JOHNNY CASINO is a busy man, so busy that he forgot to answer some of our questions. That's okay, as long as he continues to entertain us solo or with his band ADTEROID B612. Go Johnny Go! Taste question: Which artists have influenced you the most, and what can you tell us examples about this influence? Who is the artist you dislike and why will he/she never influence you? I would say that a combination of Bob Dylan, The Saints, Dr John, Gene Clarke and The Rolling Stones, and all of the above for both musical and lyrical inspiration, they all taught me very early on to be honest and write from the heart or how I feel which can change at any given moment so I like my music to be able to have many sides shapes and colors. There are plenty of bands or artists I have no time for or dislike but to me it would be a waste of time to explain why or spew negative vibes, so let's just say there is a lot of complete manufactured rubbish out there that gets spun to the public as music an...

  Nous avons été bluffés par le premier EP de ce groupe de Turin, proposant un rock garage de la plus haute facture. Nous leur avons proposé de répondre à nos questions, ce qu'ils ont gentiment accepté. Nous leur disons: "Grazie di cuore !" Taste question: Which artists have influenced you the most, and what can you tell us examples about this influence ? Who is the artist you dislike and why will he/she never influence you? Beeing since ages in deep love with the music from the Sixties we would say that our biggest influences are the Beatles and the Stones  plus Kinks, Them, Pretty Things and the Who, but mainly we’ve been listening to garage punk, the music played mostly by unknown bands in America in the Sixties, these bands  were raw and aggressive and for sure influenced by the British Invasion Music. We don’t like bands like Kansas, Styx and in general American pomp rock. The music we like has to be raw and not polished at all. The bands we named are too slik for ou...

  Patrice Rault On présente souvent Marseille comme une ville sinistrée en ce qui concerne le rock. Pourtant, voici une nouvelle preuve éclatante de la vitalité de la scène rock de cette ville. Kino est une des figures incontournables de la cité depuis de nombreuses années. Il nous propose cette fois-ci son premier album solo paru chez Closer Records (une référence !). Intégrant à merveille les influences dont il parle plus bas, l'album distille un rock à la fois mélodique, reptilien et puissant aux guitares acérées et à la rythmique carrée. Les paroles, parfois teintées d'humour et souvent de poésie, tissent une ambiance lucide à la fois ironique et mélancolique. Donc rien d'étonnant à ce que nous lui ayons proposé de répondre à nos questions. Merci Kino pour le temps passé, ta gentillesse et ta disponibilité. Question de goût: Quels artistes ont eu le plus d'influence sur toi. Peux-tu nous donner des exemples de cette influence? Quel artiste détestes-tu le plus et pou...

Jacky Cougar is the lead singer of the band DES DEMONAS. Originally  from Washington, and signed to the Californian label IN THE RED  Records, the band performed live this summer in Paris at Le Petit  Bain, a well-known venue located on Quai de la Gare, at the foot of  the BNF (National Library of France). I discovered Jacky Cougar  through a newsletter from Slovenly Records, which featured the  all-female trio SEX FACES, of which Jack is the drummer. Their new  album is scheduled for release in 2025. Here are some questions I  asked him via email a few weeks after DES DEMONAS' performance. They  played an intense concert, full of a captivating groove and  60s-inspired energy, driven by Jack's mesmerizing vocals, delivering  his personal and politically engaged lyrics, accompanied by an unusual  trio—no bassist, but with Matt on drums, Paul on Hammond organ, and  guitarist Mark Cisneros, a regular member of Kid Congo Pow...

  BIG STIR Records wanted to celebrate Halloween in their own way and with the artists they love. The result was released on October 10 and is called “Chilling, Thrilling Hooks And Haunted Harmonies: The Big Stir Records Halloween Grimoire.” Rather than telling you about it in one of our usual columns, we thought it would be nice to have some of the artists who participated share their Halloween memories! Thank you to those who agreed! Happy Halloween to you all! THE ARTISTS, THEIR MEMORIES, AND THEIR COSTUMES BRANDT HUSEMAN of Splitsville: Matt (Huseman, my twin brother and also of Splitsville) and I, and our friend Eric, went to a Halloween party dressed as dead rock stars Sid Vicious, John Lennon, and Brian Jones. We took pains to make sure the makeup and costumes were consistent with how they died. Not everyone got it but the ones who did were blown away. Brandt Huseman of Splitsville: “Here’s me in my skeleton kigurumi. It’s not just for Halloween you know…” GRAHAM PARKER : No...

BIG STIR Records wanted to celebrate Halloween in their own way and with the artists they love. The result was released on October 10 and is called “Chilling, Thrilling Hooks And Haunted Harmonies: The Big Stir Records Halloween Grimoire.” Rather than telling you about it in one of our usual columns, we thought it would be nice to have some of the artists who participated share their Halloween memories! Thank you to those who agreed! Happy Halloween to you all! THE ARTISTS, THEIR MEMORIES, AND THEIR COSTUMES REX BROOME of The Armoires (and The Pepper’s Ghost Players, and co-producer of “Chilling, Thrilling Hooks and Haunted Harmonies”): I’ll always remember 2025 as “The Year It Was Halloween for 10 Months Straight,” since we (Christina Bulbenko, Michael Simmons and myself) started working on “Chilling, Thrilling Hooks and Haunted Harmonies” in January, and it’s been our focus ever since! But since Halloween has been the focus of many creative projects over my life, from costumes and ...