Dusty Brooks and Dorian Domi explain in my New Noise interview how this year’s edition of their experimental-music festival in Austin raises the bar.
Archive for the Interviews Category
Oblivion Access Cofounders on This Year’s Fest: ‘This Is the Biggest Deal for Us So Far’
Posted in Interviews with tags Oblivion Access on 06/21/2023 by Kurt OrzeckJeromes Dream Say New LP ‘Gray in Between’ Is Hardcore Done Right
Posted in Interviews with tags Jeromes Dream on 06/20/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out my interview with hardcore legends Jeromes Dream for New Noise about their latest LP, The Grey in Between — an early contender for best album of the year. Buy the print issue that features the story here.
Faust Feast Their Eyes Over New Explosion of Experimental Music
Posted in Interviews with tags Faust on 06/19/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out my interview with 74-year-old Faust original member and kraut-rock pioneer Jean-Hervé Péron for New Noise.
Oblivion Access Friday Pick: Yellow Swans
Posted in Interviews with tags Oblivion Access, Yellow Swans on 06/16/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCatch up with Yellow Swans in my brand-new interview for New Noise, ahead of their first concert in 15 years tonight at Oblivion Access in Austin.
In ‘Times’ of Struggle: Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme on New LP
Posted in Interviews with tags Josh Homme, Queens of the Stone Age on 06/16/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
Amid the release of the band’s eighth studio album, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme discusses change, acceptance, and the sonic brutality of their latest offering in my wide-ranging interview with him for FLOOD.
Unearth Frontman Trevor Phipps: ‘The World Would Be a Better Place with More Metal’
Posted in Interviews with tags Trevor Phipps, Unearth on 06/15/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out my New Noise interview with metalcore maestro Trevor Phipps of Unearth, whose newest album, The Wretched; The Ruinous, revolves entirely around environmental catastrophe. Buy the print copy of New Noise, which features the story, here.
Oblivion Access Thursday Pick: Midwife
Posted in Interviews on 06/15/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCatch up with Midwife (a.k.a. Madeline Johnston) in my interview for New Noise, ahead of their concert tonight at Oblivion Access in Austin.
City of Caterpillar Want Oblivion Access Set to Make People’s Skin Crawl
Posted in Interviews with tags City of Caterpillar on 06/14/2023 by Kurt Orzeck“It blows my mind that we can still connect” with new audiences, vocalist/guitarist Brandon Evans admitted in my New Noise interview ahead of the post-hardcore band’s performance in Texas.
Godflesh’s Justin Broadrick: ‘I Feel the Same at 53 as I Did at 13’
Posted in Interviews with tags Godflesh, Justin Broadrick on 06/14/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
Check out the very rare and very recent interview I conducted with of the most legendary underground-metal musicians of all time, Godflesh and Jesu frontman Justin Broadrick, for FLOOD.
Cloak Frontman on Making ‘A Monumental Piece in the History of the Band’
Posted in Interviews with tags Cloak, Oblivion Access on 06/13/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCatch up with Cloak in my just-published New Noise interview with Scott Taysom, who spoke about the black-metal band’s game-changing new LP and Cloak’s gig tonight at Oblivion Access.
The Bad Penny (beta) 