Category: INTERVIEWS

Q&A With The Vulgar Boatmen’s Dale Lawrence
It’s a powerful thing, having a band that feels like your personal secret. As I’ve read other writers on the

Exclusive Cover Story Excerpt: Savages Interviewed By Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme
Here’s an exclusive excerpt of the current MAGNET cover story. Three years ago, London’s Savages materialized seemingly out of nowhere,

A Conversation With John Cale
If John Cale’s new album M:FANS sounds hauntingly familiar, you are both correct and obviously a Cale aficionado. The legendary

A Conversation With Roger Waters
Roger Waters is not a man to shy from aggressive questions focusing on the personal or the geopolitical, especially if

A Conversation With Peaches
When soft-spoken Merrill Nisker—a.k.a. nasty electro queen Peaches—asks the robotic musical question, “Whose jizz is this?” on “Dick In The

A Conversation With John Lydon
John Lydon doesn’t need an introduction. A wind-up works, as the iconic punk (Rotten, late of the Sex Pistols) and

A Conversation With Tame Impala
Kevin Parker is no less of a lone wolf on Tame Impala’s newest album, Currents, than he was on Innerspeaker

A Conversation With Denis Leary
On a summer evening, while hail raged onto Manhattan’s streets, Denis Leary took the stage of Webster Hall with fellow

Exclusive Excerpt: Yo La Tengo Interviewed By Actor Michael Shannon
Here’s an exclusive excerpt of the current MAGNET cover story. For three decades, Yo La Tengo has been one of

A Conversation With Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder is dance music. Long before Daft Punk lionized the disco king with “Giorgio By Moroder” on Random Access

Exclusive Excerpt: Ben Lee Interviewed By Actress Rose Byrne
Here’s an exclusive excerpt of the current MAGNET cover story. On the new Love Is The Great Rebellion, Ben Lee

A Conversation With FFS’ Russell Mael And Alex Kapranos
Ron and Russell Mael formed Sparks in 1970, and since then have crafted iconic albums well-versed in high-pitched power pop,

A Conversation With AWOLNATION’s Aaron Bruno
AWOLNATION (a.k.a. Aaron Bruno) is the coolest music nerd ever. Dressed in a summer-appropriate pink-and-blue collared shirt, baby-blue rimmed sunglasses,

A Conversation With Grateful Dead’s Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann was part of the culture crunch that was the Grateful Dead for as long as it existed—a drummer