Category: INTERVIEWS

A Conversation With Andrew Rieger (Elf Power)
As an integral part of the famed Elephant 6 collective, Elf Power helped redefine the parameters of indie rock in

A Conversation With Peter David Connelly (The Mona Reels)
In between recording and drumming with a string of Olympia, Wash., bands, like the Real Distractions (a new, top-shelf punk-rock

A Conversation With Pete Yorn
Pete Yorn’s continuing collaboration with Day Wave’s Jackson Phillips takes another step forward on Hawaii (Shelly Music). Where 2019’s Caretakers

A Conversation With S.G. Goodman
“Coming up from the subway now. Should be able to talk now.” Things have suddenly become quite busy for S.G.

A Conversation With Michael Goldberg (“Wicked Game: The True Story Of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey”)
Photo by Roni Hoffman For veteran music journalist Michael Goldberg, the stakes couldn’t be more personal when it comes to

A Conversation With Kevin Morby
Kevin Morby’s seventh LP, This Is A Photograph (Dead Oceans), tells a story about the often-tragic side of the American

A Conversation With Ben Bridwell (Band Of Horses)
Band Of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell is excited to be performing again after being sidelined for much of the pandemic.

A Conversation With Kaitlin Butts
Based on the ample online evidence, Kaitlin Butts had one whale of a wedding. So you’d think it might’ve been

A Conversation With Ian Noe
Ian Noe’s Between The Country received plenty of accolades back in 2019—and deservingly so. The low-key 31-year-old troubadour has a

A Conversation With A.J. Croce
As if the finality of Jim Croce’s abrupt 1973 death in a plane crash weren’t enough, for posterity we have

A Conversation With Dave Faulkner (Hoodoo Gurus)
Sydney, Australia’s Hoodoos Gurus never quite conquered America. But almost was enough for Dave Faulkner, who counts his blessings when

A Conversation With Shovels & Rope
It’s certain Shovels & Rope’s Manticore (Dualtone) would’ve been a much different album had the pandemic never happened. Fleshed out

A Conversation With Evan Stephens Hall (Pinegrove)
It’s been humbling five years for Pinegrove’s Evan Stephens Hall. Just as his angular indie-twang outfit was gaining some serious

A Conversation With Neal Francis
In Plain Sight (ATO) is a dizzying composite of all that’s great about ’70s radio—and in the hands of Neal

Best Of 2021: A Conversation With Strand Of Oaks
Hobart Rowland interviews the musician who made the best record of 2021. Photos for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Strand Of