Review: The Devil’s In the Details – Saint Etienne’s “Home Counties”

Review: The Devil’s In the Details – Saint Etienne’s “Home...
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While not specifically a direct concept album like its two predecessors precisely—despite there being a recurring theme of suburbia and suburban life—Saint Etienne have taken some inspiration from their luminous back-catalog and reinvested it into their always stellar songcraft skills in “Home Counties.” … read more

Contributor Limelight: Dean O Hillis

Contributor Limelight: Dean O Hillis

  There’s no bigger purveyor of new wave pop than SLUG’s own beloved music lover Dean O Hillis. As a manager of MODified Music in the ’90s, Hillis was Salt Lake’s ambassador of musique Britannica, from Morrissey to Pet Shop Boys to Saint Etienne. He began writing for SLUG nearly 15 years ago, and has