Erasure @ Kingsbury Hall 08.12 with Reed and Caroline
By Ryan Michael Painter [Posted August 14, 2018]
Erasure’s set ends with “Stop!,” a track from the Crackers International release that served as a Christmas release in 1988 and a bridge between the The Innocents and Wild! releases. Thunderous applause follows—genuine, stand-on-your-feet applause. … read more
Erasure
By Dean O Hillis [Posted March 9, 2018]
Erasure = Sparks + Communards + Kronos Quartet
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Erasure
By Dean O Hillis [Posted May 1, 2017]
World Be Gone proves that the Clarke and Bell duo—rivetingly—still has much more to say. How lucky the pop world is for that! … read more
Contributor Limelight: Dean O Hillis
[Posted September 3, 2015]
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 contributed … read more
For Whom The (Violet) Bell Tolls: In Conversation with Erasure’s Andy Bell
By Dean O Hillis [Posted October 23, 2014]
With Erasure presently on an increasingly sold-out international tour, I had the humbling pleasure of speaking to Bell before their highly anticipated return to the Capitol Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 29. … read more
Analogical Resurrection: An Interview with Erasure
By Ryan Michael Painter [Posted May 6, 2005]
When Erasure set out to promote 2003’s Other People’s Songs album, they hadn’t toured in four years; neither Vince Clark nor Andy Bell were sure if the fans would still be there. Perhaps they considered wearing the “irrelevant” tag the British press had so kindly tried to pin, with a nail gun, to their chest. … read more