Mark Lanegan, who had been open about his past struggles with both alcoholism and heroin addiction, as well as surviving a near-fatal COVID-19 infection last year, died of still-unspecified causes at his home in Ireland.
the Whigs’ second incarnation found Dulli, as songwriter and musician, not strictly picking up where the band left off in the ’90s — grunge-adjacent rockers steeped in soul and R&B — but incorporating some of the Twilight Singers’ sonic flourishes, along with some of that band’s lineup as well.“I wasn’t going to revert back to something that I had already done,” he said.
The Whigs’ new album, a standout collection of swaggering rock noir, is the band’s ninth since 1988, and further cements its reunion era as a rare success not just on stage but on record. That’s all the more impressive considering “How Do You Burn?” is a product of the pandemic, assembled remotely via Pro Tools and FaceTime across multiple states.“Random Desire,”The Afghan Whigs circa 2022, from left: Patrick Keeler, Rick Nelson, Christopher Thorn, Greg Dulli and John Curley.
Instead, Dulli hunkered down with drummer Patrick Keeler and co-producer — and new Whigs guitarist — Christopher Thorn, a former member of ’90s MTV staple Blind Melon, at Thorn’s studio in Joshua Tree, California, off and on from September 2020 to December 2021. From there, they sent in-progress songs to Curley in Cincinnati, guitarist John Skibic in New Jersey and multi-instrumentalist Rick Nelson in New Orleans, seeking their individual musical input.
“When the Twilight Singers made ‘Powder Burns,’ I was in New Orleans right after Hurricane Katrina, so it was very much a remote recording down there,” he said. ‘So ‘Powder Burns,’ that was my practice run on all of this. I knew exactly what to do.” That included reaching out to some of the familiar voices who’ve helped accentuate Dulli’s lyrics in the past, not just Lanegan and Van Hunt, but Susan Marshall, Ed Harcourt and — most dramatically — Marcy Mays. The Scrawl frontwoman stole the Whigs’ landmark 1993 record
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Greg Abbott, Beto O'Rourke Hold First and Likely the Only Debate in Race for Texas GovernorPolls show a single-digit race, but the stakes in the debate were especially high for O’Rourke in what remains an uphill climb to become the first Democrat to win statewide office in Texas in nearly 30 years.
Read more »
Fact-checking the Texas governor debate between Greg Abbott and Beto O’RourkeFactchecking the governor debate between incumbent Greg Abbott and challenger Beto O'Rourke.
Read more »
Watch Greg Abbott and Beto O'Rourke's Only Debate Before Election DayDemocratic candidate for Texas governor Beto O’Rourke is trying to close the gap between him and Republican Greg Abbott, raising the stakes for Friday’s debate.
Read more »
Watch live: Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke debate in Edinburg at 7 p.m.The debate will be on local Nexstar television stations across the state, and The Texas Tribune will livestream the debate here.
Read more »
Beto O'Rourke blames Gov. Greg Abbott for nixing live audience in tonight's debate
Read more »