Farrar and away (San Diego City Beat)
MS: But these criticisms don’t, in any way, mean that Farrar doesn’t belong in the alt-country Holy Trinity. His songs can take you to places that neither Adams nor Tweedy dare to venture. Farrar may not be as immediate or polished, but he’s a repeat-listen guy. Each time you hear a track, something else grabs your attention and, before you know it, you’re spending hours on iTunes scouring for every song he’s ever written.
Stephen Malkmus: trashed but talkative in London town (Drowned In Sound)
MS: There was this guy, I think he was in The Godfathers or something, in Mojo in a sidebar, and he was saying: “I want stars on stage. If the band looks like the roadies then they’ve lost the point and it’s completely horrible.” But 90 per cent of the time the band is boys, and I don’t want to sleep with them, so I don’t need them to dress up so much for me, you know? I want some image, some coolness and some decent clothes - I don’t want a complete slob up there - but I don’t need a star up there. I want the music to be the star. You’re dressing up for the girls, really. Music is not made by true stars. It’s made by the little people like Joy Division or something - they were the little guys who came up and made the big music. The Smiths, too - the little underdogs. They made the people’s music. They became stars afterwards, but they weren’t stars. They got elevated by the people. Their music made them the stars. I hate that attitude - it’s a sort of British attitude about it. Suede tried to have that attitude, too: “We need more glamour and more stars.” You become a star because you are. Go to Hollywood if you want to do that.
Painting that adorned classic album to be sold (The Independent)
MS: The painting that illustrated one of the most famous album covers in pop history is to be sold at auction. Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation scarcely troubled the charts when it was released in 1988 but has since been recognised as a rock masterpiece, regularly featuring in best album lists.
Later this month, fans of Eighties nostalgia will also have the chance to buy the art that gave the record one of the classiest covers ever produced.
The photo-painting, Kerze (Candle), is the work of avant-garde German artist Gerhard Richter. The original canvas will be put up for sale at Sotheby's in London next week and is likely to sell for several times its catalogue price of £2.5m.
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