Robby Krieger
Set the Night on Fire: Lying, Dying and Playing Guitar with The Doors
Hachette Publishing (2021)
Within the canon of American countercultural rock bands of the 1960s, there is hardly one that stands out more than The Doors - not merely because of their musical output but due to the controversy the trailblazing riddle hidden an enigma that was their frontman Jim Morrison embodied with his beautifully erratic and mythological persona. Formed in 1965, the core catalogue of The Doors is comprised of six flawless albums before Jim Morrison joined the 27 Club. Having co-written most of their hits and having infused the songs with his idiosyncratic fingerstyle approach to guitar playing along with expanding the band’s horizon via his broad musical tastes, Robby Krieger is well positioned to shed light on the inner life of The Doors. Claiming that the way Krieger reminisces about his trials and tribulations in the sixties is not exactly academic would be an understatement par excellence – au contraire, instead the book is comprised of fragmented snapshots, which carry enough ammunition to appease the dedicated The Doors fan with details about debauchery, rebellion, vandalism and drugs galore. Following an unflinchingly honest stream-of-consciousness approach, mythmaking rock’n roll moments and humorous anecdotes are embedded in Krieger’s life story, detailing the most vital … Read more
Light Field Reverie
Another World
Avantgarde Music (2020)
I’m always on the prowl for dreamy music, especially metal. It’s harder to find things that fit that descriptor in … Read more
Slow Crush
Hush
Church Road Records, Quiet Panic Records (2021)
Dennis: When browsing through new releases in my overflowing inbox I decided to go for Slow Crush. It is released … Read more
Tessa Norton & Bob Stanley
Excavate! The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
Faber Publishing (2021)
When it comes to what is referred to as “post-punk” and repetitive-driven guitar sounds accompanied by tense, circular bass lines … Read more
