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Home›Author: Kurt Orzeck (Page 3)

Author: Kurt Orzeck

Kurt Orzeck

  • Signing Story: LUNA13

    Magazine, Signing Stories
    September 29, 2020
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Date Signed: June 30, 2020 Label: COP International Band Members: Lilith Bathory, Dr. Luna (Doc) Type of Music: Deathtronica; Black/Bass/Metal Management: Christian Petke - COP International, Christian@COPInt.com Booking: Christian@COPInt.com Legal: ...
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  • Cover Story: Q&A with Bright Eyes

    Cover Stories, Magazine
    September 28, 2020
    by Kurt Orzeck
    The last time Bright Eyes released a new studio record, America was only a couple of years into the Obama presidency, Adele had the bestselling album of the year, the ...
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  • Signing Story: Evann McIntosh

    Magazine, Signing Stories
    August 27, 2020
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Date Signed: April 29, 2020 Label: Mom+Pop Music Type of Music: R&B/Soul Management: Kevin Lazaroff, Modern Invasion, Kevin@ModernInvasion.com Booking: Katherine Friedland, Mom+Pop Music, Katherine@ MomandPopMusic.com Legal: Neil C. Shulman, Ploegsma ...
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  • The Body

    Album Review: Remixed by The Body (6/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    December 30, 2019
    by Kurt Orzeck
    "Their latest, which marks the band's 20th anniversary, isn't really their own doing—the duo enlisted friends and other musicians to re-imagine some of their songs." Providence-based experimentalists Chip King (guitars-vocals) ...
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  • Exhumed

    Album Review: Horror by Exhumed (7/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    December 30, 2019
    by Kurt Orzeck
    "Time flies—but not as fast as the grinding riffs churned by Exhumed." Time flies—but not as fast as the grinding riffs churned by Exhumed. Their latest LP is a reminder ...
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  • Musicians Contact

    Industry Profile: Musicians Contact

    DIY Spotlight, Magazine, More Industry News
    December 19, 2019
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Aside from the Rolling Stones, The Who and some major record labels, not many entities have lasted 50 years in the rock- music industry. Especially when one flies under the ...
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  • Rhythm Tribe

    Artist Project: Rhythm Tribe

    Latest
    December 19, 2019
    by Kurt Orzeck
    One of the age-old debates in music is whether it’s tougher to break through as a new artist or to break through again after having achieved success in the past. ...
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  • Rezz

    Rezz: Mad Rezzpect

    Cover Stories, Latest, Magazine
    November 25, 2019
    by Kurt Orzeck
    In 2013, Isabelle Rezazadeh went to Hard’s Day of the Dead festival in Los Angeles, where electronic music titans Skrillex, Deadmau5 and others partied deep into the night the weekend ...
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  • Dan Navarro

    Artist Profile: Dan Navarro

    Magazine
    November 25, 2019
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Dan Navarro might not be a household name, but he is certainly ubiquitous. The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter has collaborated with musicians ranging from The Bangles and Dionne Warwick to Jackson ...
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  • Dan Navarro

    Artist Profile: Dan Navarro

    Close Up, Latest, Songwriter Profile
    July 19, 2019
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Dan Navarro might not be a household name, but he is certainly ubiquitous. The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter has collaborated with musicians ranging from The Bangles and Dionne Warwick to Jackson ...
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  • Maez301

    Signing Story: Maez301

    Latest, Magazine, Signing Stories
    June 27, 2019
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Maryland-bred, Los Angeles-based rapper Maez301 originally set out to become a basketball player—before Tech N9ne recruited him instead. “At one point, I believed that basketball was my calling,” says Maez, ...
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  • Earth

    Album Review: Full Upon Her Burning Lips By Earth (8/10)

    Album Reviews, Latest, Magazine, Reviews
    June 12, 2019
    by Kurt Orzeck
    "10 tracks of widely varying length on which he and percussionist Adrienne Davies channel the essence of Earth." Long before Om and Sunn0))) materialized (and even before Boris), there was ...
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  • Conny Ochs

    Album Review: Doom Folk by Conny Ochs (8/10)

    Album Reviews, Reviews
    April 24, 2019
    by Kurt Orzeck
    "Ochs alternates between loud and soft volumes, and electric and acoustic textures, in order to assuage instead of assault." Ochs’ reputation as the father of “dark folk” crescendoes on this, the ...
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  • Hall and Oates

    Hall and Oates: Reigning Men

    Cover Stories, Latest, Magazine
    April 1, 2019
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Hall and Oates need no introduction (well, just about none). The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have sold roughly 40 million records since releasing their debut, Whole Oats, in ...
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  • 23andMe

    23andMe at The GRAMMY Gift Lounge

    Feature Articles, Latest, Magazine
    February 1, 2019
    by Kurt Orzeck
    What sort of DNA does it take to become a GRAMMY-winning musician? We probably won’t know the answer to that question for at least a few more years (to be ...
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  • Signing Story: Covet

    Latest, Magazine, Signing Stories
    November 23, 2018
    by Kurt Orzeck
    It’s the age-old struggle for an underground band trying to stay true to its DIY roots without going broke: How does it handle signing a deal with a record label? While the ...
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  • Brynn Elliott

    Signing Story: Brynn Elliott

    Latest, Signing Stories
    August 29, 2018
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Move over, banal YouTube sensations: a young talent with actual depth has finally arrived. In May, 23-year-old Brynn Elliott graduated from Harvard University, where she studied philosophy and wrote a ...
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  • Lord Huron

    Lord Huron: The New Noir

    Cover Stories, Latest, Magazine
    July 2, 2018
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Lord Huron are something of a mystery. Soon after the Los Angeles band materialized in 2010, it seemed like they had always been around. There was something endearingly familiar about ...
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  • Perfect Circle
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    Album Review: A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant (7/10)

    Album Reviews
    April 6, 2018
    by Kurt Orzeck
    It took APC 15 years to issue an album that, pensive as it may seem, is ultimately an exercise in dithering. While the record has shape, emotional range and possibly ...
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  • Thirty Seconds to Mars

    Thirty Seconds to Mars: Once More 'Round the Sun

    Cover Stories, Latest, Magazine
    April 1, 2018
    by Kurt Orzeck
    When Jared Leto sets out to do something, he doesn’t screw around. While he’s still best known as an Oscar-winning actor—one who carefully selects his roles and is said to ...
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