Mark Sultan has long gone by two stage names: his own, and BBQ (of King Khan & The BBQ Show). Most solo work has been truly solo: just Sultan, his guitar and his drums. That’s right: he’s a one-man band instead of a “singer-songwriter.” On BBQ, Sultan merges …
I came late to the party when it comes to Mark Lanegan and his career.
It was him opening for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 2013 and I was instantly overcome with the feeling that I have missed out on an intriguing man and his works.
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“If I was honest, there was nothing but shame in the way I lived my life. I was nothing if not an abject failure, a fucking shitbag liar, a junkie loser if ever there was one”.Sing Backwards and Weep, the memoir of musician Mark Lanegan is a raw, …
Mark Lanegan didn’t set out to write a new album, but after finishing writing his memoir, Sing Backwards and Weep (Out now from Hatchette Books), the waves of catharsis were so strong, he returned to the studio to create what’s possibly his finest work to date.To call Sing Backwards... …
One cannot exactly claim that Nick Cave’s life and his oeuvre at large are being disregarded – au contraire, the interpretations and coverage of his emissions of the man, the myth, the legend is manifold. All the more interesting it is when a book emerges that tackles the life of …
Mark Lanegan
Factory Theatre
Sydney, Australia
September 18, 2018
Mark Lanegan.
The Screaming Trees.
Queens of the Stone Age.
If you are remotely into the darker realms of music and do not mind digging a bit deeper, chances are that you familiar, …
Mark Rothko: From the Inside Out
Yale University Press
Mark Rothko.
Chances are that if you have a remote interest in art related matters and visited modern galleries within the last two decades, you would have had the mesmerizing experience that only unfolds its full …
Mark Rothko: Toward Clarity
Yale University Press
Let’s start with words from the man himself – words that would have lead to choosing the title of the book:
“The progression of a painter’s work…will be toward clarity; toward the elimination of all obstacles between the …
The Formative Years
Compilations that left a mark pt. 1
What makes a good compilation album for you?
The main factors during my formative years was “bang for your buck”, listening pleasure and ideally a musical education and exposure to bands and sounds that would …
Mark Rothko
1968: Clearing Away
Pace Publishing
Since its inception in 1960, Pace Gallery has established itself as a veritable heavyweight on the firmament of contemporary and modern art galleries with nine locations worldwide, which unfortunately I have not had to chance to experience yet in the …