interview Archive
23 Jan 2008
King Khan & BBQ: Exactly the Same, Only Completely Different
The King Khan and BBQ Show is the same as other rock and roll acts, only different. They’re a duo, and the only instruments — both onstage and on record […]
22 Jan 2008
Tommy Keene in the Naughties (full interview)
In September 2006 I talked with Tommy Keene about his early brush with success, his new record Crashing the Ether, his disdain of genre labels, and much more. While it […]
22 Jan 2008
Tommy Keene in the Naughties (short version)
NOTE: The full text of my 2006 conversation with Tommy Keene is here. It’s like he never left. In fact he didn’t.Tommy Keene’s first major release, 1986’s Songs From the […]
20 Jan 2008
Billy Jonas: Bridging Genres and Happy Accidents
In a way, Billy Jonas is a man of two worlds. He writes, records and performs family music, and he’s a singer/songwriter who explores deeper issues in his music. “It’s […]
19 Jan 2008
Robyn Hitchcock: Vinyl is Forever
The droll (even by English standards) singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock came on the scene in the late 1970s with The Soft Boys, a Cambridge psych-rock group that — depending on one’s […]
18 Jan 2008
Free Planet Radio – What in the World?
Asheville NC might not be the first place you think to look for an innovative musical group working in the “world music” genre. But in fact the eclectic mountain city […]
16 Jan 2008
Flaming Lips: The Sound of Success
With the charismatic Wayne Coyne fronting the Flaming Lips, it’s easy to overlook the articulate creative expression of Steven Drozd. Steven joined in 1992, ostensibly as their drummer — but […]
15 Jan 2008
The Fever: Through the Present Darkly
Kemado recording artists The Fever set out a spooky, carnivalesque vibe on In the City of Sleep, their sophomore effort. Taking stylistic cues form Angelo Badalamenti — especially his work […]
14 Jan 2008
Under the Microscope with Fall Out Boy
Note: This was my first magazine cover story — bk. It’s the last day of June, and Island/Def Jam recording act Fall Out Boy is “a little bit too far […]
13 Jan 2008
The Strange Odyssey of Roky Erickson
The history of rock ‘n’ roll is replete with all manner of tragic stories. In a few rare cases, the stories turn around into something more positive. Roky Erickson’s is […]