I've been waiting forever to find the right time to post this. Once someone asked me, "Are there any CURRENT bands that I could go see now that are awesome and rock like Violent Femmes?" I had a really hard time coming up with an answer, and finally settled on Tapes n' Tapes, but still didn't feel like it was the right answer. A few months later I heard this fucking fantastic song on the radio,...
One of the many bands playing Lollapalooza this year was the hometown act Ezra Furman and the Harpoons. Early on Day 2, Ezra brought his sunny, catchy indie pop to Grant Park before the heat got unbearable and the concert goers got too fatigued to properly appreciate what was happening. In between the release of their last album, Inside the Human Body, and recording their third lp, Ezra's mus.
I've been waiting forever to find the right time to post this. Once someone asked me, "Are there any CURRENT bands that I could go see now that are awesome and rock like Violent Femmes?" I had a really hard time coming up with an answer, and finally settled on Tapes n' Tapes, but still didn't feel like it was the right answer. A few months later I heard this fucking fantastic song on the radio,...
Ezra Furman is a singer and songwriter from Chicago, IL. He crafts songs with the desperate urgency of a runaway and yet the discerning hand of a master sculptor. Since he picked up an acoustic guitar at age thirteen, he has been working tirelessly toward capturing the beauty, despair and headlong wildness of life, that too-often overlooked magic and poetry that makes us human. His songs are a ...
One of the many bands playing Lollapalooza this year was the hometown act Ezra Furman and the Harpoons. Early on Day 2, Ezra brought his sunny, catchy indie pop to Grant Park before the heat got unbearable and the concert goers got too fatigued to properly appreciate what was happening. In between the release of their last album, Inside the Human Body, and recording their third lp, Ezra's mus.
I've been waiting forever to find the right time to post this. Once someone asked me, "Are there any CURRENT bands that I could go see now that are awesome and rock like Violent Femmes?" I had a really hard time coming up with an answer, and finally settled on Tapes n' Tapes, but still didn't feel like it was the right answer. A few months later I heard this fucking fantastic song on the radio,...
After watching the Wildcats kick UCLA's ass tomorrow, I'm going to head downtown to check out Ezra Furman & The Harpoons at Solar Culture (though I can't blame anybody who picks Why? @ Congress).I first heard of Furman a couple years ago via Paste writer and blogger Andy Whitman, who dared use the New Dylan tag, calling Furman untamed, freewheelin' and manic, and saying the then 20-year-old "