Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Surfer Blood’s Pythons Music By Mish Way | June 12, 2013 By Mish Way | June 12, 2013 Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Surfer Blood’s Pythons The elephant in the room: Surfer Blood leader John Paul Pitts’ 2012 domestic battery charges.
Mickey Melchiondo (Ween) Talks Anvil’s Hope in Hell Music By Mickey Melchiondo | June 11, 2013 By Mickey Melchiondo | June 11, 2013 Mickey Melchiondo (Ween) Talks Anvil’s Hope in Hell Anvil didn’t really come onto my radar until the documentary The Story of Anvil came out in 2008. I remember seeing their name in the...
Janet Weiss (Quasi, Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag) Talks Sonny and the Sunsets’ Antenna to the Afterworld Music By Janet Weiss | June 10, 2013 By Janet Weiss | June 10, 2013 Janet Weiss (Quasi, Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag) Talks Sonny and the Sunsets’ Antenna to the Afterworld For the past 20 years, throughout my continuing course as a rock & roll drummer, my paramount aspiration has been to get through to someone — to...
Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger) Talks Eleanor Friedberger’s Personal Record Music By Sean Nelson | June 7, 2013 By Sean Nelson | June 7, 2013 Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger) Talks Eleanor Friedberger’s Personal Record Even though it’s kind of lazy and wishful to seize on an opening line to confer an overarching thematic intention on an album, it’s hard not to be...
Anika Talks Mount Kimbie’s Cold Spring Fault Less Youth Music By Anika | June 6, 2013 By Anika | June 6, 2013 Anika Talks Mount Kimbie’s Cold Spring Fault Less Youth I've been waiting for this album for quite some time. The first Mount Kimbie album, 2010's Crooks & Lovers, made quite an impression...
Laura Pleasants (Kylesa) talks Alice in Chains’ The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here Music By Laura Pleasants | May 31, 2013 By Laura Pleasants | May 31, 2013 Laura Pleasants (Kylesa) talks Alice in Chains’ The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here When I was in ninth grade, I had a pink lava lamp set up in my closet that illuminated the small walls with curvy color and atmosphere. The nearly...
Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Kylesa’s Ultraviolet Music By Amy Klein | May 30, 2013 By Amy Klein | May 30, 2013 Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Kylesa’s Ultraviolet I remember the spring I turned 18, when the universe seemed to be opening up to let me in, and, at the same time, making sure I knew I couldn’t go...
Nika Danilova (Zola Jesus) Talks Tricky’s False Idols Music By Nika Danilova | May 29, 2013 By Nika Danilova | May 29, 2013 Nika Danilova (Zola Jesus) Talks Tricky’s False Idols Not even halfway through the first song, and a dense wave of nostalgia runs down my spine. Oh Tricky, how you remind me of being a bitter backwoods...
Erika M. Anderson (EMA) Talks John Fogerty’s Wrote a Song for Everyone Music By Erika M. Anderson | May 28, 2013 By Erika M. Anderson | May 28, 2013 Erika M. Anderson (EMA) Talks John Fogerty’s Wrote a Song for Everyone I have a thought in my head that I wrap around myself like a warm blanket whenever I am completely overwhelmed. No matter how bad things get, if...
JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN) Talks CocoRosie’s Tales of a Grass Widow Music By JD Samson | May 27, 2013 By JD Samson | May 27, 2013 JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN) Talks CocoRosie’s Tales of a Grass Widow This isn't my first review of a CocoRosie record. I have sat alone with my best headphones and thought. Just like this. And I have choreographed...