As 2012 has come to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors.
In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull (Wichita), the follow-up to 2009’s enormously successful Ignore The Ignorant, represents a physical return to the Cribs’ original band-of-Brit-brothers format—Gary Jarman on bass/vocals, his twin Ryan on guitar/vocals and younger sibling Ross on drums—after the departure of the massively influential Johnny Marr. The Smiths guitarist added sinewy guitar and a palpable sense of maturation to the Cribs’ already potent sound, and given the new LP’s blend of visceral raw-punk energy and full-bodied pop melodicism, Marr’s two-year tenure with the band left an obvious mark on it creative approach. Gary will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our recent feature on the Cribs.
Jarman: Whenever we are in Japan, as any touring musician will tell you, we are pretty much jet lagged the whole time. It’s a really unsettling time-zone shift. Plus, you are never there for more than a week usually, so just as you are getting over the lag you are leaving. Thankfully, pretty much every vending machine in Japan sells these cans of coffee; they are the perfect size, and they taste so good. I like the one with the blue mountain on it the best. They’re like little life savers.
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