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Mark Sultan – BBQ

Review — January 9, 2017

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 …

Mark Lanegan – I Am the Wolf

Review — December 18, 2017

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. Delving into …

Mark Lanegan – Sing Backwards and Weep

Review — April 28, 2020

“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 – Straight Songs Of Sorrow

Review — May 11, 2020

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... …

Mark Mordue – Boy on Fire - The Young Nick Cave

Review — February 15, 2021

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

Blog — September 21, 2018

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, if not enamoured with not only his high …

Mark Rothko: From the Inside Out book review

Blog — November 8, 2018

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 grandeur in the third …

Mark Rothko: Toward Clarity

Blog — May 26, 2019

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 painter and the idea, …

Compilations That Left A Mark, pt. 1

Blog — December 5, 2020

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 send me down new …

Mark Rothko - 1968: Clearing Away book review

Blog — February 10, 2022

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 third dimension. Learning …