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Interview Luke Redfield

Redfield took time out to talk with The A.V. Club about his time in the Alaskan wilds, his highly collaborative approach to recording, and his insatiable wanderlust.

March 8, 2012 | 12:00am -
Interview Polica's Channy Leaneagh (née Caselle)

"For the past five years all my Roma Di Luna songs were about leaving. I couldn’t tell you if that was what I wanted or if I was just kind of writing about it and then that took over my headspace."

February 1, 2012 | 12:00am -
Interview Peter Wolf Crier

We chat with Peter Pisano and Brian Moen about expectations, Garden Of Arms’ more rocking sound, and how fear of death makes for a powerful muse.

October 26, 2011 | 11:00am -
Interview Caroline Smith And The Good Night Sleeps

“No matter what we did, it was going to sound a lot different than Backyard Tent Set; I wrote most of those songs when I was still in high school.”

September 14, 2011 | 12:00am -
Interview Adam Svec and the science of sound

The former Glad Version frontman on studying for a PhD in audiology and the perils of overly personal songwriting.

January 28, 2010 | 12:00am -
Interview Andy Elwell ratchets up his quiet intensity

The former vocalist for punk band Islero returns with a set of beautifully sad, intimate songs.

January 7, 2010 | 12:00am -
Interview Joey Ryan finds his spot with The Inks

Before his band's CD-release show at the Triple Rock, the local songwriter talked to The A.V. Club about how finding kindred fans of '60s pop gave his songs the energy they needed.

December 18, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Mason Jennings finds the light and shines it at the darkness

How yoga and fatherhood helped the Minnesota singer-songwriter gain the maturity and inner peace to write his rawest material yet.

November 20, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Alela Diane's small-town roots stay close to her heart

The "freak-folk" singer finds her greatest inspiration away from the big cities—which makes it a little hard to spend all her time touring them.

November 17, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Fanfarlo's Simon Balthazar on isolation and imagination

"I’m more interested in that blurry line between fact and fiction."

November 11, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Amy Millan sails beyond the Stars

...and makes a pretty second album.

November 4, 2009 | 11:00pm -
Interview The innocence and experience of Thao Nguyen

She's not fond of Googling herself.

November 4, 2009 | 12:00am -

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