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One Question Interviews: Hiram-Maxim
Feature — June 11, 2015
John Panza (Hiram-Maxim-drums) SPB: Has the change to more headphone listening changed how you listen to music or mix it? Panza: Last night I witnessed – because “saw” is inadequate – Swans perform here in Cleveland. The band’s reputation for relentless, brutal, euphoric, and cilia-killing live shows is …
One Question Interviews: Hot Nerds
Feature — June 11, 2015
Nathan Joyner (Hot Nerds – guitar/vocals) SPB: Who is the hottest nerd of them all? Joyner: That's simple: any kid who stays in school is the hottest nerd of them all. So, the hottest nerd of them all changes constantly. Stay in school, kids, eat your …
One Question Interviews: Western Settings
Feature — June 11, 2015
Ricky (Western Settings) SPB: Who is the most underrated San Diego band right now? Ricky: The most underrated band in San Diego? There are a ton. One that has grabbed my attention over the last year is a folk-punk band called Plastic City Pariah. They are talented, and …
One Question Interviews: Maybeshewill
Feature — June 11, 2015
John (Maybeshewill) SPB: What are you most looking forward to on your upcoming first US tour? John: We’re still waiting to find out if we’ll be coming over, but it’s been an aim of ours for a really long time. We don’t take as much shit from anyone …
One Question Interviews: Meek is Murder
Feature — June 12, 2015
Frank Godla (Meek Is Murder) SPB: What do you think of cassettes? Godla: They will always have a special place in my heart. I started collecting music when cassettes were still the norm, and wound up with several hundred cassette and VHS tapes in my house. I’d even …
One Question Interviews: Spirits
Feature — June 12, 2015
Robert Cheeseman (Spirits – bass) SPB: is the best hardcore song, ever? Cheeseman: The best hardcore song? Hell if I know! One of my favorite hardcore bands though is Faded Grey. I remember downloading "The New Crusades" off of revhq sometime in late 2000 and it was definitely …
One Question Interviews: Brian Campeau
Feature — June 12, 2015
Brian Campeau SPB: What is your favorite album cover of all time? Campeau: I'm a big fan of a photo which tells a story, whether or not you understand that story. By this I mean a photo that keeps you looking at it and the more you look …
One Question Interviews: Fashion Week
Feature — June 12, 2015
Joshua Lozano (Fashion Week – guitar/vocals) SPB: Rank your preferred listening formats: cd, vinyl, cassette, digital, (other?) Lozano: At home: vinyl In the van: CD Running on the street: iPod. In the ‘90s: Cassettes (mixtapes)
One Question Interviews: Roman Cities
Feature — June 22, 2015
Ian Miller (Roman Cities) SPB: How important to the band’s concept was playing “era-appropriate instrumentation”? Miller: Man, what a great question. When I was imagining this project, I had visions of headless basses and chorus pedals. But the gear ended up not really mattering. Bradley plays a Tele …
One Question Interviews: Diploid
Feature — June 22, 2015
Reece Prain (Diploid-bass/vocals) SPB: How much space in your home is dedicated to music storage (records or instruments)? Prain: I have a bandroom/equipment storage room. It’s pretty full, so lots of junk is just sort of hung around the room as well. But really, music equipment is scattered …
One Question Interviews: Adrift for Days
Feature — June 22, 2015
Lachlan R. Dale (Adrift for Days, Art As Catharsis) SPB: How has the increasing digitisation of music changed your listening habits? Dale: A very good question, and one I often reflect on. There is no doubt that the digitisation of music has dramatically increased access while also …
One Question Interviews: Lesstalk Records
Feature — June 22, 2015
Matt Vaughn (Lesstalk Records, Michael Crafter-vocals) SPB: Do any of your musician friends have tinnitus? Vaughn: Yeh, I think a lot of my friends have or will have tinnitus when the years go by. I have been playing in DIY bands for about 10 years now and going …
One Question Interviews: Jxckxlz
Feature — June 27, 2015
Jxckxlz SPB: Which of your songs is hardest to play live? Nathan (vocals): “Trophic Level,” ‘cause I just scream like a manic dog for 5 minutes plus. Max (drums): “Solace,” as it’s technical, fast and we play it first quite often. Or “Alpha & Omega,” because I’m …
One Question Interviews: Soul Asylum
Feature — June 27, 2015
Dave Pirnier (Soul Asylum – vocals) SPB: Who is your favorite musician you’ve discovered in New Orleans? Pirnier: Henry Butler first comes to mind. I saw him for the first time at the Funky Butt and he was playing the midnight to 4am slot. Seeing that he is …
One Question Interviews: Warm Needles
Feature — July 10, 2015
Andy (Warm Needles) SPB: What was the most memorable thing to happen during recording Inconsolable? Andy: Oh geez, good question. Luckily now I can laugh about it. We actually recorded the record ourselves in our own space with our own equipment. This is also the first time …
One Question Interviews: Hard Girls
Feature — July 10, 2015
Hard Girls SPB: What is the most valuable thing you’ve lost on a tour? Morgan: Mostly we lose things like phone chargers and sunglasses, shirts and t-shirts, crap like that…I guess you could say we’ve all lost our wide-eyed innocence on the road…SIGH… We have lost 2 …
One Question Interviews: Invisible Things
Feature — July 11, 2015
Jim Sykes (Invisible Things-drums) SPB: n songwriting, how do you draw the line between taking influence and mimicking? Sykes: Honestly I think bands should be sued if they cop someone's style. I don't care if it's the same melody but played in a totally different style - that …
One Question Interviews: Laura Stevenson
Feature — July 11, 2015
Laura Stevenson SPB: What is the biggest thing you’ve learned about performance since moving to a solo approach? Stevenson: So the biggest thing I've learned about performance since I began a solo-approach. I'd have to say pacing. I used to be oblivious to how important that is, and …
One Question Interviews: Tidemouth
Feature — July 11, 2015
Mike Kilker (Tidemouth-vocals) SPB: What do you think of bands playing an entire album as a tour concept? Kilker: I love when bands that haven't toured in a while play an old record that everyone knows, the record that made people fall in love. I'm a nostalgic guy. …
