Wednesday, February 10 2010
20 Questions: Steve Schiltz of the Hurricane Bells
Longwave frontman Steve Schiltz took time off from his main band to form Hurricane Bells and wound up on the New Moon soundtrack.
Thursday, May 7 2009
Big, Dramatic, Rock Guitar Moments: An Interview with Longwave
Following his departure from RCA, Longwave frontman Steve Schiltz wound up touring with Strokes axe-man Albert Hammond Jr., taking advice from the Edge, and making his best album to date.
Thursday, November 20 2008
Longwave: Secrets Are Sinister
Secrets Are Sinister is the kind of comeback album that a band like Longwave not only needs, but, surprisingly, actually deserves.
Friday, September 2 2005
Longwave: There’s a Fire
Yet another band of State-side Anglophiliacs, this time pilfering wholesale from the corpse of early '90s shoegazers. Thanks, but no thanks: we've been there, done that, and paid the import prices far too many times.
Friday, July 18 2003
Longwave: The Strangest Things
They look like the Strokes. They’re friends with the Strokes. They’re on the same label as the Strokes. They’re from New York like the Strokes. If it looks like the Strokes and walks like the Strokes, does it sound as good as the Strokes?
Sunday, January 1 1995
Longwave: Endsongs
Recalling the earlier days of Radiohead and jangly-guitar work of U2, Longwave’s debut Endsongs possesses a dark subtlety that is fascinatingly challenging in light of most of today’s empty modern rock.
