The Clearing and the Clear View It Lends: A Discussion with Phil Moore of the Bowerbirds
The Clearing, the Bowerbirds third album due out March 6th, 2012 on Dead Oceans, is a grand representation of Phil Moore and Beth Tacular’s outlook on the world, the life they live and the challenges that hail from that pursuit. By now, it should be understood that the Bowerbirds are a band enjoyed by many, especially those...
Chrome Sparks: An Interview with Jeremy Malvin
For those of you not yet familiar with Chrome Sparks, I’ll wager that it will be part of the indie vocabulary (or hipsum) within the next year. Chrome Sparks is an electro-pop project by Jeremy Malvin, an Ann Arbor resident and University of Michigan junior. It shares some commonalities between popular chillwave music, but less...
On a Bass with One String – A Conversation with Jon Bunch of Sense Field and Further Seems Forever
Jeremy Alan Gould interviews Jon Bunch of Sense Fieldm Further Seems Forever and Jon Bunch fame.
A Couple of Dead Winter Spots – An Interview with Seapony
Seapony has the type of sound that doesn't insist upon itself. That is, never abrasive, never jarring, just pleasantly there posing almost salubriously to the psyche. Listening to their It's just as good as daydreaming and projects that hazy veneer of watching old slideshows of your family at the beach. The band has one of...
Walking Through Black Grass – A Conversation with Kyle Field of Little Wings
Kyle Field, the whimsical honcho of Little Wings and at one time, the known to be wanderer living out of his truck’s camper shell, called me from California for our interview, letting me know from the get go that this was going to be “part one of a capsule”, that he was on his...
A bathroom interview with Oakland’s Religious Girls
I never go to house shows. It's a given that there's going to be some aspect of the whole experience that just weirds you out. Something off-putting. This time it was Religious Girls. And I mean that in the best way possible.
In the Ladies’ Restroom with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Daniel and Josh from Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. join Ian Latchmansingh in the women's restroom of the Casbah in San Diego, CA on June 2, 2011 to discuss NASCAR, Detroit, Electro-Harmonix, Pitchfork, remixing, and much more.
In My Bedroom, Baby Blue Briefs, and Times New Viking
Dancer Equired gave me a free pass to be myself; I forgot to listen to it as a critic. I didn’t review it. I just lost my damn mind. Maybe it’s the subtle and sometimes blatant imperfections that tore down my guard. It’s riddled with pop ambiguity and a not-so-timid urgency to communicate some sort...
Brutal and Evolving – A Conversation with Kirk Windstein
Fans of Crowbar, Down and Kingdom of Sorrow know exactly what Kirk Windstein is capable of. His career has produced some of the most uncompromising, brutal and at times unexpected metal of the last 20 years.
And on the eight day he created Metal: An interview with Stryper’s Michael Sweet
Stryper simultaneously defied the norm of the Christian band and that of the metal band. When they arrived on the LA glam metal scene, they had a look and sound that fit the ever-growing subculture but weren't pedaling the sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll cliches. Instead, they were the alternative, the sheep in wolves clothing. For...
All Over the Place and Back Again – A Conversation with Will Wiesenfeld
One of the most interesting electronic/beats-based albums of 2010 came from Will Wiesenfeld’s Baths project. Cerulean, the debut album from Baths, made it on quite a few year-end lists, but it seems to have stayed under the radar outside of the experimental electronic and glitch scenes. Released by anticon. records, Cerulean fits in well with that...
Hidden Pop Songs – A Conversation with Banjo or Freakout
Banjo or Freakout's self-titled debut album is serene, escapist and at times meandering. But these are the types of songs you don't mind following down their respective winding, soundscape paths. Alessio Natalizia is Banjo or Freakout and has a knack for marrying swirling ambiance with pop sensibility.
