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LUNCHBOX: Sebastien Grainger
By Jim Shearer on 12/09/2008
Filed under: VIDEO BLOGSebastien Grainger, former singer/drummer of Death From Above 1979 talks about the break-up of that band and the formation of his new one, which sees him step out from behind the drum kit and take center stage... The flash 8 plugin was not detected. var so = new SWFObject("/static/bc/ifc_generic_blog.swf", "grainger", "380", "295", "8", "#ffffff"); so.addParam("wmode", "transparent"); //change player width so.addVariable("pwidth", 380); //change player height so.addVariable("pheight", 285); //distinguish between different videos so.addVariable("s_movieID", "grainger"); //insert brightcove title id here so.addVariable("bctid", 4334761001); so.write("grainger"); MORE »
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TALK: MSTRKRFT
By Jim Shearer on 08/25/2008
Filed under: TALKLast time I crossed paths with Jesse Keeler, he was playing bass in the indie-punk duo, Death From Above 1979. Since then he has pulled the plug on the band that made him a household name in various indie circles and teamed up with fellow electronic music enthusiast, Al-P, to form MSTRKRFT, a group that may have already eclipsed the popularity of Keeler's previous band. While we were walking to the site of our interview, Keeler--either feeling obliged or knowing it was too obvious a question for me to pass up--discussed how Death From Above 1979 became no more.... MORE »
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