Read Bryan's full feature here . . THE Bryan Adams, a photographer? Yes, the very same. If you, like me, are one of the people surprised to hear that the Canadian musician has a penchant for swapping the guitar for a camera now and again, it could be suggested that we have been living under a very large rock for the past ten years. Because, fact fans, Adams has been honing his skills for a…

FAULT: You describe you sound as / Acoustic / Hip Hop / R&B How do you keep your sound so unique? AA: I grew up with a mother who is was a performer and is a music teacher, so I think it's only natural that she would make a point to ensure that I was well rounded, as far as my musical influences (plus I was a nerd who loved summer music camp). I find my music to often have a dramatic…

FAULT: You describe you sound as Metal / Rock / Thrash. How do you keep your sound so unique? To be honest, those three genres are essentially forced labels. Everyone demands an artist has to be unique, but in the next breath, everyone wants to put a label on the artist’s music.  In the world of heavy metal today, fans and artists alike are very genre obsessed. To some people we’re a metal…

UK-born mixed media artist Ian Francis has officially made his stateside solo debut with the opening of Fireland on March 3, 2011 at the Joshua Liner Gallery in New York City. Utilizing a mixture of ink, oil paint, pen, charcoal, acrylic paint, and graphite, Francis' new body of work takes his usual blend of abstraction, alienation, and eroticism to a whole new level. Francis graduated with…

ENERGY GIRL FAULT: You describe you sound as Folk Rock / Rock. How do you keep your sound so unique? Like sex, I’m making instinctive music. I don’t have any ideas of what a musical style is. I think sounds are universes you can call “Classic” “Rock” or even “Folk” but all this is only the genius brother of noise.  Music has success to transform noise into beauty and this is the only thing I…

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FAULT: What's the story behind Rac_ka? Kanade: ( Firstly, I regret not being able to speak English better, sorry.) About "rac_ka" We met In 2003,  became members of the same band. Afterwards, we had the possibility of playing as a duo through the recordings for that band. Toru: The band started recording on 13th July 2005 , to trigger the formation of the rac_ka project.  At that…

FAULT: What is the story behind "The Cry Baby"? Well, The Cry Baby came from my childhood, I grew up in a posh bit of London as a carer for my Mum. I had a completely weird existence in a mess with cats everywhere, a gran with severe dementia and a very sick mum. Abnormal was completely normal to me and when you're young you don't question this. When I was 18, I moved out. I gradually began to…