Interview with Eon Sinclair from Bedouin Soundclash: A New Light on the Mountain Top Chris Castro June 8, 2011 Interviews The past few years have been a bit hectic for Juno Award-winning reggae act Bedouin Soundclash. Rife with change, restructuring and progression, the band has undergone some dramatic developments, including ...
Interview with Ryan Kattner from Man Man: There And Back Again Chris Castro May 26, 2011 Interviews On the surface, the music of Man Man appears wild and unreserved; frantic drumbeats and fire-cracker guitar work square off against the grizzly, deep huff of vocalist Ryan Kattner, aka Honus Honus, in an un...
John Brown’s Body: Future Roots Chris Castro February 23, 2011 Goings-On 1 Originally formed in 2003, progressive reggae octet John Brown’s Body was originally a traditional roots reggae act. As years passed, the band’s sound began to morph and modify, sifting through dub, drum and ba...
Interview With Dana Janssen Of Akron/Family: Eruption Chris Castro February 16, 2011 Interviews 2 Brooklyn’s Akron/Family first came to notoriety in 2005 with their self-titled debut. A mass of field recordings, Cherokee inspired chants, delicate pastoral meanderings and drippy psychedelia, the album in...
The Disco Biscuits: Baking Through The Night Chris Castro December 22, 2010 Interviews 2 The Disco Biscuits, like all groups with life spans longer than five years, have gone through numerous changes their career—some for the better, some for the worse. Sure, some ideas could have been constructed...
Interview with Tim & Eric: Bizarre, But Beautiful, Right? Chris Castro November 24, 2010 Interviews After premiering in February of 2007, Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show, Great Job! has far surpassed the expectations of most, becoming a cult hit on Adult Swim’s late night run with five seasons of barely-11 mi...
Interview with Dax Riggs: The Ghost & His Guitar Chris Castro August 11, 2010 Interviews I recall a little while ago, while venturing down the streets of San Salvador, El Salvador, a friend of mine told me that she didn’t put all that much faith in science or how science explains our universe. “I f...
Interview with Spiritualized: From Space Into The Spirit Chris Castro July 29, 2010 Interviews 1 About 20 years ago, J. Spaceman a.k.a. Jason Pierce split from Spacemen 3 to from Spiritualized. While the two groups were equally matched in creativity and experimentation, Spiritualized’s sound over the cour...
Interview with Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: Up From The Desert, Into The Waves Chris Castro July 21, 2010 Interviews 1 I find myself quite often guilty of nostalgia for times which I myself never experienced, especially the 1960s. Love beads and rainbows and the days when rock and roll was young and fresh-faced—certainly, I’m ...
Interview with Widespread Panic: Shut Up And Drive Chris Castro July 20, 2010 Interviews 4 Trucks have always fascinated me. I remember when I was a little boy, I loved playing with toy trucks (I had a huge collection). And now as I’ve gotten older and my mind has somewhat matured through various m...
