David Sylvian News

 
6/5: Pioneering Latin rockers Caifanes reunite for tour
AZ Central.com
"I like the perspective of people (who aged) like Zappa or David Sylvian -- it's not nostalgia. They're still creating, still working. I admire that consistency. That is what I wish. One day I'm going to be old, and I want to be like BB King, ...


 
Midyear Report: 12 for '12
Village Voice
(Its name is a hybridized homage to the Philip Pullman heroine Lyra Silvertongue and Japan frontman David Sylvian.) Her whoops and hiccups on this all-momentum track reveal that her superpower might very well be her ability to mimic her instruments ...


 
AZ Central.com
Best April albums: Spiritualized, Jack White, Dr. John
AZ Central.com
This two-disc collection chronicles the solo years of David Sylvian, who rose to fame as the dashing yet arty young front man of UK New Wavers Japan. It begins with a remix of "Ghosts," his old band's biggest hit, which broods as artfully as David ...


 
Prefixmag
CFCF: "Exercise #5 (September)" (Yours Truly Session) (Video)
Prefixmag
This cover from David Sylvian's excellent Secrets of the Beehive album has been reimagined as a simple ballad, stripping away the subtle synth-pop textures of the recorded version. Yours Truly shot Silver performing it in Austin, TX, in March this year ...

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PopMatters
CFCF: Exercises EP
PopMatters
While “Exercise 5 (September)”, a well-timed David Sylvian (considering the recent A Victim of Stars compilation) cover doesn't fare quite as well, it does offer an interesting break from the almost overwhelming sense of melancholy provided by the ...


 
CFCF's Synth-and-Piano Miniatures: Chillwave After the Thaw
SPIN (blog)
You have mentioned the influence of Peter Gabriel, Talk Talk, and David Sylvian — and of course you cover Sylvian's "September" here. I get the sense that you have a very romantic streak, musically speaking. Yeah, I would say so.


 
The Guardian
Duran Duran: I've hated them for 30 years but they're the perfect band for the ...
The Guardian
I don't love them or anything – that's impossible, especially after their version of Elvis Costello's Watching the Detectives, which is Rolf Harris meets David Sylvian. I may, though, have developed a grudging respect for the way as enduring light ...

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