The News Review:
- Acoustic explosion: The class of 2006.
- Freebies and rock music: It’s the Warped Tour
- The Pipettes: Formula fun
Acoustic explosion: The class of 2006.
Free with registration – Spokesman Review – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 14, 2006
(14-JUL-06) Spokesman-Review (Spokane WA). 14–In the local scene we get both kinds of music: punk and metal. At least the past decade has seemed that way. But recently an uprising of acoustic music has been gently.
Freebies and rock music: It’s the Warped Tour
Seattle Times – Jul 14, 2006
Vans Warped Tour is the longest-running most successful traveling rock festival in America. The all-day celebration of punk-rock music and skateboard culture has been successfully sailing along for a dozen years now because it delivers what it promises at a bargain price. A total of 82 bands are scheduled to play on eight stages at the Gorge Saturday starting at noon. There’s even an open-mike stage where anybody can play. But fans go to Vans for much more than the music. ver the years businesses and corporations have joined up with Vans — a shoe company — to reach its tour’s coveted 18-to-34-year-old demographic.
The Pipettes: Formula fun
Independent – Jul 14, 2006
Where most artists regard promotional duties as a chore The Pipettes see it as an opportunity to air their views on everything from how The Beatles ruined music to their favourite Sixties girl groups. “We don’t want to copy the music of that era” says Rose the baby of the band. “What would be the point? We’re trying to bring a fresh approach and we’re very aware of the music of our time. Along with their Sixties idols The Pipettes revere pop acts from the 1970s to the present from Abba and The smonds to Kylie and Girls Aloud. “We see Sixties music as our starting point” says Gwenno. “We don’t claim to be original; we’re just trying to find a different line in musical history. So many bands come along and reference exactly the same line of artists… “We want to get to as many people as we can. “Certainly their debut album We Are The Pipettes promises to be the soundtrack to the summer with its catchy choruses and mischievous lyrics. The album comprises three-minute punk-pop songs dealing with everything from desperado boyfriends trying to get their end away to the delights of schoolboys in blazers. Among the more controversial aspects of The Pipettes’ manifesto is their vehement criticism of The Beatles. “There’s always been this rule that if you like music you have to worship The Beatles” grumbles Gwenno. “We’ve had John Lennon’s voyage of self-discovery imposed on us and it’s all wrong. “”It’s not so much The Beatles themselves as what they started” adds Becki more diplomatically.