In my first feature for Collider, I dig deep into Josh Homme’s miles-long list of collaborations with other prominent musicians from a range of genres as part of Queens of the Stone Age and other projects. The 1,200-word article analyzes his work with PJ Harvey, Mark Lanegan, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Iggy Pop, Norah Jones, Rob Halford, Billy Gibbons and Dave Grohl – just to name a few.
“I don’t have doubts about something I’ve committed to.”
-Garrett Bussanick
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Garrett Bussanick is arguably the consummate metonymy for experimental black/ death metal, in that he breathes an inextinguishable fire. It’s all-consuming, too; his flames of fury have fired up projects like the active Sire Languish and Aeviterne; as well as his past bands Tombs, Flourishing, Arson, Cardiovascular Sub-Hypothermia and El-Ahrairah.
Pull to God EP is Bussanick’s first solo record, on which he performs all instruments and – thus – presumably bares his soul in full (if he believes there’s such a thing as a soul). Spring Effete issued the four-song release roughly a month ago, and The Bad Penny caught up with Bussanick soon after that.
Below is our conversation, conducted via email.
Continue readingMost music fans can’t read music. But they can read about music – the larger-than-life personalities, the history of various genres, the often-times truth-is-stranger-than-fiction dynamics that keep one of the entertainment industry’s least profitable yet universally beloved pillars standing.
For the first time ever, The Bad Penny shares what we consider to be the most essential nonfiction books about music that came out in a year during which citizens across the country tolerated book bans and censorship in Authoritarian America. Mark these words: What happened this year and is still happening in libraries and schools in the U.S. will go down as one of the most shameful “chapters” in this country’s history.
Read whatever books you want to read, and enjoy doing so, because in this unpredictable hellscape, who knows what rights we might lose next.
1. Patti Smith – Bread of Angels: A Memoir (McNally Jackson)
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In the latest installment of “Cover Me,” power-pop prince Mark Bacino re-envisions his latest album, Queens English (DreamCrush/ Redeye), which dropped earlier this summer on Amazon and iTunes. In addition to granting the Bad Penny a downloadable MP3 (scroll to the bottom of the post), he wonders what the songs would sound like if they were performed by Steve Earle, Jeff Tweedy, even Archie & Edith Bunker – and seals it all with a Kiss. Continue reading
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