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One Question Interviews: Drip-Fed
Feature — November 13, 2017
Jeffrey Blum (Drip-Fed) SPB: When writing songs, how do you draw the line between taking influence and mimicking? Jeffrey: Writing songs has always been and continues to be a frustrating process for me. It doesn't come easy like I see in a lot of people around me. I …
One Question Interviews: Illustrations
Feature — November 13, 2017
Matt King (Illustrations) SPB: What appeals to you about self-releasing records? Matt: I appreciate the idea of self-releasing records because the entire process is handled by the artist. There is no middleman. It's all in your hands. That's probably my favorite part of the process, because I personally …One Question Interviews: Abrams
Feature — November 13, 2017
Taylor Iversen (Abrams) SPB: What’s your favorite stretch of highway to drive in the US? Taylor: When we were leaving Joshua Tree after our most recent show there, some sagely person told us to take a scenic route to get to where we were going. We ended …
One Question Interviews: Patrick Higgins
Feature — December 5, 2017
SPB: Has the change to more headphone listening of music changed you compose or mix your work? Higgins: I can't say that the prevalence of headphones per se has changed how I compose or mix, but in general I am always very concerned by the spatial and immersive quality …One Question Interviews: Great Cynics
Feature — December 5, 2017
SPB: What do you think of bands playing albums-in-full as a tour concept? Great Cynics: We think it's great! If it's a celebration of that album then more power to them. It's always strange going back to something you did in the past. You realise how much you've changed …
One Question Interviews: Gino and the Goons
Feature — December 5, 2017
Gino Bambino (Gino and the Goons) SPB: Who is your favorite lyricist? Gino: I walk 47 miles of barbed wire, I use a cobra-snake for a necktie, I got a brand new house on the roadside, Made from rattlesnake hide, I got a …
Music / Year End 2017: Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2017
Feature — December 17, 2017
Each year at SPB we reach out to the wide stable of artists, labels and other music scene folks to find out what their take was on the year just finished. This time around we've spoken to over 40 bands and label owners to hear about their favourite records of …
One Question Interviews: Felix Hagan
Feature — December 23, 2017
SPB: What song (by any artist) has the best use of bongos? Felix: That would be “Funky Nassau,” the version by The Blues Brothers. Never has bongoing been so succinctly demonstrated as a musical force. It’s in the second Blues Brothers film that I saw when I was ten, …
One Question Interviews: Steppe People
Feature — December 23, 2017
Eric Carlson (Steppe People) SPB: What is your primary or go-to tour food? Carlson: Touring allows bands the opportunity to venture out into the world, see new and exotic scenes, meet fans and future friends, and of course taste far out and local delicacies. None of those bands …
One Question Interviews: Sarin
Feature — January 16, 2018
David Wilson (Sarin - guitar/vocals) SPB: How likely are you to pick up a record based off its cover with no knowledge of the band or music? David: I generally treat cover art as indicative of what's inside, as presumably that's the imagery the band wants me to …
One Question Interviews: Edgewise
Feature — January 16, 2018
Kevin (Edgewise – drums) SPB: How old were you when you first learned a music instrument? Kevin: I was eleven when I officially started playing drums. In my mind, I had started years earlier. My oldest brother had a drumkit that he refused to let me play. I …
One Question Interviews: Wieuca
Feature — January 16, 2018
Will Ingram (Wieuca) SPB: Who is the most overrated musician/band of all time? Will: Deerhunter aka Coldplay for hipsters
One Question Interviews: Spider
Feature — January 23, 2018
Hector Martinez (Spider-lead vocals) SPB: What is the best TV theme song? Hector: Without a doubt, I gotta say the theme song for the HBO show John From Cincinnati is the best theme song ever. The song used is “Johnny Appleseed” performed by the inimitable Joe …
One Question Interviews: MINKA
Feature — January 23, 2018
Dick Rubin (MINKA) SPB: What is the worst stereotype of musicians that you encounter when people discover you’re in a band? Dick: When people discover you’re in a band, they always think to themselves: “I bet he wouldn’t be a good accountant.” well, I’m here to tell you…that’s …
One Question Interviews: Shilpa Ray
Feature — February 3, 2018
Shilpa Ray SPB: What is the strangest trend you see in modern music (or in the industry)? Shilpa: Baseball caps. Too many baseball caps.
One Question Interviews: Fallow Land
Feature — February 3, 2018
Whit (Fallow Land) SPB: How do you choose your album art? Whit: Fallow Land chose the album cover of Pinscher to mirror the overall attitude I had when writing it. My friend Andrea Calvetti is a fantastic photographer and videographer. I saw a photograph of his dog he …
One Question Interviews: Broken Bellows
Feature — February 13, 2018
Will Prinzi (Broken Bellows) SPB: What drummer (not your own band) stands out to you the most? Will: Thomas Haake (Meshuggah) is the greatest drummer of all time. That is all.
One Question Interviews: Becca Richardson
Feature — February 13, 2018
Becca Richardson SPB: What is the most touching or memorable thing a fan has told you about your work? Becca: A fan sent me a video of her daughter singing along to one of my songs in the car and it was pretty adorable.
One Question Interviews: Plaque Marks
Feature — February 24, 2018
Mike McGinnis (Plaque Marks-guitar/vocals) SPB: Has being on a stage regularly changed your social interactions? Are you more/less social because of your stage experience? Mike: Not in anyway that's very noticeable. I'd say if it has changed my social interactions then it's happened like a callous that slowly …
