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Tag: Q&A

February 18, 2021
Lili Trifilio on How Beach Bunny’s ‘Blame Game’ EP Shaped Itself During Quarantine
By Nikki Roberts / Features, Interviews / new music, chicago, interview
Hard at work on Beach Bunny’s sophomore record, Lili Trifilio talked to us about how last month’s ‘Blame Game’ EP came together during lockdown.
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August 13, 2020August 13, 2020
‘Bossanova’ Turns 30: Joey Santiago on his Favorite Pixies Record
By Bailey Davis / Features, Interviews / Q&A, Riot Fest 2021, features
Pixies have long held the reputation of that band some bigger band emulated, to put it kindly. To Joey Santiago, the Pixies’ calculated lead guitarist,…
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April 9, 2020April 9, 2020
Daryl Wilson from The Bollweevils Wants You to Stay Home
By Miles Raymer / Features, Interviews / Q&A, Playlists, Stay At Home
Bollweevils frontman Daryl Wilson is a doctor working on the front lines of Illinois’s coronavirus outbreak. Here's what he says you can do to make…
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February 25, 2020
‘Desolation Center’ Director Stuart Swezey: Taking Punk into the Desert
By Dustin Krcatovich / Interviews, TV+Film / interview, TV+Film, Q&A
Nowadays, it’s easy to take punk/alternative-minded outdoor festivals for granted—but in the 1980s, there was little opportunity for scrappy, weird bands to get any sun.
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December 17, 2019December 17, 2019
The Infected on Getting Back Together Nearly 10 Years Later
By Riot Fest / Interviews / riot fest presents, interview, Q&A
He books the festival, now he’s getting his own band back together: Buck Foley talks about The Infected getting back together nearly 10 years later.
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December 5, 2019December 30, 2019
The Hard Times Wrote a Book and Made Me Read Something For Once
By Bailey Davis / Features, Interviews / punk, interview, Q&A
The Hard Times co-founders talk about searching for an offline audience with their first book, ’The Hard Times: The First 40 Years,‘ in an interview…
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November 14, 2019
that dog.’s Anna Waronker On ‘Old LP’ and Getting Advice From Randy Newman
By Dustin Krcatovich / Features, Interviews / interview, Q&A, features
As the 1990s recede further into the distance, they become a more fabled time for music in general, and “alternative/indie” rock in particular. Time has…
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October 28, 2019December 10, 2019
One Mean Halloween: A Chat With Sports Team
By Bailey Davis / Interviews, Music / post-punk, interview, Q&A
Sports Team frontman Alex Rice chats with us ahead of the band's first-ever Chicago show.
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October 22, 2019October 23, 2019
Welcoming an Exile: A Conversation With The Menzingers’ Greg Barnett
By Bailey Davis / Features, Interviews / interview, Q&A, the menzingers
We got Greg Barnett on the horn to talk about breaking new ground with 'Hello Exile' ahead of The Menzingers show at Concord Music Hall…
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September 10, 2019May 6, 2020
Milo Gets an Illustrated Interview
By Bailey Davis and Bianca Xunise / Comics, Interviews / Descendents, Q&A, comics
Milo Aukerman talks about the next Descendents record, his “magnum opus” of fart songs, and how his songwriting reflects on a bit more than just…
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August 27, 2019
Masked Int(rud)erview: A Chat with Intruder Blue
By Nikki Roberts / Interviews, Riot Fest 2019 / punk, riot fest 2019, Q&A
Masked Intruder lead vocalist Intruder Blue talks to us about what's changed since the band last played Riot Fest in 2013.
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August 23, 2019
A Deep Dive into Lando Chill’s ‘Black Ego’
By Emily Reily / Interviews, Riot Fest 2019 / riot fest 2019, chicago, Q&A
An interview with Chicago born and raised rapper Lando Chill.
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