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One Question Interviews: After Hours Radio
Feature — March 11, 2018
Nate Erickson and Jordan Compton (After Hours Radio) SPB: What was your first CD (or record or tape, as applicable)? Nate Erickson: Greg, our bass player, and I both got our first CDs as gifts from our parents so they aren't very representative of our music taste at …
One Question Interviews: Pistoleros
Feature — March 11, 2018
Pistoleros SPB: What is a city or country that you would love to play but never have? Lawrence Zubia: Tokyo, Japan Mark Zubia: Paris!
One Question Interviews: Monotrope
Feature — March 24, 2018
Edward Ricart (Monotrope) SPB: Who is your favorite band to see live (currently active)? Edward: Portland, Oregon's U Sco are an awesome band. These guys deliver all the muscle, power, and propulsion anyone could ever want, and essentially always have since we first saw them six years ago. …
One Question Interviews: Spotlights
Feature — March 24, 2018
Spotlights SPB: What’s a record you love that would surprise people? Spotlights: Gonna go with – Braid’s The Age of Octeen. We love this band and especially this time in their career.
One Question Interviews: Netherlands
Feature — April 1, 2018
Timo Ellis of Netherlands SPB: What is the weirdest description you’ve heard others say of your music? Do you think it’s accurate or can you see where the idea came from? Timo: “You’re like the Sybil of music, with some sort of dissociative identity... I feel like you’re …
One Question Interviews: Dreadnought
Feature — April 1, 2018
Kelly (Dreadnought) SPB: What is the weirdest venue/setting you’ve ever played a show at? Kelly: The strangest setting is tied for either a fighting ring in the basement of a bar in Kansas or one of my best friend's wedding. I'm not sure the basement was actually used …
One Question Interviews: Bison
Feature — April 1, 2018
James Farwell (Bison) SPB: Can you enjoy a musician’s work if you when you disagree with their politics? Are you able to make the separation? James: I generally separate the art from the artist, unless the art itself contains some politically or socially offensive content - racist, homophobic, …
One Question Interviews: The Mons
Feature — April 24, 2018
Karl Eifrig (The Mons) SPB: What was the first punk show you attended? Karl: The first punk show I attended was February 28, 1986 at Cabaret Metro (now just Metro) in Chicago. The lineup was Killdozer opening, Dead Milkmen second, and Die Kreuzen headlining. Being a high school …
One Question Interviews: Forêt Endormie
Feature — April 24, 2018
Jordan Guerette (Forêt Endormie) SPB: Who is your favorite 1990s artist? Jordan: Among the hundreds of artists that I continue to cherish from the 1990s, if I must choose one it would be Jeff Buckley. His sole completed album, Grace, completely changed my life when I was …
One Question Interviews: Yo No Say
Feature — April 24, 2018
Daniel Feldman (Yo No Say) SPB: What is the worst stereotype you encounter when people find out you’re in a band? Daniel: To be honest people are generally pretty supportive and intrigued when they find out I’m in a band. I’d say the worst stereotype through, is that …
One Question Interviews: Neosho
Feature — May 2, 2018
Justin Bernard Williams (Neosho) SPB: Who is your favorite 1960s artist? Justin: Wayne Shorter... and not because of the saxophone. Ask me about jazz, and I'm more of an admirer than a "jazz player." Shorter's importance is rooted in how he had the power to influence Miles Davis …
One Question Interviews: Horse Torso
Feature — May 2, 2018
Danny Sher (Horse Torso) SPB: Do you think it’s easier or harder for an instrumental band to find an audience today than it was 10 years ago? Danny: I personally think it is one million times easier for a band to find their target audience in 2018 than …
One Question Interviews: Sincere Engineer
Feature — May 2, 2018
Deanna Belos (Sincere Engineer) SPB: Who is your favorite 1980s artist? Deanna: My favorite 1980s artist is probably Tears For Fears. I think "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" is one of the greatest songs ever written. I saw them open for Hall and Oates last year. It …
One Question Interviews: Round Eye
Feature — May 14, 2018
Chachy (Round Eye) SPB: What is the most thankless job in the music industry? Chachy: In mainland China I would say the promoters, especially if they're bringing in foreign acts. The live music scene in China is by no means safe from inspection and events like festivals and …
One Question Interviews: At The Heart Of The World
Feature — May 14, 2018
Daniel Porter (At the Heart Of The World – guitar/programmer) SPB: Do you wear earplugs when you play? Why/why not? Daniel: I wear them when I watch other bands but not when we play. Partly because I’m dumb and don’t value my hearing it seems and partly because …
One Question Interviews: Loose Grip Records
Feature — May 14, 2018
Ed Taylor (Loose Grip Records) SPB: There are infinite benefit compilations available. Yet this one [Love Oakland: A Benefit for those Affected by The Ghost Fire] is different because the cause is so closely connected to musicians themselves. How did you seek out the artists involved with …
One Question Interviews: Lydia Loveless
Feature — May 21, 2018
Lydia Loveless SPB: Who is your favorite pre-1960s artist? Loveless: Erik Satie. As a child who didn’t love practicing piano but loved the idea of being a great pianist, I wish I’d discovered Satie, a composer I’ve heard was not very good at sight reading or the …
One Question Interviews: Unwelcome Guests
Feature — May 21, 2018
Micah Winship (Unwelcome Guests) SPB: Dumpster diving: yes or no? Got any stories? Micah: Dumpster diving? - yes. Though it's been a while for me, I used to live next to a very convenient dumpster where it was almost easier to pick up stuff from the dumpster window …
One Question Interviews: Dead Empires
Feature — May 21, 2018
DJ Scully (Dead Empires) SPB: How did including a vocalist change your songwriting approach? Did it? Scully: Ironically, adding Jason didn't change anything for us writing-wise because we thought the album was done before he joined! We had probably 90% of it written and arranged and we were …
