The man who pounds the kit for one of the best-known death-metal bands in the world isn’t an angry dude. He’s not even tense. In fact, he’s so mellow at times that you might be tempted to take his pulse. Continue reading
Archive for the Interviews Category
In Flames Album Discography: Drummer Touches ‘Em All
Posted in Discographies, Features, Interviews with tags Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, Slayer on 01/02/2010 by Kurt OrzeckCryptacize’s Chris Cohen Shares Six Quick Tips On Making Music
Posted in Interviews with tags Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Chris Cohen, Cryptacize, Deerhoof, Nedelle Torrisi, Sufjan Stevens, the Fiery Furnaces on 01/02/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Right now, there is exactly a one in three chance that Cryptacize are hard at work on their next release, an EP set for the spring. Continue reading
An Extremely Long Conversation About Extreme Metal With Albert Mudrain
Posted in Features, Interviews, What You Readin' For? with tags Accept, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, Behemoth, Black Sabbath, Botch, Brutal Truth, Carcass, Converge, Dark Tranquillity, Darkthrone, Deicide, Dissection, Emperor, Entombed, In Flames, Job for a Cowboy, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Mayhem, Megadeth, Metallica, Monster Magnet, Morbid Angel, Neurosis, Nile, Opeth, Ozzy Osbourne, Pig Destroyer, Radiohead, Repulsion, Scott Kelly, Slayer, Suicide Silence, the Beatles, the Dillinger Escape Plan on 01/02/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
There is horror cinema. And then there is splatter cinema.
There is drug use. And then there is drug addiction.
There is heavy metal. And then there is extreme metal. Continue reading
‘Burning’ Questions For Brian Peterson: A Conversation About Hardcore Punk And Beyond
Posted in Features, Interviews, What You Readin' For? with tags 108, Cipher, Dead Kennedys, Downcast, Earth Crisis, Los Crudos, Racetraitor, Shelter, Vegan Reich on 01/01/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
They say if you remember the ’60s, you weren’t really there. Well, the opposite can be said for straightedge punk in the ’90s: After all, if you were trooly into hardcore, you were cold sober the whole time. Continue reading
David Grubbs: Wingdale Community Singers Will Be ‘Busy For Years To Come’
Posted in Features, Interviews, What You Readin' For? with tags Anthony McCall, David Grubbs, Delinquents, Gastr del Sol, Hannah Marcus, Lester Bangs, Nina Katchadourian, Richard Meltzer, Rick Moody, Squirrel Bait, Susan Howe, VOM, Wingdale Community Singers on 01/01/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Let’s enumerate, shall we, the instances in which authors of note¹ have put down their pens and picked up instruments instead. Continue reading
Rick Moody Vs. The Bad Penny
Posted in Features, Interview Transcripts, Interviews, What You Readin' For? with tags Rick Moody, Wingdale Community Singers on 12/31/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
Living up to his name, Rick Moody had a gripe or three about the piece on his Wingdale Community Singers that I posted a couple of days ago. Continue reading
Cover Me: Cougar
Posted in Cover Me, Features, Interviews with tags Akron/Family, Cougar, DJ Shadow, Elvis Costello, Gabryel, Led Zeppelin, the Shins, Tortoise on 12/31/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
An ongoing series in which musicians reveal the artists they’d most like to hear covering their songs. If you’re not familiar with Cougar, meet them right here. Continue reading
Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison: ‘I Can’t Imagine Ever Doing A Reunion Tour’
Posted in Interviews with tags Beck, Big Black, Brainiac, Cargo Cult, David Sims, David Yow, Denison Kimball Trio, Duane Denison, Firehose, Firewater, Girls Against Boys, Hank Williams III, Iggy Pop, Laughing Hyenas, Mac McNeilly, Melvins, Ministry, Nirvana, Phantom 309, Rage Against the Machine, Scratch Acid, Steve Albini, the Butthole Surfers, the Jesus Lizard, Trans Am, Verbena on 12/30/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
These are three hard-working men. One is bald, diminutive (around 5 feet tall) and brandishes a wrinkled, menacing smirk. This man has been arrested on numerous occasions for public exposure and enjoys his occupation, which involves howling, salivating, urinating and wrestling with complete strangers. Continue reading
Day Job: Cougar
Posted in Day Job, Features, Interviews with tags Cougar on 12/29/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
When David Henzie-Skogen sits down to write a song, it isn’t always for his band, the instru-/experi-mental five-piece Cougar. Sometimes he’s writing songs for kids. Continue reading
