Chris Kies

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Multimedia Manager at Premier Guitar

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Fontaines D.C. Rig Rundown

2 weeks ago | premierguitar.com | Chris Kies

The Irish post-punk band’s three guitarists go for Fairlane, Fenders, and a fake on their spring American tour. We caught up with guitarists Carlos O’Connell and Conor Curley from red-hot Dublin indie rock outfit Fontaines D.C. for a Rig Rundown in 2023, but we felt bad missing bassist Conor “Deego” Deegan III, so we’ve been waiting for the lads to make their way back.
Fontaines D.C. Rig Rundown

2 weeks ago | premierguitar.com | Chris Kies

The Irish post-punk band’s three guitarists go for Fairlane, Fenders, and a fake on their spring American tour. We caught up with guitarists Carlos O’Connell and Conor Curley from red-hot Dublin indie rock outfit Fontaines D.C. for a Rig Rundown in 2023, but we felt bad missing bassist Conor “Deego” Deegan III, so we’ve been waiting for the lads to make their way back.
Teen Mortage's James Guile Rig Rundown

1 month ago | premierguitar.com | Chris Kies

Two guitars, two amps, and two people is all it takes to bring the noise. The day before they played the coveted Blue Room at Third Man Records in Nashville, the Washington, D.C.-based garage-punk duo Teen Mortgage released their debut record, Devil Ultrasonic Dream. Not a bad couple of days for a young band. PG’s Chris Kies caught up with guitarist and vocalist James Guile at the Blue Room to find out how he builds the band’s bombastic guitar attack. Brought to you by D’Addario.
Teen Mortage's James Guile Rig Rundown

1 month ago | premierguitar.com | Chris Kies

Two guitars, two amps, and two people is all it takes to bring the noise. The day before they played the coveted Blue Room at Third Man Records in Nashville, the Washington, D.C.-based garage-punk duo Teen Mortgage released their debut record, Devil Ultrasonic Dream. Not a bad couple of days for a young band. PG’s Chris Kies caught up with guitarist and vocalist James Guile at the Blue Room to find out how he builds the band’s bombastic guitar attack. Brought to you by D’Addario.
Darkside's Dave Harrington Rig Rundown

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Chris Kies

9 hours agoWe tend to think of popes as people who are somehow elevated from the rest of us — a few steps up the ladder leading to God, perhaps. But Pope Francis, whose birth name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was often thinking of the common citizen, as heard in his comments about migrants, refugees and people …
Darkside's Dave Harrington Rig Rundown

1 month ago | premierguitar.com | Chris Kies

Alongside Nicolas Jaar’s electronics, Harrington creates epic sagas of sound with a team of fine-tuned pedalboards. Guitarist Dave Harrington concedes that while there are a few mile markers in the music that he and musician Nicolas Jaar create as Darkside, improvisation has been the rule from day one. The experimental electronic trio’s latest record, Nothing, which released in February on Matador, was the first to feature new percussionist Tlacael Esparza.
Rig Rundown: Zach Person

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Chris Kies

The five most irritating guitar solos in classic rockDerek and the Dominos – ‘Layla’ A song’s riff and a solo are like two siblings. More often than not, the solo is always the older, stronger and more …
The Rig Rundown Crew Sounds Off on Rolling Stone's "Iffy" List of 250 Greatest Guitarists

Oct 26, 2023 | premierguitar.com | Chris Kies

's video team visited Robert's Western World in downtown Nashville (home to some mighty fine guitar pickers) to share their thoughts on the recent list that has musicians buzzing across the internet.
Rig Rundown: Fontaines D.C.

Oct 18, 2023 | premierguitar.com | Chris Kies

Carlos O’Connell deforms his guitar with an unusual ordering of shapeshifting stompboxes, while Conor Curley embraces jangling-and-kerranging melodies on his hollowbody howlers. Together, they combine for a charming, chaotic chemistry. Irish rock band Fontaines D.C. is a dual-guitar ensemble featuring Carlos O’Connell and Conor Curley. At first, the duo used similar guitars, amps, and settings in an effort to work as a symbiotic saw buzzing their way through songs.
Rig Rundown: The Band Camino

Oct 11, 2023 | premierguitar.com | Chris Kies

Efficient, economical, and exacting are the key features that allow these pop-rockers’ finely-tuned setups to pump out buoyant ballads and bangers. “‘Stumbled into guitar’ is a good way of putting our start with the instrument. [Spencer Stewart] and I formed the band in 2015 and that’s when I got my first electric guitar,” admits The Band CAMINO’s vocalist and guitarist Jeffery Jordan.