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After two years of watching live music while touring the world in support of her debut hit Lights, Ellie Goulding put together a very diverse playlist of songs she listened to constantly while making her new Halcyon album. The list of artists starts with the B's, as she puts it. "It's all the people beginning with B – Burial, Bjork, Bon Iver," she tells us. "Definitely Bjork is someone that I always have an affinity with, and not just the music, but her career and just the way she is. Burial's always been a huge influence on me." She saw Bon Iver at the Hammersmith Apollo, and the National is another band she discovered while at a festival in Ireland. Unable to keep the list to just a few artists, she graciously emailed Rolling Stone the wide range of songs that shaped Halcyon.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Listen to Ellie Goulding's Biggest Influences
After two years of watching live music while touring the world in support of her debut hit Lights, Ellie Goulding put together a very diverse playlist of songs she listened to constantly while making her new Halcyon album. The list of artists starts with the B's, as she puts it. "It's all the people beginning with B – Burial, Bjork, Bon Iver," she tells us. "Definitely Bjork is someone that I always have an affinity with, and not just the music, but her career and just the way she is. Burial's always been a huge influence on me." She saw Bon Iver at the Hammersmith Apollo, and the National is another band she discovered while at a festival in Ireland. Unable to keep the list to just a few artists, she graciously emailed Rolling Stone the wide range of songs that shaped Halcyon.
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click HereSaturday, September 15, 2012
Turbo Fruits Talk New Album, Strange Influences and Vinyl
Matt Hearn, Dave McCowen, Kingsley Brock and Jonas Stein of Turbo Fruits pose for a portrait at the 2011 Bruise Cruise Festival on February 28th, 2011 at sea.Lil Wayne, ‘70s soul and Enya: this is the "weird shit" Jonas Stein of Turbo Fruits was listening to while writing and recording Butter, their forthcoming record and the latest release on Serpents and Snakes, the label founded and maintained by Kings of Leon.
"Rock and roll is our first love," says Stein, "but I was trying to listen to stuff that was still getting me off. I wanted to hear something that was totally unattached. It made me feel really weird, so I went back to Enya’s greatest hits with a fresh pair of ears and turned it up really loud."
Whatever it was about rap or Celtic crooning, the weirdness worked, as the wall of noise Butter delivers is a roughly 34-minute barrage of furious riffs and driving anthems that come together in a solid, straightforward body of sound. Produced by Jim Eno of Spoon and with the endorsement of the aforementioned Followill family of Kings of Leon, Butter serves as a coming out album of sorts for the Nashville rock quartet – a debut Stein’s been waiting for since the inception of the band six years ago.
"It took three years for me to find a permanent lineup, and in the three years since then we’ve really grown together," says Stein. "The dynamic solidified. I’d say this third record was a bit more of a communal writing experience than the first two – more people chimed in on this one. We were just way more prepared. I’ve never been more prepared for recording a record in my life. We had a no-mess, non-stop work ethic. The first song on the album, 'Where The Stars Don’t Shine,' was recorded live with no overdubs. We were just like, no bullshit, no fuckin’ around, this is the way we’re starting off the record."
With plans to do a run of Butter on vinyl as well – pressed on butter-colored wax, naturally – Stein’s thrilled that the album’s going to be Serpents and Snakes’ #001. "It’s an evolved type of record label – where everyone’s really in it together – and I’m just excited to be at the beginning of [the label]," he says. "I don’t care if people want to listen to it on mono, or digital, or steal it, whatever: I just want it to be pumping through their stereo system. It’s very important to me that the vinyl is there for people who do want the vinyl."
So, does he have "Orinoco Flow" on wax?
"Ohhhh. No. But I should. That has to exist."
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click HereFriday, September 14, 2012
Turbo Fruits Talk New Album, Strange Influences and Vinyl
Matt Hearn, Dave McCowen, Kingsley Brock and Jonas Stein of Turbo Fruits pose for a portrait at the 2011 Bruise Cruise Festival on February 28th, 2011 at sea.Lil Wayne, ‘70s soul and Enya: this is the "weird shit" Jonas Stein of Turbo Fruits was listening to while writing and recording Butter, their forthcoming record and the latest release on Serpents and Snakes, the label founded and maintained by Kings of Leon.
"Rock and roll is our first love," says Stein, "but I was trying to listen to stuff that was still getting me off. I wanted to hear something that was totally unattached. It made me feel really weird, so I went back to Enya’s greatest hits with a fresh pair of ears and turned it up really loud."
Whatever it was about rap or Celtic crooning, the weirdness worked, as the wall of noise Butter delivers is a roughly 34-minute barrage of furious riffs and driving anthems that come together in a solid, straightforward body of sound. Produced by Jim Eno of Spoon and with the endorsement of the aforementioned Followill family of Kings of Leon, Butter serves as a coming out album of sorts for the Nashville rock quartet – a debut Stein’s been waiting for since the inception of the band six years ago.
"It took three years for me to find a permanent lineup, and in the three years since then we’ve really grown together," says Stein. "The dynamic solidified. I’d say this third record was a bit more of a communal writing experience than the first two – more people chimed in on this one. We were just way more prepared. I’ve never been more prepared for recording a record in my life. We had a no-mess, non-stop work ethic. The first song on the album, 'Where The Stars Don’t Shine,' was recorded live with no overdubs. We were just like, no bullshit, no fuckin’ around, this is the way we’re starting off the record."
With plans to do a run of Butter on vinyl as well – pressed on butter-colored wax, naturally – Stein’s thrilled that the album’s going to be Serpents and Snakes’ #001. "It’s an evolved type of record label – where everyone’s really in it together – and I’m just excited to be at the beginning of [the label]," he says. "I don’t care if people want to listen to it on mono, or digital, or steal it, whatever: I just want it to be pumping through their stereo system. It’s very important to me that the vinyl is there for people who do want the vinyl."
So, does he have "Orinoco Flow" on wax?
"Ohhhh. No. But I should. That has to exist."
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click HereSunday, April 15, 2012
Exclusive Stream: Neon Trees Draw on Eclectic Influences for 'Mad Love'
Neon TreesAutumn De Wilde Neon Trees drew on a wide variety of influences when writing and recording "Mad Love," a highlight from their forthcoming album Picture Show, their second. "This song went from being a fast punk song a la the Descendants or old Weezer to being demoed as something from Tunnel of Love-era Bruce Springsteen," says frontman Tyler Glenn. "I love this song. I was inspired by the Human League and Yaz as much as I was inspired by Roy Orbison when I wrote it. I love its evolution. [Drummer] Elaine [Bradley] has always had such a beautiful voice, but it never seemed to fit into a Neon Trees song before because of its purity. I think that finally this song gave her vocal a platform to work!" Picture Show will be in stores on April 17th, but you can pre-order it today from iTunes.
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