Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny on Guitar Solos and Cosmic Journeys
Ben Chasny’s latest Six Organs of Admittance release is the project’s most cosmic (and guitar-shredding) journey yet.
Mike Pursley
Blanck Mass on Handling the Misery on the Way to a Blessing
Blanck Mass traverses an In Ferneaux of personal hardship, COVID-affected deaths, and more with the help of a complete stranger’s wisdom.
“A Certain Kind of Dream Quality”: An Interview with Donovan Quinn
Donovan Quinn's (Skygreen Leopards) first solo album in seven years explores memory, love, and loss in no uncertain psych-folk terms.
Cross Examination: David Cross on His New Special, Trump, and (Of Course) Colonics
David Cross, the alum of comedy classics like Arrested Development and Mr. Show, talks Trump, time travel, and his penchant for coming up with terrible names for his standup specials.
Always Strange No Matter Where We Are: An Interview with Gang Gang Dance
Gang Gang Dance multi-instrumentalist Brian DeGraw discusses the process behind the experimental band's first record (and arguably most accessible) in seven years, Kazuashita.
Interpretations of Genesis: An Interview with Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
Ahead of Mute's Throbbing Gristle reissues, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge connects the tactics of The Second Annual Report to he/r contemporary practice.
Awesome Tapes From Africa: An Interview with Brian Shimkovitz
What started as a blog soon turned into a label, and the founder/curator reflects on the newest reissue and the cassette's diminishing African presence.
All This I Do for Glory: An Interview With Saxophonist Colin Stetson
Extreme soul searching leads sax stylist Colin Stetson towards the very core of his creativity.
The Gang’s All Here: An Interview With the Cairo Gang’s Emmett Kelly
Emmett Kelly's the Cairo Gang returns with an Untouchable album of no frills rock 'n' roll; Ty Segall guests.
Part Journal, Part Art Exhibit: An Interview with Hiss Golden Messenger’s M.C. Taylor
"I had just quit my job and I think I was having a bit of an existential crisis because all of a sudden I had gotten what I had been hoping for, which is to be able to devote my days and waking hours, creative hours, to making music, to making art."
“Cats Need to Lighten Up”: An Interview with Wolf Eyes
Noise veterans Wolf Eyes bring I Am A Problem: Mind in Pieces to Jack White's Third Man Records, and live to tell the tale.
“It’s Supposed to Be Weird”: An Interview with CocoRosie
CocoRosie's auditory and semiotic mashups confused and upset people. Time has softened some of the criticism. Or, more likely, the Casadys have held a singular worldview long enough earn respect from those who first viewed the project as a trifle.
