NEWEST MUSIC INTERVIEWS
Interview: Youth Lagoon
The crudely-drawn cover art to Wondrous Bughouse, Idaho native Trevor Powers’ recently released sophomore LP as Youth Lagoon, is like some sort of lysergic landscape, filled with such oddities as miniature solar systems, a godlike … read more »
Interview: Dan Friel
When I speak with Dan Friel a few weeks before the release of Total Folklore, the former Parts & Labor frontman’s longest and most colossal-sounding solo album to date, he’s sitting in a taxi cab, … read more »
Interview: Tyler, the Creator
Tyler, the Creator stopped over in New York this week in support of his third LP (and second for a major label), Wolf, out April 2 via Odd Future Records. At a diner on the … read more »
Interview: Mozart’s Sister
Montreal singer/producer Caila Thompson-Hannant’s self-released debut as Mozart’s Sister, the Hello EP, sees a brighter light of day today as it’s beefed-up and re-released by Merok. Stream the whole thing below, and download “Single Status,” … read more »
Interview: Iceage
Listening to Iceage’s music can be a very cathartic experience, but interviewing the Copenhagen four-piece is stressful. Almost notoriously so. When I showed up at the Matador offices in New York late last month to … read more »
Behind the Scenes of Frank Ocean’s Grammys Performance with Director Hiro Murai
Eschewing the pyrotechnics, dance troops and onstage baptisms of the Grammys past, Frank Ocean performed “Forrest Gump” on Sunday while standing in front of a tall video projection and behind a smaller LCD screen featuring … read more »
Download KOOL A.D.’s 63 and 19 Mixtapes + Interview
63 and 19 are the second and third tapes, out of a planned four, that KOOL A.D.—the now-former member of Das Racist—will release in honor of bus lines in the Bay Area, where he grew … read more »
Interview: Parquet Courts
Parquet Courts can sound so loud and uncouth onstage that it’s easy to overlook all the delicate little paradoxes built into their tightly wound, economical post-punk. Like the fact, for instance, that they’re just as … read more »
Interview: Jim James
Today, Jim James releases his solo debut, Regions of Light and Sound of God. It’s a jammer. The My Morning Jacket frontman gets a little gritty and a lot funky, singing love songs and the … read more »
Stream: Little Wings’ LAST LP + Interview
This might be Little Wings’ last album. Or at least that’s what it seems we’re supposed to think about the new double-LP by Kyle Field, the doe-voiced, traveling Californian whose first band included M. Ward, … read more »
