THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: CALVIN HARRIS Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish record producer, DJ, singer, and songwriter. His debut studio album I Created Disco was released in June…
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THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: ALICE COOPER Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock. Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock, the group created a…
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THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: THE DEARS The Dears, a loose collective of Montreal-area musicians formed in 1995, are led by the charismatic Murray Lightburn. Citing Serge Gainsbourg as a major influence, the Dears combine cabaret-style vocals with a…
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THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: LANA DEL REY Lana Del Rey envisioned a Southern Californian dream world constructed out of sad girls and bad boys, manufactured melancholy and genuine glamour, and then she came to embody…
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THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: RANDY NEWMAN An anomaly among early-’70s singer/songwriters, Randy Newman may have been slightly influenced by Bob Dylan, but his music owed more to New Orleans R&B and traditional pop than folk. Newman developed an idiosyncratic…
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THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: LORDE Emerging as a fully formed enigma from her native New Zealand, Lorde tapped into an untouched well of alienation, becoming the poster child for a generation who found refuge…
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SPILL ARTIST PORTRAIT BY DANIEL ADAMS: THE MAGNETIC FIELDS
by Daniel Adamsby Daniel AdamsTHE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: THE MAGNETIC FIELDS The Magnetic Fields may be a bona fide band, but in most essential respects they are the project of studio wunderkind Stephin Merritt, who writes, produces, and…
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THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: RAY DAVIES Lead singer for The Kinks, Ray Davies is known for his decades-long career in rock, hits like ‘Lola,’and ongoing feuds with brother and bandmate Dave Davies. Synopsis Ray…
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SPILL ARTIST PORTRAIT BY DANIEL ADAMS: CHILLY GONZALES & JARVIS COCKER
by Daniel Adamsby Daniel AdamsTHE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: CHILLY GONZALES & JARVIS COCKER Room29 – Jarvis Cocker & Chily Gonzales What if a hotel room could “sing” of the life stories and events it had witnessed? Intrigued by…
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THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: BODY COUNT Maybe no one saw the humor, or maybe they were distracted by the barely competent heavy metal of the album, but rapper Ice-T’s heavy metal group launched a…