THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: CHAD VANGAALEN “Everyone was like, ‘What the F? You’re going to change your name to Banana Bread?!’” Many of us are already making arrangements to relocate to Chad VanGaalen’s universe. The world as we know [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: FUTURE ISLANDS Led by crooning frontman Samuel T. Herring, the members of Future Islands started out making electro-pop music together in 2003 while attending East Carolina University’s art program. [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: BRAVE SHORES Musicians, like other artists, are sometimes daring enough to wander from their creative comfort zone – excited at the possibilities, yet unsure of what they will encounter. One such band is [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: THE MELVINS Melvins are a three piece right now, the current members are Buzz Osborne (King Buzzo) who plays guitar and sings his given first name is Roger so I’ve heard, Dale Crover who plays drums, and [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: alt-J (∆) alt-J (∆)’s name takes a little explaining. Pronounced “alt-J”, the delta sign is created when you hold down the alt key on your computer keyboard and punch ‘J’ on a Mac computer. The symbol has a [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: WHITEHORSE Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Whitehorse’s story has been told as two acclaimed musicians joining forces under one new name – no drummer, no keyboard player, violinist or even bass player on [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: LOWELL Literally and figuratively, Lowell is a wolf. Her very name stems from the French origin of the word, but her approach to music, creating, and the way she’s embraced both are a testament to both [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: BAND OF SKULLS Band of Skulls are an alternative rock band that formed in 2008 in Southampton, England. The band consists of Russel Marsden (guitar, vocals), Emma Richardson (bass, vocals), and Matt Hayward [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: THE BLACK KEYS It’s too facile to call the Black Keys counterparts of the White Stripes: they share several surface similarities — their names are color-coded, they hail from the Midwest, they’re [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: DAMON ALBARN Damon Albarn is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is best known for being the frontman of the Britpop/alternative rock band Blur as well as [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: Dave Brockie Of GWAR (RIP) Oderus Urungus was the fictitious stage persona of Canadian-American musician David Murray “Dave” Brockie (August 30, 1963 – March 23, 2014), lead vocalist of the metal [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: BECK Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970[4]), known by the stage name Beck, is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Beck rose to fame in the early 1990s with [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Reverb-drenched and bittersweet, Alvvays members Molly Rankin and Kerri MacLellan were childhood friends, who began playing music with Alec O’Hanley while in high school. Lead vocalist [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: ALVVAYS Reverb-drenched and bittersweet, Alvvays members Molly Rankin and Kerri MacLellan were childhood friends, who began playing music with Alec O’Hanley while in high school. Lead vocalist Molly Rankin is [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: PHANTOGRAM Phantogram is the duo comprised of Sarah D. Barthel and Joshua M. Carter of Saratoga Springs, NY. Their music is a mix of organic and electronic sounds, with swirling guitar, spaced-out synths, and [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: Sam Roberts Band Sam Roberts (born October 2, 1974) is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, I, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: THE PACK A.D. Never crossed paths with The Pack A.D.? Too bad for you. This band is fucking killer, it really is. And, for the record, Becky Black and Maya Miller have probably already laid waste to some [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: HOLY GRAIL Formed in Southern California in 2008 when vocalist James Paul Luna and drummer Tyler Meahl diverged from Pasadena metal squadron White Wizzard and teamed up with San Diegan guitar hero Eli Santana, [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: DAN MANGAN & BLACKSMITH Dan Mangan is a two-time JUNO award winning & two-time Polaris Music Prize listed musician and songwriter. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his wife and son. He is [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: FOO FIGHTERS Foo Fighters is an American rock band, formed in Seattle in 1994. It was founded by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the death of Kurt Cobain and the resulting dissolution [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: MODEST MOUSE Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. Since their 1996 debut album, [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: MARILYN MANSON Drawing inspiration from Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, David Bowie, the occult, horror comics, and (by his own account) the King James Bible, Marilyn Manson established himself in the Nineties as [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: JOEL PLASKETT Joel Plaskett returns with one of the most diverse and fan-pleasing albums of his career. Proving that he can be all things to everybody, the rock veteran offers up a wide mix of styles on Joel [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: ALABAMA SHAKES “We took our time to write this record, and I’m really glad we did,” says Brittany Howard, lead singer and guitarist of Alabama Shakes, about the band’s new album Sound & Color. “We were [...]
