The Girls grasp the cult of celebrity Nov 16, 2009
While bands like Spiritualized, the Jesus and Mary Chain and the Beach Boys are a clear influence, they hardly define the sound on "Album." Owens doesn't have a particularly great voice, but he has the enviable ability to throw his whole world into woozy songs like "Hellhole Ratrace" and "Lust for Life." Most of the songs on "Album" are based on Owens' breakup with Liza Thorn, one of the first people he met in the city. He says, "I probably couldn't write a song called 'Happy Birthday.' I write... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Soulsavers to Launch Headlining Tour in September Jul 23, 2009
Broken features the return of Mark Lanegan [Queens of the Stone Age, Screaming Trees] on vocals and includes duets with Spiritualized's Jason Pierce ("Pharaoh's Chariot"), Faith No More frontman Mike Patton ("Unbalanced Pieces") and Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers ("Death Bells") ... Joining Machin and Lanegan on the road will be guitarist Rich Warren [Spiritualized] and bassist Martyn LeNoble [Porno For Pyros, Janes Addiction. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Albums come alive when bands now hit the stage Jul 5, 2009
(Devo and Spiritualized are on tap this year. And a one-night-only reunion of Ben Folds Five performed the first MySpace Front to Back show last September. (Boston Globe)
Wilsonian Slaughter Feb 25, 2009
He spiritualized politics and politicized his faith, believing that America could be Christianized and the whole world reconstructed politically, militarily, and economically according to the divine plan. With these views, he combined a powerful faith in human progress guided by a superintending Providence and a conviction that order and coherence underlay all the seeming contradictions of life. (The American Conservative)
