EDITORS CORRECT OUR MISCONCEPTIONS.Byline: -- Fred Shuster It can safely be said that the most engaging rock music of the year comes from the U.K. -- as usual. They've always known how to make the good stuff over there. Along with the Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. Formed in 2002, the band currently consists of Alex Turner on lead vocals and guitar, Jamie Cook on guitar, Matt Helders on drums and backing vocals, and Nick O'Malley on bass guitar, a position , Muse, Keane and Franz Ferdinand, we've fallen for Editors, an aggressive quartet that positively snarls. The smart playing, dark harmonies, throbbing throb intr.v. throbbed, throb·bing, throbs 1. To beat rapidly or violently, as the heart; pound. 2. To vibrate, pulsate, or sound with a steady pronounced rhythm: bass and moody atmosphere of their debut album, ``The Back Room'' (Kitchenware), has made Editors one of the must-see bands of the summer. ``Everyone says our sound is really dark, but the people that truly get what we're doing are the ones who can see that the music's uplifting and positive,'' guitarist Chris Urbanowicz Christopher Dominian Urbanowicz (born 22 June 1981 in Aslockton, Nottingham) is the guitarist of the British rock band Editors. He studied music technology at Staffordshire University for three years with the other members of Editors. said, not entirely convincingly. ``We write about love, life and death and wrap it in an optimistic vibe -- at least that's how we see it.'' There's a bit of menace as well. ``Blood runs through your veins, that's where our similarity ends,'' frontman front·man n. 1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority. 2. Music A leading singer with a group. Tom Smith croons in romantically tortured style on the track ``Blood,'' while ``You'll speak when you're spoken to'' is a memorable line from ``Munich.'' Ideal background music for the s&m parlor. Editors, though, probably don't have time for such shenanigans shenanigans Noun, pl Informal 1. mischief or nonsense 2. trickery or deception [origin unknown] . The Birmingham-based group is a touring machine, zooming off to Japan after their show Tuesday at the Avalon in Hollywood, followed by a quick jaunt through Europe before finding out on Sept. 5 if they've won Britain's prestigious Mercury Music Prize for album of the year (against Arctic Monkeys, Thom Yorke, Muse, Scritti Politti Scritti Politti are a Welsh musical group. Formed in 1978 in Leeds, England, Scritti Politti is primarily a musical vehicle for singer-songwriter Green Gartside (real name Paul Julian Strohmeyer) (b 22 June 1955, Cardiff, Wales). and others). ``I don't mind them (the other nominees), but I fell completely out of love with guitar bands for a long time after that Britpop thing happened (in the mid-'90s),'' said Urbanowicz, 25, an ex-shoe store clerk whose accomplices in Editors are singer-guitarist Smith, bassist Russell Leetch Russell Leetch(born in 1982 in Solihull, England) is the bass guitarist for Birmingham-based indie rock band Editors. He studied music technology at Staffordshire University where he met his fellow Editors band members. and drummer Ed Lay. ``That whole scene seemed to be about what clubs you went to and what drugs you were taking. There was really nothing interesting going on. Then, we heard the Strokes and things began to make sense again.'' EDITORS Where: Avalon, 1735 N. Vine St., Hollywood. When: 9 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets: $18. (213) 480-3232; www.ticketmaster.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (Editors) |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion