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The Silverlites Featuring Members Of R.E.M., Black Crowes And Screaming Trees Release Debut Single ‘Don’t Go, Don’t Stay’ – Backseat Mafia
On November 15th The Silverlites proudly release their self-titled debut album on Sunyata Records distributed by Sony Music. This 12 song debut references the great rock bands and songwriters of the classic era, while still sounding fresh and new for modern times. The Silverlites are a veritable supergroup made up of 4 renowned songwriters with 4 distinct backgrounds. The quartet includes Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes), Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees and Mad Season) and Joseph Arthur, a singer-songwriter who was first discovered by Peter Gabriel. Barrett Martin comments: “The Silverlites have a unique ability to write memorable songs, which captures the mood and feel of the classic songwriter bands of the past. At the same time, our songs sound fresh and contemporary.…
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Equinox’s Switch to Grown Alchemist Upsets Members
More money, more problems — that is, if you consider your boujee gym switching up its personal-care amenities a major life inconvenience. Last week, Equinox — the luxury gym with a whopping $300 monthly membership — took beloved skin-care brand Kiehl’s off the locker room shelves, replacing it with Australian-based brand Grown Alchemist. And members are pissed. Angry gym buffs are taking to social media to express their dismay about what to them felt like a brutal betrayal. One Reddit thread headlined “Grown Alchemist is trash,” which lives in an Equinox subthread, includes pages of members venting to their fellow gym-goers and threatening to cancel their membership as a result…
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The Ronson Hangup (featuring members of The Anyones, Dallas Crane, The Church, Even, Paul Kelly’s band and Courtney Barnett’s band) unveil new video for single ‘SSDD (Same Shit Different Day)’ – Backseat Mafia
Today we can exclusively bring you the new video for the track ‘SSDD (Same Shit, Different Day)’ from Melbourne psych-pop supergroup The Ronson Hangup – featuring members of The Anyones, Dallas Crane, The Church, Even, Paul Kelly’s band and Courtney Barnett’s band. The track is off last year’s magnificent album ‘Centaurus’, reviewed by us here. ‘SSDD (Same Shit Different Day)’ has a crystalline guitar sound mixed with the heart thumping harmonies that create such magic with its Mamas and Papas sonic glide. The song has a jingle jangle ring that would fit in a set list from guitarist Ashley Naylor’s other band, The Church. Steve Pinkerton says of the new single: ‘SSDD…
