Laura Studarus

Editor at Under the Radar magazine. Contributor to MTV Iggy, eMusic, Nylon, Filter, Relevant, Paste, and more. Not Hip. Likes catsup and pie. Great. Now we have nothing left to discuss on the second date.

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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

It’s eve of Club 8’s eighth album release, Above the City, and Johan Angergård is contemplating his musical hero, Morrissey. Having just released his first protest song, the pro-vegetarian ballad, “Kill Kill Kill,” it seems inevitable that the ex-Smiths frontman will come knocking any day. Right? (via Waiting For a Change With Swedish Duo Club 8 | MTV IGGY)

It’s eve of Club 8’s eighth album release, Above the City, and Johan Angergård is contemplating his musical hero, Morrissey. Having just released his first protest song, the pro-vegetarian ballad, “Kill Kill Kill,” it seems inevitable that the ex-Smiths frontman will come knocking any day. Right?

With its crashing guitars and caffeinated refrains, The Colourist (yes, that’s a British “u,” and no, they aren’t actually British), is pop joie de vivre personified. The Orange County quartet (Adam Castilla, Maya Tuttle, Justin Wagner, and Kollin Johannsen) is on a mission to obliterate the idea of “guilty pleasures.” No prisoners will be taken. (via Discovery: The Colourist - Page - Interview Magazine)

With its crashing guitars and caffeinated refrains, The Colourist (yes, that’s a British “u,” and no, they aren’t actually British), is pop joie de vivre personified. The Orange County quartet (Adam Castilla, Maya Tuttle, Justin Wagner, and Kollin Johannsen) is on a mission to obliterate the idea of “guilty pleasures.” No prisoners will be taken. (via Discovery: The Colourist - Page - Interview Magazine)

Today is World Goth Day! (It is also Morrissey’s birthday; a fact that we have chosen to pretend is more than a happy coincidence.) A celebration of all things dark, witchy, and morose, the holiday marks an opportunity for Goths to proudly emerge into the sunlight, raise their heads high, and declare, “Damn it, why don’t they make an SPF higher than 100?” (via Goth Or Not?: 10 Bands With a Touch of Darkness | MTV IGGY)

Today is World Goth Day! (It is also Morrissey’s birthday; a fact that we have chosen to pretend is more than a happy coincidence.) A celebration of all things dark, witchy, and morose, the holiday marks an opportunity for Goths to proudly emerge into the sunlight, raise their heads high, and declare, “Damn it, why don’t they make an SPF higher than 100?”

musikgruppen: happy birthday moz!

Tomorrow, Morrissey turns 54. Musikgruppen is celebrating at its usual time and place. Here’s something to get you in the mood. 

During the 2011 London riots, Still Corners’ Greg Hughes was at work on the follow-up his band’s recently released debut, Creatures of an Hour. His Texas twang softened by over a decade in Britain, the American multi-instrumentalist recalls the city in confusion, as he hurried home to the Greenwich-neighborhood apartment that he shares with bandmate and Still Corners vocalist, Tessa Murray. (via Grab The Moment With London’s Still Corners | MTV IGGY)

During the 2011 London riots, Still Corners’ Greg Hughes was at work on the follow-up his band’s recently released debut, Creatures of an Hour. His Texas twang softened by over a decade in Britain, the American multi-instrumentalist recalls the city in confusion, as he hurried home to the Greenwich-neighborhood apartment that he shares with bandmate and Still Corners vocalist, Tessa Murray.

The Eurovision Song Contest was established as way to bring European countries together after World War II. The first competition was held in the town of Lugano, Switzerland, on May 24, 1956. Since then, it’s become a sprawling behemoth that makes American Idol, The Voice and X-Factor look downright quaint. The first year, seven countries entered. Now in its 58th year, 39 countries are competing for the top prize. (via eMusic’s Alternate-Universe Eurovision | eMusic News & Features)

The Eurovision Song Contest was established as way to bring European countries together after World War II. The first competition was held in the town of Lugano, Switzerland, on May 24, 1956. Since then, it’s become a sprawling behemoth that makes American Idol, The Voice and X-Factor look downright quaint. The first year, seven countries entered. Now in its 58th year, 39 countries are competing for the top prize. (via eMusic’s Alternate-Universe Eurovision | eMusic News & Features)

New issue of Filter Magazine! I spoke with Jake Bugg. 

New issue of Filter Magazine! I spoke with Jake Bugg. 

Despite haunting the Internet with a millennial’s intensity, there’s only a hiccup’s worth of information about MS MR online. (via FILTER Magazine - Reviews - MS MR)

Despite haunting the Internet with a millennial’s intensity, there’s only a hiccup’s worth of information about MS MR online.

(via FILTER Magazine - Reviews - MS MR)

Once a star pupil of the chillwave class of ’09-10, (which also featured Washed Out, Toro Y Moi and Neon Indian), Small Black, on their second full-length, has graduated from the hazy hallmarks of the sub-genre (via Small Black, Limits of Desire | eMusic News & Features)

Once a star pupil of the chillwave class of ’09-10, (which also featured Washed Out, Toro Y Moi and Neon Indian), Small Black, on their second full-length, has graduated from the hazy hallmarks of the sub-genre (via Small Black, Limits of Desire | eMusic News & Features)