Thick Specs has a guest column up with an interview between Matt McKechnie and Amy Millan, whose new album Masters of the Burial is out on September 8. "TS: Well, I guess I'm just wanting to know what started you down the road of music?AM: Raffi. No word of a lie. It was Raffi. I was obsessed with his songs since I was 3 years old. I would sing along incessantly with all of our Raffi records. A...
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I've always thought that an artist who step away from their main bands to do solo work should differ from what they normally do. Stars/Broken Social Scene singer Amy Millan does this very well. On her solo albums she breaks from the ethereal indie rock of Stars and goes in for a more mellow, country-oriented sound.Millan stays true to that trend on her new album Masters Of The Burial. The
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How do you make a Death Cab song more sensitive? Add soft, female vocals and a slight country vibe. Oop! What's that? I think I just started my period. I can't front though, I kind of dig it. (The period, not the song...)Amy Millan - I Will Follow You Into The Dark (Death Cab For Cutie Cover)Pigeons and Planes
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Tuesday, October 20 2009Marquee RoomCalgary, Alberta A friend of mine in Sacramento California asked me to give him a full report on the Amy Millan concert, as he was trying to decide if he should drive up to San Francisco to see her live show. Immediately I told him to do it, because really, how could it not be great? Long story short, I fully stand behind my previous
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I don’t usually do this. I’m not usually on top of the buzzworthy big names the second things happen because I just don’t care that much. But Stereogum can be quite useful for such things, and I stumbled upon the MP3 of Amy Millan covering Death Cab For Cutie’s brilliant “I Will Follow You Into [...]
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The first time I heard Amy Millan’s solo debut single “Skinny Boy” I had heart palpitations. It was/is such a damn fine song that I immediately inflated my hopes that it’s parent album Honey From the Tombs would be chock full of like-minded country-esque golden nuggets. I say inflated because, in all honesty, it’s not [...]
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Over at Mechanical Forest Sound they have live recordings of Amy Millan and Bahamas from the October 14 show at the Mod Club. Download or listen to the recordings here:Amy MillanBahamas
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