Archive for April, 2024
Q&A
"We went into the studio thinking that we would try a bunch of stuff and be open," says Freakwater's Catherine Irwin about the band's first album in ten years.
Q&A
"The optimistic songs were the ones we went with for the record," says Mutemath drummer Darren King about the band's fourth studio album.
Q&A
"We’re obsessed with music," says Trews singer Colin MacDonald. "We’re really passionate. That’s what keeps us going."
Q&A
"It was more personal," says singer-guitarist Samantha Fish about her most recent album, WILD HEART. "Any time you do something that’s more personal and it’s received well, that’s a success."
Q&A
"We’re always interested in taking a song and treating it as something that’s flexible and malleable," says Yo La Tengo singer-guitarist Ira Kaplan.
Flicks
"Weirdly, the more you’re in a relationship, the harder it can be to talk about certain things because you have more to risk," says writer-director Andrew Haigh, talking about the secrets people keep from one another, a theme a...
Flicks
"We were forging our own aesthetic and our own approach to stop motion and figuring out . . . how to achieve this emotional authenticity that we were going for," explains 'Anomalisa' co-directors Duke Johnson.
Q&A
"For me, I enjoy writing songs that deal with love and life and death," says City and Colour singer-songwriter Dallas Green. "Life and death are the two certainties we have in this world. Hopefully, there’s some love in between...
Flicks
Pan, Walk in the Woods, Tomorrowland, Aloha . . . According to Box Office Mojo, lots of us plunked down our hard-earned money to see some pretty mediocre flicks in 2015. Here's a list of 12 movies many of us missed in our rush ...
Books
"I’ve written a lot of short stories over the years," says Korby Lenker. The singer-songwriter/author recently put some out in a book called MEDIUM HERO. "I never pursued it because I had my hands full with music."