In 2011, Nick Zinner, guitarist of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, wrote 41 Strings, a four-part symphony to mark Earth Day. He’s since performed the piece around the world, including London’s Meltdown Festival and Australia’s Sydney Opera House with musicians like the xx’s Romy Madley Croft and Savages’ Gemma Thompson. The orchestral piece – which is built to reflect the change of fall, winter, spring and summer – has also made it to TV: the “spring” portion of the piece is currently the theme music for HBO’s Vice.
Zinner has now...
Zinner has now...
- 7/15/2019
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
An official trailer has arrived for a documentary titled Along for the Ride, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year. Along for the Ride profiles the life and career of actor Dennis Hopper, who you will recognize from all kinds of different movies over the years. Hopper passed away in 2010, but earned two Oscar nominations over his long career. "Method actor, filmmaker, photographer, fine artist, art collector, and all-American madman." The doc includes a score by Gemma Thompson of the critically acclaimed band Savages, along with plenty of interviews with his friends and colleagues including Wim Wenders, Dwight Yoakam, David Lynch, Michael Madsen, Dean Stockwell, and many others. "Through the triumph of Easy Rider, the magnificent career suicide of The Last Movie, the overlooked masterpiece Out of the Blue, and a midlife comeback after plenty of booze and brawling, Along for the Ride is a vivacious work of...
- 10/27/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Savages mesmerized with the bone-chilling, dynamic "Adore" – the centerpiece of the post-punk band's second LP, Adore Life – Tuesday on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
The performance found singer Jehnny Beth crooning her sparse lines over Gemma Thompson's icy guitar texture and the droning rhythm section of bassist Ayse Hassan and drummer Fay Milton. "Is it human to adore life?" Beth asked, her question growing in angst and volume at each repetition, jumping an octave at the abrasive climax.
Savages spoke to Rolling Stone in January about the themes of the acclaimed Adore Life.
The performance found singer Jehnny Beth crooning her sparse lines over Gemma Thompson's icy guitar texture and the droning rhythm section of bassist Ayse Hassan and drummer Fay Milton. "Is it human to adore life?" Beth asked, her question growing in angst and volume at each repetition, jumping an octave at the abrasive climax.
Savages spoke to Rolling Stone in January about the themes of the acclaimed Adore Life.
- 3/30/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Since rock is dead and all, it seemed fitting to meet Savages in a graveyard. The London post-punk favorites are dressed for the occasion in their signature all-black attire, gathered on a blanket in the scorching late-August sun, between Hollywood Forever Cemetery’s iconic statue of the late Johnny Ramone and a memorial pond full of white swans. The prevailing mood, however, is less than somber. “That's the Queen's, don't touch it!” blurts bassist Ayşe Hassan as front woman Jehnny Beth makes moves toward the pond bank and the massive birds. Hassan pauses, turning back to me. “Do the ones in America belong to the Queen as well?” “She owns all the swans, even the band,” deadpans guitarist Gemma Thompson.The four women have been traveling almost nonstop for the past week or so, during which they’ve played their final Stateside shows (six here in California, one in Vegas) of the year,...
- 10/22/2015
- by Devon Maloney
- Vulture
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