John Roderick (the Long Winters) Talks Christmas Music

Every year at the beginning of September my publishing company used to ask me if I had any Christmas music to send them. I never did. They’d chastise me in a friendly way that Christmas music was always in demand, good for some easy licensing dollars, and I’d promise myself that the following year, sometime […]

John Roderick Talks the 2014 Grammy Awards

On January 26th, 2014, Long Winters frontman John Roderick live-tweeted the 2014 Grammy Awards for the Talkhouse. Some notables that year: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis; Daft Punk; Kendrick Lamar with Imagine Dragons; Nine Inch Nails with Queens of the Stone Age and Dave Grohl; Lorde; and Pharrell’s hat. Here’s how it went down. 4:30 PM I’m […]

John Roderick (the Long Winters) Talks Michael Bublé’s To Be Loved

I thought it’d be fun to review the new Michael Bublé album because I assumed most of it would be tepid pseudo-jazz and I wanted to test my ability to say something interesting about it. I’ve got a little bit of a reputation as a “hater” and figured I’d better start trying to be a […]

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks Raein’s Sulla Linea Dell’Orizzonte fra Questa Mia Vita e Quella di Tutti

Every few years, someone will start a debate about what punk really is. Most recently, this debate was sparked by a Seattle Weekly piece titled “Punk Rock is Bullshit,” in which ostensibly grown-up punk (and Talkhouse contributor) John Roderick very eloquently deconstructs his wasted life of misguided punk rock ideals. He reduces the music to fun, albeit stupid, rock […]