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RHUM events & media

Written by Liam Pieper

After starting in 2004 as a duo of brothers, Scott and Glenn, who have kept their second names secret, the group have been slowly adding members as they have proceeded, their sounds as grown increasingly lush. With the addition of a fifth band member keyboard player Gordon Skene on their latest record The Winter of Mixed Drinks, Scott is confident the band had reached it’s upward limits.

Written by Steve Smart

Midnight Juggernauts' new album is out now. It’s called The Crystal Axis. Founding member Andrew Szkeres is pretty damn excited that it will also be released on vinyl (the only way he really wants to hold the album). Time to get that turntable out of mothballs.

Written by Liam Pieper

Delorean

In the world of music writing, where hyperbole runs rampant, and positive editorial is generally paid for, one quickly becomes cynical about the way a band is marketed. Often a new release from a band is accompanied by a press release that exposes the virtues of the band with great eloquence and dubious objectivity. My favourite was one from years ago, for the French band Kava, which consisted of at least five pages - a dissertation on the group that spoke with the kind of breathless wonder normally reserved for stem cell research.

Written by Steve Smart
This is not a Motley Crue story of rock 'n' roll destruction on how a group of grown men can wreak childish havoc whilst spending millions of dollars on cocaine and hookers, occasionally trying to remember how to play their instruments after 17 bottles of Jack Daniels and a gram of K. No. This is a story about a group of talented musicians who enjoy each other's company and making their fans happy. All rock stories don't have to end in prison.
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INTERVIEW: Pussy Galore And Crappy Restaurants in Manhattan - Cristina Martinez Tells RHUM

Written by Steve Smart

I admit I was nervous before interviewing Cristina Martinez (ex-Pussy Galore, Boss Hog frontwoman). We were supposed to be discussing her new album Amsterdam Throwdown King Street Showdown! - a collaboration with her husband, John Spencer and Dutch electro artist Solex. Her shadow does loom large, along with Spencer's, over the NYC alt-rock landscape of many dreams. What, what, what to ask?

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