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Interview The lighter side of GWAR

Does GWAR have a lighter side? Sort of...

March 30, 2012 | 1:00am -
Interview Flipper’s Steve DePace

“On the one hand, I think it’s pretty cool that people like Rick Rubin and Kurt Cobain were so fucking enamored and so influenced by our band, but on the other hand, it’s a little frustrating that more regular people—music fans—didn’t discover the band.”

March 29, 2012 | 1:00am -
Interview Cursive’s Tim Kasher

Tim Kasher on I Am Gemini, his addiction to writing concept records, familial ties, and the positives of being obnoxious.

March 23, 2012 | 12:00am -
Interview Valient Thorr and The Thorriors make good on the fan club

Once a staple of rock ’n’ roll fandom, the official fan club has been made mostly obsolete thanks to Facebook, Twitter, and the like.

March 7, 2012 | 12:00am -
Interview Peelander-Z: A primer

“We want to eat your smile with sushi.”

March 5, 2012 | 11:00pm -
Interview Busdriver

“Living in the States and seeing the lack of investment in education, no one really champions that intellectual curiosity like they do in other places. When you have those experiences to contrast, it’s kind of mind-numbing, so I think a lot of people are victims and become stupid. I’m definitely one of them.”

February 3, 2012 | 1:00am -
Interview Mudhoney’s Mark Arm

Mudhoney’s vocalist-guitarist on grunge, post-grunge, time travel, and the perfect distorted guitar sound.

January 5, 2012 | 1:00am -
Interview I Fight Dragons’ Brian Mazzaferri on wading through a world of money

Everything you ever wanted to know about “Money” and I Fight Dragons.

December 16, 2011 | 12:00am -
Interview The Black Heart Procession’s Pall Jenkins

“I definitely desire to do other stuff at times—even a simple job where you work and have a drink with your coworkers after.”

December 8, 2011 | 1:00am -
Interview Jeremy Ray Talley of The Bled

Even the scary dudes in The Bled love their mothers.

November 7, 2011 | 11:00pm -
Interview Christopher Prudhomme of Painted Palms

One half of the synth-pop duo on building a band, one e-mail at a time.

September 6, 2011 | 11:00pm -
Interview Rx Bandits’ Steve Choi

As a chapter of his band’s existence closes, the guitarist-keyboardist discusses spontaneity, boulders, and the question he’s never been asked.

July 22, 2011 | 1:00am -
Interview What’s metal got to do with it? Not much, says Torche’s Steve Brooks

“It’s the fuckin’ snobs that are the ones throwing their noses up at bands like the Foo Fighters.”

July 17, 2011 | 11:00pm -
Interview Heartfelt tributes, Sopranos shout-outs, and kittens: Decoding The Death Set’s Michel Poiccard

The A.V. Club catches up with lead Death Setter Johnny Siera to dissect some of the LP’s most fascinating tracks.

May 25, 2011 | 11:00pm -
Interview Alex Hungtai of Dirty Beaches

“I’m writing soundtracks for films that don’t exist.”

May 9, 2011 | 11:00pm -
Interview Tom Fec of Tobacco

“Literal stuff can be so boring, because it takes no imagination to hear it.”

April 29, 2011 | 10:30am -
Interview SXSW: Alex Hungtai of Dirty Beaches

“I’m writing soundtracks for films that don’t exist.”

March 15, 2011 | 12:00am -
Interview Brendan Angelides of Eskmo

Dip into Eskmo’s foreign world

February 25, 2011 | 1:00am -
Interview Charles Rowell of Crocodiles

“[The next record] could be Harry Nilsson, it could be Captain Beefheart.”

January 21, 2011 | 1:00am -
Interview Justin Ringle of Horse Feathers

Modern not-folk from the Pacific Northwest

December 9, 2010 | 1:00am -
Interview Nicole Barille of Mr. Gnome

Drugs, gnomes, and horsemen who shit rainbows, oh my!

November 15, 2010 | 1:00am -
Interview Major Lazer wants to party with you

“Next tour we have, we’re not going to have a bus. We’re going to do it on a boat.”

April 9, 2010 | 1:00am -
Interview Horse The Band cuts anguish with absurdity and piss

“It’s telling the tale of my ex-Marine stepfather who punched my mother in the face when I wouldn’t eat eggs.”

December 8, 2009 | 11:00pm -
Interview Don't call Crystal Antlers prog-rock

“Most of our music is just feelings. It’s not that contrived. I cringe thinking about Rush and bands like that.”

November 25, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound gets trippy

San Francisco psychedelic collective tackles aging gear and what it feels like to be misquoted in the New York Post.

October 1, 2009 | 1:00am -

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