interview Archive
25 Feb 2014
A Conversation with The Tubes’ Founder Bill Spooner, Part Two
Continued from Part One… “Can’t you control your bitches?” Bill Kopp: If you don’t mind, I’d like to run down the track lists of the Young and Rich and Now […]
24 Feb 2014
A Conversation with The Tubes’ Founder Bill Spooner, Part One
“No titties in the Twin Cities.” Customarily, I try to keep up with the interviews I do. Unfortunately, one fascinating interview has gone un-transcribed for more than a year and […]
21 Feb 2014
Here Come the Small Faces, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… Ian McLagan relates an amusing story, one that illustrates his old band’s far-reaching influence. “When working on The Small Faces DVD a few years ago, I […]
20 Feb 2014
Here Come the Small Faces, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Kenney Jones believes that The Small Faces‘ four-way collaborative process affected the songs to a large degree. “A lot of ideas…if I was saying something, it […]
19 Feb 2014
Here Come the Small Faces, Part One
The 1960s were a staggeringly fertile period for pop music. And – thanks in no small part to the success of The Beatles – a disproportionate (though completely deserved) share […]
11 Feb 2014
Yuck’s “Glow & Behold” — Shoegaze Meets Melody (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… The first record was self-produced; for Glow & Behold, the band chose to work with Chris Coady, who’s worked with other indie-styled artists like Smith Westerns, […]
10 Feb 2014
Yuck’s “Glow & Behold” — Shoegaze Meets Melody (Part One)
In October 2013, London/New York-based Yuck released Glow & Behold, their second album. And while a “cold” listen to it – as in, using ears that had never heard their […]
04 Feb 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part Seven
Continued from Part Six… Bill Kopp: For me, from a musical standpoint, there’s a paradox where the two Brotherhood albums are concerned. Of course it goes without saying that I […]
03 Feb 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part Six
Continued from Part Five… Bill Kopp: We’ve spoken in the past about Brotherhood recordings that might still be “in the can.” I know that no finished cuts – that is, […]
31 Jan 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part Five
Continued from Part Four… Bill Kopp: I understand you remained close to Drake Levin in the post-Brotherhood years. I believe you mentioned that the two of you even played music […]