The heroics and villainy of technology, dystopia, and the warring factions of reality and surreality. Blurring the lines between reality and virtual insanity, the Brit pop-rockers in Bastille pay homage to our troubled times with their fourth full-length, Give Me the Future, which arrived Friday,...
In the summer of 2019, at La Fabrique Studios, near where Van Gogh painted many of his iconic masterpieces, another master created a different type of masterpiece in the form of music. His iconic name, Cat Stevens, also known as Yusuf. Looking back, fifty years ago,...
Consisting of the quartet of Dan Smith (lead vocals, keyboards), Kyle Simmons (keyboards, percussion), Will Farquarson (bass, keyboards, guitars), and Chris Wood (drums), Bastille catapulted to commercial popularity in 2013 with the strength of its anthemic, stadium-worthy Pastoral Pop single “Pompeii,” culled from the British...
