Whether it was as the guitarist who created the gothic-western landscape of Shiva Burlesque 20 years ago, the even bigger guitar sound of Grant Lee Buffalo that rode herd in the ’90s (while he screwed up his courage to get his feet wet as a singer) or his current solo career (a wonderfully diverse summation of most everything that’s come before), Grant-Lee Phillips has become a consummate musician. Little Moon (Yep Roc) is the kind of record you keep playing until the songs refuse to go away, even long after you’ve switched off the electronics. Phillips is guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week, Read our Q&A with him.
Phillips: “Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune” by Claude Debussy has been an obsession of mine for a few decades. Composed in 1894, it was far ahead of its time, and it’s still quite revolutionary to my simple ears. Short of filling your home up with a cloud of incense and sitting astride a giant toadstool with a hookah, nothing does it like Debussy armed with an oboe to spin your head around. Video after the jump.
