I've never met Ben Gibbard. While I had the chance to interview guitarist, Chris Walla, bassist, Nick Harmer, and drummer (at the time), Michael Schorr, in 2002, Ben was under the weather so he didn't participate in the interview. He performed with the band later that
Originally the trio of Bruce Smith (Public Image Ltd, The Pop Group), Daniel Ash (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, Tones on Tail), and Paul Spencer Denman (Sade, Sweetback) started playing together in 2019, but then the pandemic happened. Back in August, they released their first single, "On A Rocka".
There have been a bevvy of exciting new releases over the past couple of months so we wanted to highlight some of the albums that we had been anticipating. David Byrne - Who is the Sky? (Matador) Even though he's riding a wave of momentum from his American
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues and the enduring, endearing silliness of heavy metal Ozzy Osbourne once said that he would “die a happy man” if he dropped dead at his farewell show. After ascending to stage on a blacked-out throne adorned with outstretched bat wings, he nearly did – shuffling
Jonathan Richman isn’t reading this. He might be building a pizza oven (he runs a stone masonry business in Chico, California). He might be writing a song in one of the five languages he speaks. He might even be painting in oil. But the last place you’re likely
Scott Interrante is an Astoria, Queens-based composer for reality tv shows and the co-host of two podcasts: This Is The Greatest Song I’ve Ever Heard In My Entire Life (@gr8songpod) and a new podcast about movie musicals Big White Elephants (@bigwhiteelephantspod) (Editor's note: Ryan was a guest
I've spent most of my life as a casual David Byrne fan, and by that I mean, a casual Talking Heads fan. I knew the hits, I knew the Simpsons references, I knew he was a legend, but my knowledge of him didn't go too far
Dave Grohl has been in the news quite a bit over the past 12 months and it's been shocking to see how quickly he's squandered away the goodwill that he's built up over the course of his career. From admitting that he has a
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