Julien Baker Archives

Aaron Dessner Talks with Julien Baker on the Talkhouse Podcast

Podcast

By Talkhouse Podcast | December 16, 2021

Aaron Dessner Talks with Julien Baker on the Talkhouse Podcast

The National guitarist and the amazing singer-songwriter have kept remarkably busy this year.

Talkhouse Weekend Playlist: 20 Years of Seattle’s The Vera Project

Music

May 7, 2021

Talkhouse Weekend Playlist: 20 Years of Seattle’s The Vera Project

The staff behind the community-oriented music and arts space share some of the favorites who have passed through their doors.

Katie Malco Reflects Mercifully on the Past

Music

By Julien Baker | August 11, 2020

Katie Malco Reflects Mercifully on the Past

Julien Baker talks the “brutal candor” of Failures.

Julien Baker (boygenius) Talks with Katie Harkin (HARKIN, Sleater-Kinney) on the Talkhouse Podcast

Podcast

By Talkhouse Podcast | July 9, 2020

Julien Baker (boygenius) Talks with Katie Harkin (HARKIN, Sleater-Kinney) on the Talkhouse Podcast

They discuss synthesizers, controlling one's own artistic destiny, John Milton... and dick pics.

Everybody’s Looking for God

Music

By Julien Baker | December 14, 2018

Everybody’s Looking for God

A conversation with Matt Berninger (The National), Julien Baker, and Stephan Altman on politics, religion, and artistic collaboration.

On Pop-Country, Pop-Schmaltz, and A Star Is Born

Music

By Lawrence Rothman | November 19, 2018

On Pop-Country, Pop-Schmaltz, and A Star Is Born

According to Lawrence Rothman, the only way Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut could have been better is if boygenius wrote the soundtrack.

boygenius Makes Good on the Promise of Supergroups

Music

By Jeremy Bolm | November 12, 2018

boygenius Makes Good on the Promise of Supergroups

Jeremy Bolm (Touché Amoré, Hesitation Wounds) on supergroups and the honest, punk spirit of the new Baker-Bridgers-Dacus collaboration.

Thank You For Today is a Peaceful Concession to Transience

Music

By Julien Baker | August 17, 2018

Thank You For Today is a Peaceful Concession to Transience

Julien Baker reflects on Death Cab for Cutie's latest record and the inevitability of change.

On Grid of Points, Grouper Draws a Map Through Sound

Music

By Julien Baker | May 3, 2018

On Grid of Points, Grouper Draws a Map Through Sound

The album guides listeners through the mental environments their creator inhabits.

Mount Eerie Tries to Make Sense of the Senseless

Music

By Julien Baker | March 19, 2018

Mount Eerie Tries to Make Sense of the Senseless

Now Only is not a treatise on death, but one person's attempt at healing from personal tragedy.