Category: INTERVIEWS
A Conversation With E.R. Fightmaster
With Tolerance (Fightmaster Industries/Many Hats), E.R. Fightmaster delivers the most personal music of their career, peeling away some pretty thick
A Conversation With Eric D. Johnson (Fruits Bats)
Whether his preference is pastoral folk, cosmic Americana or shimmering indie pop, Eric D. Johnson has always been less interested
A Conversation With Samantha Fish
Few contemporary blues-rock artists know their way around a stage quite like Samantha Fish. And that mastery is hard-earned. Over
A Conversation With Kevin Barnes (Of Montreal)
Few artists have dissected the complexities of their inner lives as thoroughly or productively as Kevin Barnes. Across a 30-year
A Conversation With Nick Leet (High On Stress)
Grizzled Minneapolis vets—they’ll love that description—High On Stress have been at it since 2003. With the new Still Here (Rum
A Conversation With Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson has never been particularly interested in mythology—especially the kind that suggests music absorbs some sort of magic from
A Conversation With Jeff Whalen (Tsar)
The history of rock ‘n’ roll is littered with woulda, coulda, shoulda bands that, for one reason or another, never
A Conversation With Bill Frisell
With well more than 85 albums as a leader or co-leader to his credit and documented sideman gigs in the
A Conversation With Vega Vault Project’s Liz Lamere
When it came to his art, Alan Vega always wanted to keep his options open. His prolific output far exceeded
A Conversation With Josh Bloom (Author Of “The Apples In Stereo”)
Loyal MAGNET readers have Josh Bloom to thank for a least a few of their favorite stories. Over the past
Best Of 2025: A Conversation With Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices)
30 years ago, MAGNET named Guided By Voices’ Alien Lanes the best album of 1995. While, for a lot of












