MIKE MCCREADY & KATE NECKEL DISCUSS INFINITE COLOR & SOUND
“Hi, Olivia and Shayne, this is Mike McCready.” “Hi! It’s Kate.” Like an airplane hitting turbulence, it felt like the room had dipped beneath…
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WHY JORDAN COOK COVERS HIS PEDALS & OTHER REIGNWOLF MYSTERIES SOLVED
Listening to Hear Me Out has become such a frequent ritual since its release that I couldn’t wait to catch up with Reignwolf frontman…
STEVEN DROZD ON ‘FOREVERYWHERE’ & THE FLAMING LIPS: ‘FIND THAT THING THAT YOU LOVE’
“It is exactly forty-five minutes after the hour,” Steven Drozd said with an affable laugh when he picked up the phone. True; it was…
TWIN PEAKS DISCUSS NEW LP & MORE: ‘IF IT FEELS GOOD, IT FEELS GOOD’
In a room upstairs at Rough Trade that I had never noticed before – where I got to talk to Twin Peaks’ Clay Frankel…
‘MUSIC IS LIKE A POTION YOU TAKE’: WAYNE COYNE ON THE FLAMING LIPS & MUCH MORE
Wayne Coyne must have been in the mood to talk, because an ordinary day took a wild turn when I found out I would…
SCREAMING FEMALES ‘JUST LIKE MAKING MUSIC BECAUSE IT’S SATISFYING’
“Just go ahead,” said Marissa Paternoster, very quietly and politely. She laughed and nodded at the in-progress drawing she had placed on her lap….
BLACK PISTOL FIRE’S ERIC OWEN SHARES RAD STORIES, DETAILS ON NEW LP & MORE
“This is actually a very interesting time that you called. We’re in Richmond, Virginia, and our van is not broken down, but we can’t…
AN ENERGIZING TALK WITH SUNFLOWER BEAN: ‘THERE’S SO MUCH POTENTIAL IN YOUR ANGER’
Watching Sunflower Bean bewitch and amaze the large outdoor crowd during their headlining Waking Windows set, it was surreal to think we had just…
CHATTING WITH PARROT DREAM AFTER THEIR WAKING WINDOWS SET
“It’s fun to play festivals, because you kind of never know what’s going to happen,” said Kiki (a.k.a. Christina Appel) of the indie-psych-dream-pop band…
COMPLEXITY DRESSED AS SIMPLICITY: ONR. FINDS HIS VOICE
In story and in song, sometimes the most compelling, resonant conclusion is the one that’s left to the mind’s eye. Inspired to write from…