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Interview: HTRK
HTRK, pronounced “Hate Rock,” a band name that takes a vowel-less and thusly opaque acronym for their dark dream project, uncovers more of their damaged sexual sensibilities and ideas of surviving modern musicianship. Where
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Interview: Nellie McKay
Nellie McKay is politely reserved about her personal life. She’s magnanimous about my home state of Pennsylvania, where she lived briefly in her teen years, and doesn’t even touch my attempt to contrast her
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Interview: The Men
Besides Iceage, The Men are one the most notable acts of 2011 making post-punk music. Like Iceage, they have managed to give the genre a blood transfusion with a vitalizing sonic combination of innovative
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Interview: Jeff Cuellar from Moogfest
Moogfest is coming up this Halloween weekend in Asheville, North Carolina. From Oneohtrix Point Never to M83 to Black Moth Super Rainbow’s Tobacco to Tim Hecker, forerunners of today’s most inventive bands will be
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Interview: Trentemøller
After years of churning out darkly danceable singles and remixes, Danish DJ and musician Anders Trentemøller released his first LP The Last Resort in 2006. Two years later he began touring with a live
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Interview: Mason Jennings
I don’t have many superlatives to my name. I’m tall for a woman, but not exceptionally so. I run at an unremarkable speed. I am passable at a couple of instruments and by dumb
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Interview: Tom Fleming of Wild Beasts
Eager to prove they’re immune to the sophomore slump, Wild Beasts are currently in the midst of an incredible opening run from a band, with three excellent albums issued one after the other. The
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Interview: Trevor Powers of Youth Lagoon
With the release of a single song on his bandcamp page a few months ago, Trevor Powers rose from total obscurity to musical prominence under the Youth Lagoon moniker. The track “July” starts small
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Interview: Julianna Barwick
Seeing Julianna Barwick’s name on a bill with Okkervil River and Titus Andronicus was disconcerting. The songwriter responsible for the ethereal The Magic Place is definitely no rock ‘n roller. Instead, her ethereal music
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Interview: Grieves and Budo
Few fanbases have become as ravenous as quickly as Rhymesayers’ recent signees, rapper Grieves and multi-instrumentalist Budo. After making a name for themselves by touring extensively off the strength of making friends on MySpace
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