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One Question Interviews: Other Dangers
Feature — March 15, 2022
John Brhel (Other Dangers - guitar/vocals) SPB: Have you ever forgotten lyrics (or another part) mid-song? How did you recover? Brhel: I’ve forgotten lyrics a few times over the years. It’s usually when performing a new song we haven’t played live much yet. Usually I’ll just sing the …
One Question Interviews: Prayer Group
Feature — March 16, 2022
Prayer Group SPB: Where do you make a point to bring visitors when they pass through your hometown? Prayer Group: We always like to take people from out of town down to the James River when we can. It runs right through downtown Richmond, so it's kind of …
Interviews / Don't Quit Your Day Job: Secret Fun Club
Feature — March 14, 2022
There are a lot of misconceptions about the life of a musician. And, frankly, it’s rarely glamorous. Most musicians have day jobs – and not just to pay the bills. Jobs provide new challenges, personal fulfillment and, yes, some rent or gas money. And usually when somebody is writing a …
One Question Interviews: Powerviolet
Feature — March 21, 2022
Bryan (Powerviolet – synths/drums/programming) SPB: What is the weirdest description you’ve heard of your music? Could you see where the comparison came from? Bryan: Of course, we get the usual suspects -- M83, My Bloody Valentine, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are at the top of the list …
One Question Interviews: Chalk Hands
Feature — March 22, 2022
Antoine (Chalk Hands - guitar/vocals) SPB: How did you “discover” punk rock? Antoine: I'm old enough to be one of these people who had a cool friend who burnt a CD with loads of bands on it. I remember it was a girl I had a crush on, …
One Question Interviews: Little Lebowski Urban Achievers
Feature — March 23, 2022
Jason “Lumbergh” Lundgren (Little Lebowski Urban Achievers – bass) SPB: What is your favorite “deep cut” quote or scene from The Big Lebowski? Jason: Just one, wow it’s impossible to even choose but I’d say this is my favorite “deep cut” back and forth between Walter and …
One Question Interviews: Auric Echoes
Feature — March 30, 2022
Conner Rush (Auric Echoes) SPB: Who is the first musician whose technique or style really stood out to you? Rush: To me, the first musician who really stood out to me as something unique was Thom Yorke. My whole life I had only really had experience with classic …
One Question Interviews: Moral Panic
Feature — March 31, 2022
Eric Robel (Moral Panic) SPB: You recently covered “Colombian Necktie” by Big Black. What made you pick that song from Big Black’s catalog? Robel: I thought of the idea, looking through my records. I was purposely trying to come up with a cover that was different. Something not …
One Question Interviews: Deaf Lingo
Feature — April 1, 2022
Gabriele (Deaf Lingo-bass) SPB: What is your favorite album cover of all time? Gabriele: Maybe there's already a lot of talk about it, but this is one of the best examples of record covers that complement the music. You might not even listen to it, but you …
Interviews / Don't Quit Your Day Job: The Bloody Lips/Kole
Feature — March 28, 2022
There are a lot of misconceptions about the life of a musician. It’s rarely glamorous. Most musicians have day jobs – and not just to pay the bills. Jobs provide new challenges, personal fulfillment and, yes, some rent or gas money. And usually when somebody is writing a new record …
One Question Interviews: The Carousers
Feature — April 12, 2022
Joey Affatato (The Carousers) SPB: What is the furthest you’ve ever traveled to see a show (and who was it/where)? Affatato: The farthest I've travelled for a show was about two hours away. It was to see Badflower at the Pat Garrett Amphitheater in Strausstown, PA
One Question Interviews / What's That Noise?: Real Numbers
Feature — April 13, 2022
Eli Hansen (Real Numbers) SPB: What type of guitar are you playing with Real Numbers and how did you choose it? Hansen: I play a 1965 Hagstrom I. Many years ago I was guitar shopping in Milwaukee with my Dad (also a musician and guitar collector) and stumbled …
Interviews / Don't Quit Your Day Job: Grim Deeds
Feature — April 14, 2022
There are a lot of misconceptions about the life of a musician. It’s rarely glamorous. Most musicians have day jobs – and not just to pay the bills. Jobs provide new challenges, personal fulfillment and, yes, some rent or gas money. And usually when somebody is writing a new record …
One Question Interviews: Solilians
Feature — April 25, 2022
Solilians SPB: What is your favorite music related film or documentary? Solilians: German filmmaker Claudia Heuermann’s Sabbath In Paradise (on Tzadik) explores the question of what it means to be a modern experimental Jewish musician from all angles, capturing Radical Jewish Culture and downtown NYC’s East Village …
One Question Interviews: Caleb Nichols
Feature — April 26, 2022
Caleb Nichols SPB: What is the best pop song of the last 10 years? Nichols: I’m going to answer this question via a “first thought = best thought” method, and my honest first thought when I read the question was “Cranes In The Sky” by Solange. When …
One Question Interviews: Church Girls
Feature — April 27, 2022
Mariel (Church Girls) SPB: What is your favorite record store, either locally or one you’ve discovered on the road? Mariel: I like Creep Records in Philly. They have a great used section that's not too overwhelming. I seem to get lucky and find something on my list …
Music / The Set List: The Guest List: Gloomy June - Six bands we can agree on in the van
Feature — May 3, 2022
We asked our friends in Gloomy June to put together a guest list for us – a list of the six bands/artists they can agree on when embarking on a long drive together. Devin, Alexi, Jack and Ash run through their half-dozen favorites below, along with their standout tracks for …
One Question Interviews: Some Became Hollow Tubes
Feature — May 10, 2022
Eric (Some Became Hollow Tubes) SPB: How did COVID impact the recording of this collaborative record? Eric: COVID gave us the gift of time. We worked slower than usual, since we were adjusting to life at home and finding other things to occupy the mind from all …
One Question Interviews / What's That Noise?: TEKE::TEKE
Feature — May 11, 2022
Serge Nakauchi Pelletier (TEKE::TEKE – guitar) SPB: You use a variety of instruments. Were there any mic challenges or unique studio setups to require the sounds you achieved on Shirushi last year? Nakauchi Pelletier: I don't recall any “challenges” per se in terms of set ups or even …
