Interviews

Monday, 22 May 2006 04:46

“I have no idea how to write an Extra Blue Kind song, and I have no idea how to describe it to people, either.”

Monday, 22 May 2006 04:40

"I thought I’d really written a record that was maybe just not typical Tommy Keene...I have to tell you, a bunch of reviews have come in, and I didn’t succeed."

Monday, 22 May 2006 04:34

"We’ll work on a riff, we’ll see where the riff goes, then we’ll go drinking.”

Monday, 22 May 2006 04:31

“I think there was a sense that music is not supposed to be about big ideas.”

Written by Jon Rayfield Sunday, 30 April 2006 17:40

As subsequent albums drop and people started tuning in, Slug began losing the need to prove himself, and that gave rise to a confused and introspective yet lyrically tight journey through the self-confidence of an increasingly successful emcee.

Written by Cindy Gao Thursday, 27 April 2006 08:56

I spoke with Zac Einstein, camp director of PCA, to discuss the academy’s mission and that eternal question: pirates or ninjas.

Written by Laura Hamlett Tuesday, 25 April 2006 08:05

All the recording equipment had to be borrowed and set up. “Every evening after work we’d be over there, working on stuff,” he says. And when they were finished, the final result—“seven tracks [that] cost us about 300 quid”—was impressive enough to inspire a U.K. bidding war.

Written by Sean Moeller Tuesday, 25 April 2006 04:25

"I don’t know what it would be like to actually play guitar. I’ve toured with a lot of comedians and it’s never been like it is for a rock band."