Yesterday, you read an update on John Garcia’s plans to take his new Kyuss-covers project on tour. Today, here’s a 2001 interview – online for the first time – with Karma to Burn, a band that Garcia almost joined. Continue reading
Archive for the Interviews Category
Spencer Moody On Murder City Devils’ Breakup: ‘Everyone Was Ready For A Change’
Posted in Interviews with tags Big Business, Dead Low Tide, Enemymine, godheadSilo, Melvins, Murder City Devils, Rabbit Ears, Smoke and Smoke, Sparta, Spencer Moody, the Jesus Lizard, the John & Spencer Booze Explosion, Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death on 02/03/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
After unearthing an ultra-hard-to-find interview with Dead Meadow yesterday, today it seemed fitting to trudge up an even rarer one with Dead Low Tide. This piece is so obscure, in fact, that only two eyeballs have seen it thus far: Shortly before it was due to run, Dead Low Tide bit the dust, and the article was scrapped. Continue reading
Dead Meadow: Tweaked ‘Kings’
Posted in Interviews with tags Dead Meadow, Fugazi, Joe Lally, Make-Up, Rye Coalition on 02/02/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
With Dead Meadow having recently announced the March 23 release of their Three Kings CD/DVD – a multimedia package combining new studio material and live songs – here’s a look back at a hard-to-find 2003 interview with Steve Kille, Jason Simon and Stephen McCarty. Continue reading
The Magic Wanda Jackson
Posted in Interviews with tags Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Jack White, the Cramps, Wanda Jackson, White Stripes on 01/30/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Here’s a from-the-vault interview you probably didn’t expect to see on this blog: one with rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson. Online for the first time, the 2003 conversation revolved around Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello – and the Cramps too. Continue reading
Los Campesinos! Drop Not-So-Boring LP; Gareth Holds Out Hope For Covers EP
Posted in Features, Interviews, Meet And Greet with tags Belle & Sebastian, Bikini Kill, bis, Black Flag, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Cat Power, Deerhoof, Gareth Campesinos!, Girls, Huggy Bear, Los Campesinos!, Manic Street Preachers, No Age, Pavement, the Smiths, Times New Viking on 01/28/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Los Campesinos! consist of seven musicians. But they are more than a band. Los Campesinos! are flying up the totem pole of indie stardom because of their spectacular concerts. But they are more than a spectacle. Los Campesinos! evoke joy, celebration and fun in the purest sense. But they are more than a feeling. Continue reading
Los Campesinos! Singer Talks Pavement, No Age – And That One-Of-A-Kind Box Set
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags Big Black, Bikini Girl, David Cross, Led Zeppelin, Los Campesinos!, No Age, Pavement, the Beautiful South, the Housemartins, Times New Viking on 01/28/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
There’s Nuggets. There’s Led Zeppelin’s Complete Studio Sessions. And then there’s the best box set ever. A bold statement, certainly. But by the end of this post, you should be swayed. Continue reading
Inside The Label: Queer Control Records
Posted in Features, Inside The Label, Interviews with tags Box Squad, Jasten King, Le Tigre, Marlene Melendez, Nancy Fullforce, Once a Pawn, Pariah Piranha, Pere Ubu, Shenandoah Davis on 01/27/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Despite the never-ending apocalypse that has consumed the music industry, record labels seem to be as multitudinous as ever. Sure, some of the flagship indies have died off – cough, Touch and Go, cough – but they’ve been replaced by a fleet of champing-at-the-bit music lovers and/or entrepreneurs who are happy to do the steering. Continue reading
Mike Patton And Duane Denison Talk Tomahawk ‘Downtime’
Posted in Interviews with tags Cows, Duane Denison, Faith No More, Fantômas, Hank Williams III, Lovage, Maldoror, Melvins, Mike Patton, Mott the Hoople, Mr. Bungle, Peeping Tom, Roxy Music, the Jesus Lizard, Tomahawk on 01/27/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
In light of the 1999 Duane Denison interview and Jesus Lizard trivia labyrinth that have recently been posted in these parts, here’s another vintage conversation with the guitarist, along with Tomahawk bandmate Mike Patton. Continue reading
Wanda Jackson Transcript, 6.26.03: On ‘Soul Mate’ Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley And More
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags Carl Perkins, Chuck Willis, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Rosie Flores, the Cramps, the Louvin Brothers, Wanda Jackson on 01/21/2010 by Kurt OrzeckHere’s my vintage, previously unpublished conversation with the Queen of Rockabilly (Bob Dylan’s words, not mine), Wanda Jackson. In it, she gives a track-by-track analysis of 2003’s Heart Trouble – which still stands as her most recent album. Continue reading
Iggy Pop: ‘I Didn’t Want To Sell Out’ The Stooges
Posted in Interviews with tags David Bowie, Green Day, Iggy Pop, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Peaches, the Ramones, the Stooges, the White Stripes on 01/19/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Nostalgia may be the enemy of the future, but the coming months are bound to see a lot of hoopla surrounding Iggy Pop and his band of Stooges. And for good reason. Continue reading
The Bad Penny (beta) 