensure holiday delivery. Our stock is very limited. Once they’re gone, they are gone for good! ORDER NOW
Greg Dulli’s Short Stop Re-ignites Echo Park
Via the LA Times Taix, along with many others, traces the initial change to December 2000, when the Rampart Division cop bar called the Short Stop was bought by a cool group of young investors including rock ‘n’ roll royal Greg Dulli, the frontman of the indie band the Afghan Whigs. Dulli and his friends shot pool at the Short Stop before they bought it, so they knew very well what kind of cultural shift they were about to introduce. “We weren’t going to be…
Moon Maan Back in Orbit
Rick McCollum’s Moon Maan is back on the grind. The band starts pre-production on Saturday with around thirty new songs to be recorded and released soon thereafter. The band will be playing a short set at the Toys for Tots benefit at the Nomad in Minneapolis on Dec. 15.