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One Question Interviews: Phobia
Feature — April 27, 2016
Shane Mclachlan (Phobia) SPB: What is the most thankless job in the music industry? Mclachlan: Well, as for me being a vocalist, I'm the guy everybody wants to talk shit on, spit on, and blame everything on. Nobody fucks with the bass player: he is always the nice …
One Question Interviews: Moonraker
Feature — April 27, 2016
Nick Sucks (Moonraker – bass/vocals) SPB: Basements or bars? Both. They both have their appeals and drawbacks. Basements are normally DIY and all ages, essentially a subterranean house show. Since we live in California, we love to play basements because those types of shows are pretty rare here. …
One Question Interviews: The Blind Pets
Feature — April 27, 2016
Joshua Loggan (The Blind Pets – guitar/vocals) SPB: What do you like to do on a tour off-day? Loggan: Anything outdoors! I absolutely love to swim or see something new. Best day off I have ever had was at Earthquake Lake in Yellowstone with my band and a …
One Question Interviews: Bad Cop/Bad Cop
Feature — April 27, 2016
Stacey Dee (Bad Cop/Bad Cop) SPB: How did you hook up with Fat? Dee: I was playing pool with Fat Mike after a Loved Ones show that my old band opened for. We were at the Eagle in San Francisco. I made him a bet and if I won …
One Question Interviews: Slow Code
Feature — August 12, 2016
Charlie Wagner (Slow Code) SPB: How much space is your home is dedicated to music (instruments or records)? Wagner: While the basement is jam-packed with guitars and amps and odds-and-ends, our physical media game is pretty weak, though 95% of the time there's a record being played through …
One Question Interviews: Primitive Weapons
Feature — August 13, 2016
Dave Castillo (Primitive Weapons) SPB: What is the weirdest description you’ve heard others say of your music/ Do you think it’s accurate or do you see where it came from? Castillo: The weirdest way we've been described was as a spacey doom band. WTF is that?
One Question Interviews: Nonpareil
Feature — August 15, 2016
Jef Wright (Nonpareil) SPB: What venue is your favorite to play (and why)? Wright: Currently, I'd say that Valley Bar is my favorite venue to play in Phoenix. It could be because I have played so many venues here over the years and Valley Bar has only been …
One Question Interviews: Two Houses
Feature — August 24, 2016
Mike (Two Houses) SPB: Do you have any vinyl that your own strictly for collector’s purposes but never listen to? Mike: No one in the band does. Norman Marston, who recorded and mixed our full-length, I Feel So Good I Can't Stand Myself (out this summer on Rad …
One Question Interviews: Planet B
Feature — September 22, 2016
Luke Henshaw (Planet B) SPB: How has the increasing digitalization of music changed how you listen or record? Henshaw: To me, with the increasing digitalization of music, a lot of what I hear is all sounding the same and I’m having a hard time differentiating who's who. There’s …
One Question Interviews: Spotlights
Feature — September 24, 2016
Sarah Quintero (Spotlights) SPB:What’s the strangest trend you see in modern music (or in the industry)? Quintero: The strangest trend I have been noticing today in music is seeing older bands (that I grew up listening to), like Failure, Shiner, and Hum, get back together and be reviewed …
One Question Interviews: CoinTossRecords
Feature — September 27, 2016
Indy (CoinTossRecords) SPB: What was the first punk show you attended? Indy: It was a Split Lip show in Indianapolis. I was in middle school, a long time ago.
One Question Interviews: Thin Lips
Feature — September 28, 2016
Chrissy (Thin Lips-vocals/guitar) SPB: Do you get nervous before you play a show? Chrissy: I definitely am always scared before we play...Sometimes it's worse than others. The boys are pretty relaxed, a little nervous here or there, sometimes pretty nervous but it doesn't show too much. Usually once …
One Question Interviews: Atoms and Void
Feature — October 1, 2016
Eric Fisher and Arlie Carstons (Atoms and Void) SPB: When collaborating with so many artists, how do you draw the determine when to allow a “guest improv” vs pre-composed music? Atoms and Void: Our approach to recording is both guided and spontaneous, and our reasons for working with …
One Question Interviews: Pkew Pkew Pkew
Feature — October 6, 2016
Emmett (Pkew Pkew Pkew – bass/vocals) SPB: Winter touring in Canada: yes or no? Emmett: Definitely tour in the winter in Canada. Sure you have to take it easy on the roads, but you can just leave all your beers in the van the entire time and they …
One Question Interviews: Drunk Couples
Feature — October 13, 2016
Andrew Barnes (Drunk Couples – drums) SPB: Drunk Couples is a departure in sound from your previous project. Do you find it challenging to separate the different styles or associations that come with changing bands? Barnes: It all came pretty naturally to totally shift musical gears when CJ …
One Question Interviews: Holy White Hounds
Feature — October 25, 2016
James Manson (Holy White Hounds) SPB: How do you find out about new bands or music that you enjoy? Manson: I think that the first bands that made an impact on my life left a bread crumb trail of artists and records that I ended up diving into …
One Question Interviews: Karen Haglof
Feature — October 26, 2016
Karen Haglof SPB: After much time away from music, you've released 2 records in 3 years. Why the rush of new material after such a delay? Haglof: Yes, I did spent years away from music, going to school and entering a different career. But once the bug to …
One Question Interviews: Fight Amp
Feature — November 13, 2016
Jon DeHart (Fight Amp) SPB: What are your expectations, emotionally, for your final tour? How do you think it will feel different than the countless tours before this one? Jon: I think this last tour will be about as bittersweet as we could expect. It's gonna suck to …
One Question Interviews: Dear County
Feature — November 19, 2016
Arrica Rose (Dear Country) SPB: Have you ever forgotten lyrics mid-song? How did you recover? Rose: I have forgotten lyrics. If it's my song I'll do a 2nd verse same as the 1st, use what lyrics come to mind sort of thing, or mumble a bit until they …
