Introducing (Again) + Interview: Brian Karscig of San Diego’s NERVOUS WRECKORDS
Brian Karscig of San Diego’s fine Nervous Wreckords talks about touring with the Killers, what it takes to be a self-funded band these days and how last year was “interesting”. Oh and how they’re about to play with Cee-Lo Green.
SEBADOH – West Coast Tour Dates Announced!
Received from Lou Barlow hisself less than 20 minutes ago, I present Sebadoh’s West Coast Tour Dates for February. Read them and weep with joy. I am.
Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips Do Galaxie 500: Gallery/Words/Setlist
BACKSTAGERIDER POST #100: Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips brought their version of Galaxie 500 to Vancouver on November 15 at the Biltmore Cabaret. I gots the photographic evidence, an old story AND the setlist, pop pickers!
SeBADoh Bakesale Reissue + Tour Dates (Sort Of)
HOLY CRAP! The Gods have heard my prayers. SeBADoh are coming back out on tour to support the reissues of Bakesale and Harmacy in 2011. Here’s a few details.
Hangin’ Out With Wayne Coyne, The Flaming Lips and Ariel Pink
Giant hands! Confetti! Spaceballs! Grey Suit! Hugs! Twitter! The most venerable Flaming Lips and Ariel Pink were in town, and the BackstageRider well, went backstage. Here’s what we all got up to via the implementation of words, pictures, video and interpretive dance.
EXCLUSIVE: Q&A with Jake Shears from the Scissor Sisters – “I’m very pro-sex work”
Night Work. Ian McKellen. His love for Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. Rentboy.com. Jake Shears dishes the disco dirt in this exclusive interview and photo sesh for BackstageRider on the eve of the Scissor Sisters’ final show of its tour.
A Day with Bob Nastanovich and Pavement
Yeah, so Pavement, reunited, were in town. So what’s the BackstageRider gonna do? Hang out with Bob Nastanovich, get goofy, rock out, go on the tour bus, talk hockey and crap with Malkmus, OF COURSE. Here’s the proof in photos, video, aftershow passes and Sausage Kitchen business cards.
The Grapes of Wrath Reunion – What Was Going Through My Head
Welcome back to the much-loved, curly-haired, 90s rock heroes, The Grapes of Wrath. The original trio of Kevin Kane, Tom Hooper and Chris Hooper played their first gig together in over a decade this past weekend, and we were there. Check out the mahoosive photo gallery and beer-soaked memories.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: What Jason Hill of Louis XIV Did Next
Following a world tour with The Killers, San Diego rockers LouisXIV went on hiatus and singer Jason Hill seemed to go off the grid for a year. What did he get up to? “I was in a dark place,” he said. Here’s what Jason Hill Did Next in this BSR exclusive.