Jason Drake is having a hard time concentrating.
It’s late July 2009, and he’s chatting with me on his cell from a Whole Foods parking lot somewhere in L.A. Continue reading
Meet And Greet: Cassettes Won’t Listen
Posted in Features, Interviews, Meet And Greet with tags Aesop Rock, Cassettes Won't Listen, El-P, INXS, Liz Phair, Mr. Lif, Pavement, the Cure, the Dears on 01/10/2010 by Kurt OrzeckIsis’ Aaron Turner In ’02: Oceanic Is ‘The Best Material We’ve Ever Written’
Posted in Interviews with tags Aaron Turner, Bad Wizard, Cable, Cast Iron Hike, Cave In, Dälek, Fugazi, Isis, Mike Patton, Mogwai, Neurosis, Scissorfight, Sonic Youth, the Cancer Conspiracy, Thrones, Tool on 01/08/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Last week saw the publish of a post drawing possible connections between what many consider to be Isis’ ultimate masterpiece, Oceanic, and one of the most important novels to come out of the 20th century, Arthur Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon.” Keeping the Oceanic momentum going, here’s an interview I conducted with the band in October 2002, just weeks after the album came out. Continue reading
Cave In: ‘The Longer We’re Around, The More People Don’t Like Us’
Posted in Interviews with tags Apples in Stereo, Cave In, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Giant's Chair, Piebald, Sparta, Stephen Brodsky, the Icarus Line, the Ramones, the Vines on 01/07/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
With Cave In’s new EP, Planets of Old, seeing a proper release – with a bonus DVD – on January 26, here’s a vintage interview with the guys when they had Antenna on the brain. Continue reading
Meet And Greet: Imaad Wasif Goes Into The Voidist
Posted in Features, Interviews, Meet And Greet with tags alaska!, Dale Crover, Dinosaur Jr., Dwarves, Imaad Wasif, Josh Homme, Kyuss, Lou Barlow, lowercase, Melvins, Minutemen, Red Sparowes, Sebadoh, Yeah Yeah Yeahs on 01/07/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Contrary to what ProTools fanatics might tell you, visionaries are hard to come by these days. During an era in which it’s incumbent upon artists to market and promote themselves. During an era in which selling out has become something of a moot point. Continue reading
Nick Cave: Saint Nicholas And The Nocturnal Muse
Posted in Interviews with tags Bad Seeds, Bob Dylan, Dirty Three, Grinderman, Ian Dury, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Saints, the Beatles, the Birthday Party, the Blockheads on 01/06/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
“Will someone give this guy an Oscar already?” It’s a question Nick Cave fans must be asking these days. No, not in regards to the wiry legend’s acting skills, although he has popped up on the big screen a few times. Rather, what many argue Cave merits is at least a nomination for the ace work he’s done crafting soundtracks, especially in recent years. Continue reading
Nick Cave Transcript, 1.28.03
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags Bad Seeds, Mick Harvey, Neil Young, Nick Cave, the Birthday Party on 01/06/2010 by Kurt OrzeckI’ve caught up with Nick Cave a few times over the years, but he was at his wittiest during this conversation from seven years ago, prior to the release of his Nocturama album with the Bad Seeds. Continue reading
David Bowie Faces Reality
Posted in Interviews with tags Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, George Harrison, Iggy Pop, Jonathan Richman, Lou Reed, Phil Spector, Ronnie Spector, the Beatles, the Modern Lovers on 01/05/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
“It’s difficult to foresee anything other than a huge calamity in the industry itself,” David Bowie predicted to me in 2003. “And, as I’ve believed for a long time now, live shows will come to dominate in a new kind of way again.” Continue reading
David Bowie Transcript, 7.9.03: ‘I Am The Man Who Found Velvet Underground!’
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Bruce Springsteen, Dandy Warhols, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, George Harrison, Iggy Pop, John Mellencamp, Jonathan Richman, Kings of Leon, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Phil Spector, Radiohead, Robert Fripp, Ronnie Spector, Spooky Ghost, the Beatles, the Incredible String Band, the Modern Lovers, the Raveonettes, the Velvet Underground, White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs on 01/05/2010 by Kurt OrzeckDavid Bowie gets the White Stripes, the Raveonettes and the Dandy Warhols – but not Yeah Yeah Yeahs. And were it not for him, he says, Lou Reed and John Cale’s immortal band might never have made it. Continue reading
Vampire Weekend’s Contra: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Made in Mexico, Pavement, Vampire Weekend on 01/05/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Meet And Greet: Double Dagger
Posted in Features, Interviews, Meet And Greet with tags Dan Deacon, Double Dagger, Fugazi on 01/04/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Baltimore officials call it the “Greatest City in America.”
Some residents think otherwise.
The Bad Penny (beta) 