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Q&A With Squeeze's Chris Defford
After practically defining the New Wave genre in the '80s and, with partner Glenn Tilbrook, writing some of the classic pop songs of the late 20th century, Squeeze's venerable co-writer Chris Defford went the solo route, with detours into film scoring and the occasional Squeeze reunion.
Already considered a songwriter's songwriter for his high-lonesome tunesmithery with the Scud Mountain Boys and shimmering power-pop with the Pernice Brothers, Joe Pernice has launched a fiction writing career that promises as much critical acclaim and cultural valence as his music.
Kevin Kinney has the Midwestern Blues on Great American Bubble Factory, the first collection Southern rockers Drivin' N' Cryin' have released in 12 years. Known for their canny fusion of new wave pop and Dixie boogie, Drivin' N' Cryin' summed up one aspect of the Georgia music scene that spawned bands such as Pylon, the B-52s and, of course, R.E.M.