Feels Right: An Interview With Against Me! Veronica Rajadnya March 8, 2017 Interviews When we talk about music, we often talk in labels. We give types of music labels in order connect on shared category preferences, split hairs over purist expertise, seek out tunes in our wheelhouse, create ...
An Interview With Deaf Havana: What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire Veronica Rajadnya January 25, 2017 Interviews The challenge of striking a balance between making money and doing what you love is a unifying growing pain for Millennial talent. Consumers have more options and information available to them than ever bef...
An Interview with Acceptance: Get Into It Veronica Rajadnya December 14, 2016 Interviews Seattle-bred rock band Acceptance started out in the late '90s the way a lot of young bands do: playing local shows and touring hard for little money as kids living at their parents’ house, valuing music ov...
An Interview With The Devil Wears Prada: Existence Precedes Essence Veronica Rajadnya October 19, 2016 Interviews When I reach lead singer Mike Hranica at his home in Chicago, we are 18 days out from kick-off for The Devil Wears Prada’s two-leg Rise Up Tour, co-headlined by Memphis May Fire with support from Like Moths...
Lifting The Curtain: An Interview With Coheed And Cambria Veronica Rajadnya October 5, 2016 Interviews In high school, our creative writing teacher tasked the class with a writing assignment that called for taking a choice song lyric and creating a fictional narrative. Using the example of “Your hair is ever...
Waste Not, Want Not: An Interview With Of Montreal Veronica Rajadnya August 31, 2016 Interviews With their latest, swirling album Innocence Reaches, Of Montreal has a prolific 14-record catalog of psych pop-inspired '60s paisley sound schemes and the music scene pegged on New York in the '70s. The fol...
An Interview With The Fall of Troy: Abstract Interplay Veronica Rajadnya August 3, 2016 Interviews Let 2016 be known as the Year of the Reunion. Coming out of what had been thought to be permanent hiatus, genre-defining acts of our time have felt the pull of that had brought them together and answered to gra...
An Interview with Marianas Trench: The Intimacy and the Ecstasy Veronica Rajadnya July 20, 2016 Interviews It’s no coincidence that Canadian pop rock quartet Marianas Trench will soon be stopping by on their American SPF 80s tour just as the true Jersey heat is settling in. Founded in 2001 by the son of a vocal ...
The Original Animal: An Interview with Eric Burdon Veronica Rajadnya July 13, 2016 Interviews 3 It’s interesting that we tend to associate a band’s sound, look, even, with its lead vocalist. Sure, the “frontman” is right in front. They are the band member the eye is drawn to. Above the percussion, pla...
An Interview with Frnkiero AndThe Cellabration: Patience Is A Virtue Veronica Rajadnya June 8, 2016 Interviews (Photo by Paige Farrow) Frank Iero has the kind of speaking voice you can hear grinning through the phone. There’s a lilt that sometimes punctuates the conversation with a sort chuckle that seems to belo...
