Category: INTERVIEWS

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

A Conversation With Mark Ronson
He’ll be forever known as the powerful producer of Amy Winehouse’s best material (to say nothing of behind-the-board stints for

A Conversation With Todd Rundgren
Along with creating Tin Pan, blue-eyed-soul masterpieces (Something/Anything?), prog-rock epics (everything his band Utopia recorded), psychedelic garage classics (his Philly-born

A Conversation With The B-52s’ Kate Pierson
Kate Pierson released her debut solo album, Guitars And Microphones, in February. You can’t help but wonder what took her

Can’t Hardly Wait: Superchunk On Opening For The Replacements
On Sept. 25, 1990, the Replacements released their final record, All Shook Down—the same day Superchunk released their self-titled

Best Of 2014: A Conversation With Ex Hex
If we’re handing out superlatives, we have to award Best Phone Skills to Mary Timony for the rather hilarious way

The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Book Of Revelation
The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe finds himself in a healthy space The best thing you can do when Anton

Q&A With Robert Pollard
It's gonna be all GBV, all day, kids. This is from 2007. To nobody’s surprise, neither age nor the dissolution

My Impression Now: Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney Briefs Us On Guided By Voices
It's gonna be all GBV, all day, kids. This is from 2012. Back in the spring, MAGNET’s collective jaw dropped