THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: SAVAGES Savages is a post-punk band from London, England, UK, formed in 2011 by Jehnny Beth (vocals), Gemma Thompson (guitar), Ayşe Hassan (bass) and Fay Milton (drums). Members Jehnny and Gemma are also from [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: LA SERA La Sera is the pop rock outlet for Brooklyn bassist and singer Katy Goodman (formerly of all female punk band Vivian Girls), who began writing songs as a solo artist in 2009. Goodman sent early demos [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: ADELE Early Years and Influences Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on May 5, 1988, in North London, England. She was the only child of Penny Adkins, an “arty mom” who was just 18 at the time of her [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: MARTIN CRANE Brazos is the moniker of Martin McNulty Crane. Originally from Austin, Texas, Brazos gained recognition in 2009 with the self-released debut album Phosphorescent Blues. He and the band are [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: DEERHOOF By turns cuddly and chaotic, San Francisco’s Deerhoof mix noise, sugary melodies, and an experimental spirit into sweetly challenging and utterly distinctive music that made them one of the most [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: GRIMES Spanning influences such as dream pop, R&B, electronic music, hip-hop, and more, Grimes is the project of Vancouver-born and raised singer/songwriter/producer/visual artist Claire Boucher. She began [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: COLDPLAY After surfacing in 2000 with the breakthrough single “Yellow,” Coldplay quickly became one of the biggest bands of the new millennium, honing a mix of introspective Brit-pop and anthemic [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: BEACH SLANG Beach Slang are a three piece punk rock band from Philadelphia. Members also play in Weston, Crybaby and Ex-Friends. They have been described as sounding like “a one-night stand between The [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: El Vy A collaboration between National vocalist/lyricist Matt Berninger and multi-instrumentalist/producer Brent Knopf of Menomena and Ramona Falls, El VY (“pronounced like a plural of Elvis; rhymes with [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: CAR SEAT HEADREST Will Toledo is an upstanding young man who has upheld the letter of the law to the fullest extent of his abilities. He passed through his school years and through college without any evidence [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES In case you didn’t know Frank Carter is the former Gallows and Pure Love front man – two bands that couldn’t be much further apart if they tried – one that pushed punk and [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: METRIC Metric are a band with an eclectic, adventurous outlook, whose music encompasses elements of synth pop, new wave, dance-rock, and electronica and whose hometown has vacillated between Toronto, Montreal, [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: PURITY RING Purity Ring are a Canadian electronic music duo formed in 2010 and originally from Edmonton, Alberta. The band consists of Megan James (vocals) and Corin Roddick (instrumentals) James played piano [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: X AMBASSADORS Some of our most enduring rock and roll is built upon the following truth: Sometimes you have to replant yourself to find your roots. Nearly a decade ago, three of the four young members of [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: MAJOR LAZER A conceptual EDM act based around a fictional character, Major Lazer launched in 2008 as the digital reggae/dancehall project of Diplo, the globetrotting, tastemaking DJ/producer whose previous [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: MIDDAY SWIM Born somewhere between endless sunny days that slowly turned to balmy July nights, Toronto indie rock band MIDDAY SWIM (David Krygier-Baum – Vocals/Guitar, Sebastian Shinwell – Lead Guitar/Vocals, [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: TAME IMPALA Much has changed since Tame Impala first emerged with an EP of dusty home recordings in 2008. By and large Kevin Parker’s approach to recording has not, though the sound coming out of his home [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: STARS Sharing a fondness for sophisticated soul and pop artists like the Smiths, New Order, and Marvin Gaye, vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Chris Seligman formed Stars in Toronto. Along with friends [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: WEEZER Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1992. The band consists of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, lead guitar), Patrick Wilson (drums), Brian Bell (rhythm guitar, backing vocals, [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: MARK LANEGAN Singing with a deep, nicotine-ravaged growl that’s rich, strong, and sensuously forbidding, Mark Lanegan first rose to fame when his band the Screaming Trees won a taste of mainstream [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: tUnE-yArDs Beginning as the lo-fi experimental folk project of Merrill Garbus (also of the noisy indie pop band Sister Suvi) tUnE-yArDs fuses indie-pop and global elements into uniquely vibrant music. Garbus [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: HOW TO DRESS WELL Beginning as the lo-fi experimental folk project of Merrill Garbus (also of the noisy indie pop band Sister Suvi) tUnE-yArDs fuses indie-pop and global elements into uniquely vibrant music. [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: BOB MOULD Those familiar with the decades-spanning oeuvre of Bob Mould—from his pioneering early ’80s work with Hüsker Dü to his solo work in singer-songwriter, electronic, and rock modes, to the deafening pop [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: JACK WHITE One of the most admired guitarists of the early 21st century, Jack White helped restore the popularity of punk-blues as the frontman of the White Stripes. Meanwhile, he widened his reach by [...]
