Author Archive for Wood
Marie is the Music Editor at 69 Towers. Marie whiles away most of her days getting mouse claw scouring the internet or trawling east London’s less finer venues for her next band crush. She’s currently sleazing on: Sleigh Bells, Beach House, Lady GaGa, Surfer Blood, and the Shangri-Las. Her favourite author is Kurt Vonnegut and she has an unhealthy obsession with Twilight – she’s seen it 14 times (and counting..). Marie’s most embarrassing moment was drunkenly crashing the Horrors after show party and telling the Klaxons’ guitarist that he had, ‘bad hairs’ [sic], supposedly you just can’t beat a good fringe. You can contact Marie at: music@69-247.com
Surfer Blood – Riding the Wave
We haven’t hung out in a park clutching a can of Bow since Lady GaGa was simply Stefani Germanotta and Pete Doherty was a talented musician. But, before you try to get us on some type of register, we’re park-loitering in north London to talk to the latest hot new band from the US of [...]
Introducing…Male Bonding
Forming at a house party called Rage! two years ago, East London trio Male Bonding were never going to be a band that took it easy on your cochleas. Signing to legendary Sub Pop records last summer, their debut album Nothing Hurts harks back to the labels hey day, turning the monitors up to ten [...]
Vivian Girls
Vivian Girls Brooklyn Bop A blog buzz, backlash and three drummers all in the space of three years, Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls have had a rough ride on the wrong side of the indie tracks. Cassie Ramone (vocals/guitar) and Kickball Katy (bass) released their self-titled debut back in 2007 – a chaotic mix of Phil Spector [...]
What’s Happening?
James Murphy hasn’t really spoken to the press much about the new LCD Soundsystem release, so 69 Degrees’ was lucky to be one of the select few to have a chinwag with the man himself. We’ve been stalking James Murphy aka LCD Soundsystem for 26 hours, eight minutes and counting and all we’ve found is [...]
A chat with the Futureheads
Sunderland’s favourite sons, The Futureheads are back with their highly charged fourth album – The Chaos. We tracked down Ross Hyde from the band to talk about how The Chaos was conceived, hitting the road and why there’s no place like home. You’ve just released your fourth album, The Chaos. It’s your fastest record since [...]
Interview: Paloma Faith
It’s a grey wet rainy day that leaves you looking upwards to see if a bedraggled cat or dog is going to fall from the sky and put you out of your misery. But Paloma’s childlike Eartha Kitt purr and infectious positivity, like her songs, instantly turns the city’s mono skyline into high definition Technicolor. [...]
Interview: Darwin Deez
We had a cross Atlantic email chat with 69’s Spring issue one to watch, Darwin Deez, about his forthcoming debut album, bat-winged denim, and why we should ditch our shampoo. How did you get started as a songwriter? Going regularly to the open mic at the Sidewalk café had everything to do with it. I [...]
Beat Surrender
It’s 3pm here in blighty and 10am in New York, but still several hours too early for Connor, the baby faced drummer of The Drums as we’re greeted with a super husky and dazed, “hello?”, for our transatlantic call. Unless you’ve been passed out underneath your sofa since NYE you can’t have failed to notice [...]
Los Campesinos! – No Love Lost
Los Campesinos!’ bittersweet indie pop has more bile and botchulism than Jordan’s freshly pumped trout pout scowl after a bush tucker trial. ‘Romance Is Boring’ their second album due out next year, sees them take out cupid at blank point range with songs about lost love, mental breakdown, and the decay of the human body. [...]
69’s Christmas Playlist!
Here at 69 we love a bit of cheese, but classic Christmas tunes are starting to hum more than Santa’s tootsies on Christmas Day. So, if Mariah’s making you want to vom into your Christmas dinner, head over to Spotify to gorge yourself silly on our Christmas Playlist! We’ve dug out the best in obscure [...]
The 69 Winter Playlist
Listen to our first Spotify playlist and hear what we rated and slated in 69’s Winter Issue! Log into Spotify and click here to tickle or bash your ear drums! Here’s what we said: Julian Casablancas – Out Of The Blue Cosmic pop recorded in the twilight zone from The Strokes’ frontman’s outstanding debut – [...]
Chew Lips – Wasting No Time
‘Change is a coming’ Chew Lips’ vocalist Tigs sings prophetically on the band’s debut ‘Unicorn’. Formed a little over 18 months ago, the trio have gone from playing at mates’ parties perched on washing machines to releasing what now looks destined to be the debut album of 2010. Tigs, Will Sanderson, and James Watkins first [...]
Interview with Marina and the Diamonds
69’s Marie Wood spoke to 2010’s hot act to watch Marina Diamandis aka Marina And The Diamonds about her debut album The Crown Jewels, following in Florence’s sparkly shoes, and being a pop perfectionist. You released your new single Mowgli’s Road on 16 November. What was it like making the video? It was really weird, [...]
