THEY’RE FROM WYOMING AND THEY’RE PRETTY PUNK ROCK A CONVERSATION WITH TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET “I’m from Wyoming and I’m pretty punk rock when it comes to snowstorms.” Ray Carlisle of Teenage Bottlerocket sounds perfectly content to do an interview [...]
THE PLAN IS…..JUST KEEP BEING MORBID ANGEL A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE TUCKER When it comes to the metal community, there are few bands as well known or respected as Morbid Angel. Since taking the scene by storm in 1989, pioneering death [...]
40 YEARS OF BAUHAUS AND COUNTING A CONVERSATION WITH PETER MURPHY “It’s like a beautiful, fast, black jaguar…not the car, the animal.” The veracity of Peter Murphy’s report on the 40 Years of Bauhaus Ruby Celebration Tour—we spoke one week after [...]
THE GOLDEN AGE A CONVERSATION WITH DOUG GILLARD OF GUIDED BY VOICES Displaying a stubborn determination, Guided by Voices, in its many forms has released 27 studio albums, the most recent being the ambitious double LP, Zeppelin Over China. With [...]
30 YEARS AND STILL VERY MUCH IN EFFECT A CONVERSATION WITH MAESTRO FRESH WES 30 years since the release of the ground-breaking, nearly double-platinum album Symphony In Effect, Maestro Fresh-Wes, invariably known as the first big name in [...]
ROOTS, PROPHECIES, AND RITUALS A CONVERSATION WITH MAX CAVALERA FROM SOULFLY “Metal is good, and it’s just going to get better in 2019.” Max Cavalera is no stranger to metal. With an illustrious career that began with Sepultura from their very [...]
WORDS AND TOURS A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE WARNE OF PKEW PKEW PKEW “Why’s this fucking dick gotta be such a cock…” Pkew Pkew Pkew turned their scorn toward a wide array of targets on their first album; everyone from aged-out skateboarders, to [...]
LOOKING BACK AND GIVING BACK A CONVERSATION WITH SUE FOLEY It just keeps getting better for Sue Foley. The Canadian blues veteran has been putting out records for over twenty-five years. She’s toured the world and won a Juno Award. While some [...]
SOME THINGS PROVE EPHEMERAL, OTHERS ARE HERE TO STAY A CONVERSATION WITH MR.KITTY Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with Mr.Kitty. Though I spent some time speaking with him, I walked away with more questions than answers. That is not to [...]
STARS ON GUITARS: 60 YEARS OF SURF ROCK WITH THE VENTURES A CONVERSATION WITH DON & STACI WILSON It’s hard to believe that 2019 is the 60th anniversary of the debut of the best-selling instrumental rock band of all-time, The Ventures, whose [...]
ANVIL IS STILL ANVIL A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE “LIPS” KUDLOW Canadian Heavy Metal heroes Anvil like to keep busy. It’s been a year since the release of Pounding the Pavement, and they have just released the video for opening track [...]
REMINISCING A CONVERSATION WITH GLENN SHORROCK (FORMERLY OF LITTLE RIVER BAND) Glenn Shorrock has been making music for a long time. He started his professional life with classic band The Twilights, a band now considered to be one of the most [...]
THE ZOMBIES…ON THE BLUE! A CONVERSATION WITH 2019 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES ROD ARGENT AND COLIN BLUNSTONE Fifty was a magical number aboard this year’s On the Blue Cruise hosted by the Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward. Setting sale on [...]
A MAN IN FULL A CONVERSATION WITH LES NUBY OF HOLIDAY GUNFIRE Les Nuby of Birmingham, Alabama-based Holiday Gunfire has been around the block a few times. He has played alongside Dave Grohl at CBGB’s, opened for R.E.M. at Hyde Park to a crowd [...]
TIME-TRAVELING THROUGH SONGS A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL WEBB OF RUSTIN MAN Rustin Man, aka Paul Webb, has released his sophomore album Drift Code on Domino Records. A follow up to the dense and enigmatic Out Of Seasons, Rustin Man continues a [...]
DESTITUENT A CONVERSATION WITH SOLE Today, Sole—rapper, anarchist, activist, and radical podcaster—released his latest album, Destituent, which he produced himself. Explaining the title, which was derived from a power theory term coined by the [...]
THE PAIN YOU DON’T SEE COMING A CONVERSATION WITH BILLY BRETT OF BUCK GOOTER + A SPILL EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE There are a lot of great stories about how bands got their names. “The Beatles” was a tribute to Buddy Holly and The Crickets [...]
BUTCH BASTARD AND JON JON AUGUSTAVO COLLABORATE ON SHORT FILM FOR “I AM NOT A MAN” I AM NOT A MAN FULL-LENGTH ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW Butch Bastard is the pseudonym of Ian Murray. Originally from Seattle, WA, Murray was formerly a member [...]
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS ANYTHING BUT A SITUATION NORMAL, MOST LIKELY, IT IS ALL FUCKED UP A CONVERSATION WITH POTTY MOUTH After going through many “Situation Normal All Fucked Up” moments, Potty Mouth has pushed through to create its newest album, [...]
GETTING IT ALL OUT A CONVERSATION WITH FRANK BELLO AND DAVID ELLEFSON While the name “Altitudes & Attitude” may not yet ring a bell, it certainly should after the band’s recent full-length debut, Get It Out. Comprised of two of metal’s most [...]
ON THE BLUE CRUISE 2019 SHIPPING OUT WITH ROCK ROYALTY I never realized I liked Todd Rundgren until he rocked the pool stage aboard the On the Blue Cruise with “I Saw the Light,” a totally unexpected version of the Classic IV’s “Stormy” and a [...]
WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT NOISE? – AN XTC DISCOVERY BOOK A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR MARK FISHER XTC started in 1972, released their debut album in 1978, and is perhaps the most famous band out of Swindon. A new book is about to be released, [...]
VUJADAY MUSIC FESTIVAL @ BARBADOS A CONVERSATION WITH FESTIVAL ORGANIZER RYAN KRUGER Canadians have a reputation for throwing some of the world’s premiere electronic music festivals in exotic locations. Vujaday is no exception. On April 3-7, it [...]
GET BACK THE BEATLES ROOFTOP CONCERT – 50 YEARS LATER With extreme pressure from both the press and the public, the Beatles decided to stop touring after its August 1966 show at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. “There was no enjoyment in it”, [...]