Tag: Q&A

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, Pixies

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,…

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…

February 25, 2020

‘Desolation Center’ Director Stuart Swezey: Taking Punk into the Desert

By Dustin Krcatovich / Interviews, TV+Film / interview, Q&A, documentary

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.

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.

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…

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, that dog.

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…