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Interviews and Features
Read in-depth interviews and features about independent musicians and music industry professionals.
WILLIE JONES: Fusing Country and Hip-Hop into the Ultimate American Dream
Willie Jones may be mistakenly categorized as that tired cliche of an “overnight success,” even...
Oscar Lang Harnesses the Power of Solitude on New LP
Oscar Lang is no stranger to solitude. A haunting sense of ennui and a gripping feeling of...
Dude York opens up about new LP, Sincerely
Dude York Breaks The Songwriting Code on Latest LP, Sincerely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNcPM1-hkcc Like any other form of art, music is not merely a stagnant body for entertainment, but...
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[INTERVIEW] Catching up with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on new LP, The Tourist
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH: Learning to Trust the Collaborative Process and Creative Freedoms Alec Ounsworth is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from Philadelphia. You may also know...
Lady Lamb: How to Write an Album to Tour Behind
Lady Lamb Discusses Writing An Album to Give Touring a Purpose Navigating the beautiful abandon, enviable burden, and inevitable analysis of loving, Tender Warriors Club is an unyieldingly raw...
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[INTERVIEW] Celebrating 35 Years of Shonen Knife
Venerable Japanese Punks Shonen Knife Release Killer New LP, Adventure, and Discuss Cultural Differences in The Music Community We recently caught up with Naoko Yamano, founder and heart of the...
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[INTERVIEW] Honus Honus Opens up About Debut LP ‘Use Your Delusion’
Honus Honus: Man Man Frontman Explains The Ins and Outs of Music Supervision for TV “The world owes you nothing and you always have to hustle.” A profound reminder from Ryan Kattner that you must...
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[Cover Story] The Regrettes on Female Empowerment and Recording ‘In-The-Moment’
The Regrettes: On Teenage Power and Knowing When to Quit Over-Finessing Your Recordings During this tenuous time, female empowerment is necessary now more than ever. We’ve been introduced to the...
Tommy Stinson on the Return of Bash & Pop
The Revival of Bash & Pop: Tommy Stinson Brings Back Post-Replacements Project for New LP 'Anything Could Happen' Anything Could Happen is probably the most straightforward yet metaphorical...
RECORDS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE with No Nets
My name’s Sal Mastrocola, songwriter for No Nets. We just released our new album, Bright Light. Check it out wherever you listen to music. Music was my first love, born out of pre-teen boredom. My...
DORJE Frontman Rob Chapman Finds His Voice and Builds a YouTube Guitar Empire
When we last caught up with Rob Chapman [see December 2014 cover story], the guitarist was in the midst of signing a major European distribution deal with Thomann for his line of Chapman Guitars,...
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[INTERVIEW] Purling Hiss on the Past, Present and Future of Guitar Music
Mike Polizze of Purling Hiss Opens Up About New LP High Bias and the Future of Guitar-Based Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOSJAMFC3wQ Electric guitar, once an essential and irreplaceable...