Adam Granduciel of the War on Drugs talks to Steve Krakow, aka Plastic Crimewave: "I just want every show to blow my fucking mind."
by Kevin Warwick
Whenever I listen to "Red Eyes," one of several perfect tracks on the War on Drugs' most recent album, Lost in the Dream (Secretly Canadian), I imagine how thrilled main man Adam Granduciel must have been after he wrote the dusty guitar lick that opens its chorus. His simple, skittering lead, backed by what sounds like a symphony of synths, makes for a beautiful wide-screen hook—and it hasn't lost an iota of its luster in the six months I've been obsessively spinning the record.…[ Read more ]