Remember a few months ago when we mentioned that an Australian version of the Take Away Show was in town for two days? Back in July, I was lucky enough to randomly end up at Cartopia just as whimsical-pop trio Nurses were filming their take in front of Potato Champion. I later met producer Amelia [...]

To say that Islands Nick Thorburn (or Nick Diamonds, if you’re going with the whole persona thing) is a musical chameleon is an understatement. After leading spazz-pop trio the Unicorns on a crazy two year run, producing one of my favorite albums of the decade, 2003’s Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?, Thorburn [...]

“Hello Oregonians. Hello Washingtonians. Hello Port—where the fuck are we?”
Eddie Vedder wasn’t drunk. He’s just done this so many damn times he honestly could be anywhere and talking to anybody. In stadiums and clubs, on football fields and in recording booths. Pearl Jam has been doing this whole rock band thing for 19 years and [...]

Last week I got an email from a press contact wondering if I’d like to interview Frank Black. It was already past our deadline for print, but, when you get the chance to talk to one of your favorite musicians of all-time, you don’t really say no. I was a bit worried that Black (or [...]

When I spoke to Rodriguez by phone earlier this month, we didn’t have time to discuss all the aspects of his long and improbable career (which are covered at length in Light in the Attic’s typically exhaustive liner notes to his two reissued albums), but we did rap about politics, philosophy, and rock ‘n’ roll. [...]