I had the pleasure of writing a feature for Cincinnati’s CityBeat on my experience recording a cover of Tom Petty’s “Walls” with my band Plastic Ants. The session happened to coincide with the final days of Ultrasuede, the studio space in which we’ve recorded all of our albums to date, so the story turned into a dual tribute of sorts. Hope you enjoy. And don’t miss the amazing video for the song directed by our friend Mike Sweeney.
The latest album by Plastic Ants is now available. Hope you enjoy.
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Flouting the long-simmering tensions between the United States and Canada, Plastic Ants have tunneled through, crossed over, and crawled out—and now threaten to take over the world, albeit with tiny strides. Their first communiqué? The hard-jangle pragmatism of “Tough Girls (Got To Tough It Out),” out now on The All Night Party. Read the rest of this entry »
Attack And Release
“For better or worse, I’m my own guy,” says Greg Dulli. “You try to drum up a list of people who sound like me or write songs like me, and that’s a very short list. I’m inventing my own music. However egotistical or delusional that sounds, I don’t give a fuck. I’m gonna stay delusional… ’cause it’s turning me on.”
The Twilight Singers’ mainman has never been shy about sharing his opinion. As singer for ’90s alt-rock greats the Afghan Whigs–formed, as legend has it, in an Athens, Ohio, drunk-tank–he was known for baiting audiences about the shortcomings of their home athletic teams. It occasionally earned him bloody knuckles or a cracked skull. Read the rest of this entry »
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