Posts Tagged ‘ interview ’
This originally appeared in Beatroute Magazine as a Vancouver cover feature. This was the second one I did for the magazine and it was a blast to do. Matt Camirand is a pretty cool dude, and the record is awesome. I couldn’t write “Let Spirits Ride is the best Iron Maiden song Iron Maiden [ READ MORE ]
Originally appeared in Beatroute Magazine. Woodhands put on one of the best shows I’ve seen this year. Playing ahead of the utterly insane (as mentioned) WhoMadeWho and (what I was able to see of) !!! was kind of a dream bill. Dan Werb is a stand up dude, both on stage and doing an interview [ READ MORE ]
The following originally appeared in the The Peak. I got to talk to a buddy about a piece of documentary filmmaking he was involved with. Pretty neat stuff and a cool story. t’s a cold, grey expanse. The sun rarely rises very far over the horizon and thick fog sometimes hangs like a veil over [ READ MORE ]
The following was originally published in Beatroute Magazine. It is my first time being on the cover of anything, so I’m pretty excited about it. I like how it turned out. Be sure to grab a copy on stands in June if you are in Vancouver. If Hard Drugs, the band, were a hard drug [ READ MORE ]
The following originally appeared in Beatroute Magazine. I ducked out of a lecture to perform this interview. It was very rock and roll. I just need a leather jacket to be James Dean now, they tell me. Darby Cicci is sitting in the middle of an electrical storm. One third of the experimental indie rock [ READ MORE ]
This article originally appeared in Beatroute Magazine. Big thanks to Doug who found time in their insane touring schedule to answer questions he has likely heard many times before. Such things happen with longevity. The problem with inventing a genre is that no one will ever let you forget it. Chicago post-rockers Tortoise are no strangers [ READ MORE ]
This interview originally appeared in Beatroute Magazine. It was supposed to be there a few months ago, but an art snafu kept it out until nowish. Cairo is a great band and you should check them out posthaste. When there is a delicious meal set in front of me, the last thing I want to [ READ MORE ]
Originally appearing in Beatroute Magazine. Yuki Chikudate doesn’t think definition gets you anywhere. Or rather, attempting to define her band, Asobi Seksu – the New York-based shoegaze group – is a fool’s errand. “This question of fitting into a genre or fitting into a specific sound, it’s always a question that people ask bands,” she says. “I [ READ MORE ]
Going away, but not on vacation. Eleanor Friedberger has been away for some time and has come back with a cold. The female half of the brother-sister duo the Fiery Furnaces talks to me just having returned from a long stint in Europe touring behind their seventh studio album, I’m Going Away. While the album starts [ READ MORE ]
James McNew is talking to me from Durham, North Carolina where Yo La Tengo is set to play a show in support of their seventh full-length album, Popular Songs. While the band has had undeniable longevity and success over long history, critics are quick to point out a lack of mainstream notoriety. The [ READ MORE ]