My series on how bands can break through without breaking the bank continues with clever, resourceful and amusing advice from rad bands including Deafheaven, Whores, Elder and Intronaut. Go to New Noise and get schooled.
Archive for the Interviews Category
Deafheaven, Whores, Elder, Intronaut Share Tips For Saving Money
Posted in Interviews with tags Deafheaven, Elder, Intronaut, Whores on 08/06/2024 by Kurt OrzeckLive Review From The Vaults: Shellac Are Not Your Friend
Posted in Interviews with tags Bob Weston, Shellac, Steve Albini, Todd Trainer, Touch and Go on 08/04/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Go to New Noise to read my live review, previously published on MTV News’ now-shuttered website, of Shellac’s caustic concert at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood on January 28, 2001.
For the sake of good measure and posterity, here’s an email that largely media-averse Shellac guitarist/vocalist Steve Albini sent me before his deeply sad passing on May 7:
“I’d be happy to talk to you. I’m traveling at the moment but I’ll be back on May 6th. I can do a conversation any morning prior to my normal sessions starting at 10 am (Central) or I can answer questions by email, where I will likely be more eloquent.”
The Bad Penny, named after one of Albini’s creations, already misses him more sorely than words can express.
Cursive Say ‘Easy Hangs Over Zoom’ Led To Run For Cover Signing
Posted in Interviews with tags Cursive, Mike Mogis, Tim Kasher on 08/03/2024 by Kurt OrzeckFor their 10th album overall and first in five years, Omaha indie-rock stalwarts Cursive didn’t opt to release Devourer through their own label, 15 Passenger – or Omaha-based Saddle Creek Records, for that matter – but rather Run for Cover Records. Read the full story in Music Connection‘s print edition or on its website.
… And You Will Know Us by the Trail Of Dead, Sigh, Black Anvil Offer Priceless Tips To Broke Bands
Posted in Interviews on 07/22/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Check out my new series on New Noise in which veteran musicians offer advice to young and financially struggling bands on how to tour without breaking the bank. … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Sigh and Black Anvil divulge their money-saving methods in the first installment.
Refused Vocalist: ‘Revolution Isn’t Going To Happen Overnight’
Posted in Interviews with tags Dennis Lyxzén, Refused on 07/20/2024 by Kurt OrzeckWith the health of Dennis Lyxzén unclear after he apparently suffered a devastating heart attack, we send our best wishes to him—and bring you a previously unreleased interview with Lyxzén from November 2019. Go to New Noise‘s website to read our conversation, during which Refused’s main man shares how he envisions the shape of the world to come.
Kvaen’s ‘Formless Fires’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Interviews on 07/19/2024 by Kurt OrzeckNew Wave of Swedish Melodic Death Metal entry Kvaen succeed throughout the entirety of The Formless Fire, even in its weak spots, as the band’s passion for writing and performing stellar songs trumps all else. Fresh blood doesn’t get more bloodthirsty than this. Go to New Noise or click below for my full review.
At The Gates Eye Next LP; Tomas Lindberg Talks Philosophy, Literature In Epic Conversation
Posted in Interviews on 07/16/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
We left virtually no stone unturned with Lindberg, a hyper-literate social studies teacher who is far more obsessed with the magical realism of authors like Jorge Luis Borges and the philosophy of pessimism espoused by Eugene Thatcher than overexposed occultists like Aleister Crowley. Enjoy one of the headier, epic interviews with one of the most crucial members of not just MDM but of heavy metal on the whole in the last 30 years, via New Noise.
Cloud Rat Chat About Fave Fests, ‘Grimiest’ Venues
Posted in Interviews with tags Cloud Rat, Madison Marshall on 07/12/2024 by Kurt OrzeckAs everyone’s favorite “three-piece grindpunk psychonaut unit” (their words, not ours) head out for another tour, go to New Noise for some previously unpublished thoughts about music festivals they shared with me during a conversation last year.
Blvck Hippie’s ‘Basketball Camp’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Interviews on 07/10/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
On the second album by Blvck Hippie, Josh Shaw channels the momentum of emotional turmoil into a vibrant, propulsive musical feat with a bigger, bolder sound than their debut. Read my full review via FLOOD.
Orbit Culture Try To Keep Momentum Going With Next LP
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags Orbit Culture, Slipknot on 07/09/2024 by Kurt OrzeckIn light of Orbit Culture’s astronomical rise (pun most definitely intended), we break out the transcript of our February conversation with the Swedish band’s frontman. Go to New Noise for a closer look at the Swedish melodic death metal band that everyone—well, OK, the majority of people who have actually heard of the subgenre—are dying to know more about.
The Bad Penny (beta) 