Roughly a decade after Beachwood Sparks co-founder/bassist Brent Rademaker stepped out to front his alt/country project GospelbeacH, he recently scuttled it when his principal posse reactivated. “GospelbeacH was a fluke. … We had our moment,” he says. Read my full interview with Rademaker in the latest edition of The Big Takeover, the last great indie-rock publication. Get yer copy here.
Instrumentalists Circles Around the Sun and singer/harpist Mikaela Davis may appear to be unlikely collaborators on the surface. But the former’s affinity for psych-rock and the latter’s proclivity for folk and country mesh to their mutual advantage on the recently released After Sunrise.
Read my joint interview with both parties in the latest edition of The Big Takeover, the last great indie-rock publication. Issue #94 just went on sale at bookstores and record shops (the cool ones, that is). But if you’re not in the mood to leave the house, snag a copy here and it’ll magically arrive in your mailbox.
Behold, the latest and greatest issue of The Big Takeover, the last great indie-rock publication created by inimitably cool dude Jack Rabid. In it you’ll find one of three feature pieces scribbled by yours truly, including a profile on long-running garage-rock gurus Meatbodies.
The magazine features our wide-ranging conversation with frontman and Ty Segall collaborator Chad Ubovich, who transparently opens up about achieving sobriety, the new Meatbodies album Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom (In the Red) and bouncing back after losing his ability to walk.
Issue #94 of The Big Takeover just went on sale at bookstores and record shops (the cool ones, that is). But if you’re not in the mood to leave the house, snag a copy here and it’ll magically arrive in your mailbox!
Check out my short-but-sweet profile on Treefort Music Fest Co-Founder and Director Eric Gilbert in the latest issue of Meridian Lifestyle. Or, if you don’t feel like running around town trying to locate a copy, read the online version here.
What’s up next for the gang of not-quite-yet-geriatrics? In addition to one-off festival appearances, are David Yow and company creating their special brew of music: classic-rock, spray-painted with a punk-rock sensibility? Our probe begins with this article originally published via New Noise.
The Swedish metal band is eager to proving they aren’t just another melodic death-metal band from the country that brought legendary status to the subgenre. Read more of my interview with them courtesy of Music Connection.
Don’t believe that headline? Check out my feature on the wild — and wildly unclassifiable — band in my Music Connection profile.
It’s been a minute since I spoke with two musicians less enthusiastic about participating in an interview, but Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein nevertheless shared some insights on their new record and the state of their band for my new FLOOD feature.
Grab a copy of the latest issue of Music Connection or go here to read my latest cover story, in which I interviewed two New Kids on the Block about their new album. Yup, you read that right.
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