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Post by mattchew on Jan 22, 2011 19:47:57 GMT
Thanks, brew. I copped some of the specifics from here. Glenn's rant about where Brendan puts his bass.  There's also some mis-information floating around that Juanita's axe is actually Mustang. (Backup) |
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Post by mattchew on Jan 26, 2011 23:39:31 GMT
Here's trivia for you blade. Answer in the form of a question please. Howling Bells tour manager with big blonde hair who could double as Mikey from American Choppers _____________________ *(e.g.) Who is ______?
*(at the end of one week if cannot answer correctly it will be given)Answer: Who is Oliver?
(sorry, you lose) [/color][/size][/i][/b] |
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Post by mattchew on Feb 1, 2011 0:12:43 GMT
I am now convinced that Joel's song, How Long, is not about a relationship gone bad but instead about his having to undergo a heart operation. Do Glenn's drums not sound like an irregular heartbeat? When ever asked about the song's origins he always says it's about having his heart ripped out. This interview he refers to it, and there's another interview, that I can't find right now, in his words he calls it a 'thing with his heart'.  Something else I seen too..  |
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Post by mattchew on Feb 3, 2011 23:16:21 GMT
This sounds promising  twitter.com/roblikeslattesEdit: Talking about the third album roblikeslattes on Feb. 3 tweeted: Just had a listen to a new Howling Bells track. My brain is now marinated in one of the finest hooks that I've heard in quite some time. |
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Post by mattchew on May 17, 2011 19:56:14 GMT
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Post by mattchew on May 22, 2011 20:40:33 GMT
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Post by mattchew on May 25, 2011 1:05:39 GMT
Glenn, and J.? Stein will be featured on the new Mark Stoermer solo album.
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Post by mattchew on May 27, 2011 20:22:24 GMT
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Post by mattchew on Jul 13, 2011 10:39:59 GMT
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Post by mattchew on Jul 19, 2011 20:00:49 GMT
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Post by mattchew on Sept 5, 2011 1:43:03 GMT
Howling Bells appeared on the season finale of 1700 Student Youth Network (SYN) TV, C31 Melbourne on September 2 for either an interview, performance, or both, not sure.  Hopefully the video will be uploaded to either their website or their youtube. |
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Post by mattchew on Sept 8, 2011 21:45:03 GMT
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Post by mattchew on Sept 15, 2011 8:56:39 GMT
15 September 2011For all the glamour of being able to write ‘musician’ in your passport, it must be difficult being in a band sometimes.
For example, Australians Howling Bells kicked off their UK tour at the Wedgewood Rooms promoting their new album and despite the Wedge only being half full (and quite quiet - at one point the crowd were backhandedly complimented for being ‘well behaved’ and good-naturedly told ‘please remember to stamp your library card on the way out’) still managed to put a good, professional and enjoyable show. Three albums in, they deserve much more.
Opening band Cold Specks have the neo-Gothic Deep South feel that Howling Bells’ first album did (close your eyes - it’s sunset, a crow takes off from a cactus to land on a skull, and puts on a cowboy hat) and they also boast a singer with a phenomenal blues/gospel voice who renders the Wedge silent when she sings a capella at the end of their first number. They haven’t got the songs to match their great sound yet: they’d slay the nation if Jools Holland showcased them and gave them two slots, but over half an hour their material runs a bit thin. Keep an eye out for them, though.
Where the first, eponymous, Howling Bells album was the sound of the desert - albeit a tuneful, harmonic desert - their second, Radio Wars, lost a bit of the raw spooky feel and went a bit pop. The good news is that live their songs still have some grit to them and the newer tracks tread a line between the Radio Wars perkiness and their earlier country-goth-doom to very good effect.
Gold Suns, White Guns is a mixture of Kate Bush-style operatics and muscular guitar, while The Wilderness, a song introduced as being about insomnia, builds and builds to impressive effect. While there’s nothing in the newer songs that brings out thrilled goose pimples in the same way as the outstanding Setting Sun - which boasts a chorus that chills and uplifts in equal measure - there’s plenty to suggest that they’ll be howling for a long time to come.
Tom Morton
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Post by mattchew on Sept 15, 2011 20:49:47 GMT
You can listen and download audio interview of Glenn chatting with Chris Phillips on Live at the Vault from BRfm 97.3 on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 at 10:30 am, here. Edit: As of 16 October 2011, this podcast was no longer published on the BRfm website, so here is a link where it can be downloaded. |
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Post by blade on Sept 15, 2011 21:22:17 GMT
Excellent! Thank you. And what a Welsh accent - I'm surprised Glenn could understand him. I had difficulty!
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