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Interviews / Don't Quit Your Day Job: The Brokedowns
Feature — April 10, 2023
There are a lot of misconceptions about the life of a musician. Most musicians have day jobs – and not just to pay the bills. Jobs provide new challenges, personal fulfillment and, yes, some rent or gas money. And usually when somebody is writing a new record or scheduling a …
One Question Interviews: The COVIDS
Feature — April 3, 2023
Paul (The COVIDS – guitar) SPB: This band formed during shutdowns and didn’t get to play live for some time. What is the longest you’ve gone, with COVIDS or any band, between forming and actually playing your first show? Paul: For all of us it was definitely this …
One Question Interviews: Subhumans UK
Feature — April 5, 2023
Dick Lucas (Subhumans UK) SPB: How involved were you in the box set project? Lucas: Most of my involvement was with going back through my old diaries to see if what I'd written when we were recording the albums made any sort of readable outline of what happened …
One Question Interviews / What's That Noise?: Body Stuff
Feature — April 17, 2023
Curran Reynolds (Body Stuff) Tell us what piece of gear “makes the Body Stuff sound,” in your opinion.
One Question Interviews: States of Nature
Feature — April 11, 2023
Eric Urbach (States of Nature) SPB: Which song that you wrote are you most proud of (and why)? Urbach: States of Nature has been working on a new LP now for quite some time, and I feel most proud about the fact that we were able to put …
One Question Interviews: Northeast Regional
Feature — April 12, 2023
Jeff Byers (Northeast Regional) SPB: What is your favorite workplace-set TV show? Byers: While not set in the workplace, I've mostly been watching Survivor of late, which inspired the lyrics to the hit Northeast Regional single "The Archivists." But my wife and I have also been slowly rewatching …
One Question Interviews / What's That Noise?: The Tunnel
Feature — May 2, 2023
Sam Black (The Tunnel - bass) "What's That Noise?" is a series about gear. Show us some of your key pieces.
One Question Interviews: Toilet Rats
Feature — May 4, 2023
Tommy Rehbein (Toilet Rats) SPB: What inspired the theme behind Toilet Rats and how did it evolve from that first concept? Rehbein: The world was on lockdown. Solitude. A one-person project beneath the sleepy streets of Minneapolis, MN. Songs that are grimy and to-the-point. How has it evolved? …
One Question Interviews: Hunting Lions
Feature — May 5, 2023
Ben Coleman (Hunting Lions – vocals) SPB: You’ve played with many musicians in your career. In this band, whose songwriting process or stage mannerisms were the biggest adjustment for you to adapt to? Coleman: Between the spark of an idea and the realization of 2 or 3 minutes …
One Question Interviews: Box Elder
Feature — May 23, 2023
Christopher Archuleta (Box Elder – guitar/vocals) SPB: Do you have a favorite lyric/snippet ever? (What and why?) Archuleta: Probably from the song “Minimums.” off of our EP of the same name. "Finding places to reset again. It all just felt so permanent. Just you and me in the …
One Question Interviews: Tunic
Feature — May 24, 2023
David Schellenberg (Tunic) SPB: How has COVID/illness-risk changed how you tour? Do you take any precautions in terms of health, diet, housing, etc? Schellenberg: The biggest change for us is we now stay in motels/hotels as a way to keep us out of strangers’ houses -- as when …
One Question Interviews: Lightweight
Feature — May 25, 2023
Jake (Lightweight) SPB: You just released The Next One’s on You, the third in a series of EPs. What inspired the trilogy concept with these (and what will follow it up)? Jake: So the answer to this question is really two fold: there’s the creative answer and the …
One Question Interviews: Raised on TV
Feature — July 10, 2023
Keaton Rogers (Raised on TV) SPB: What’s a record you love that would surprise people? Rogers: That's a cool question. Hmm, a rock record, or any record along those lines, probably wouldn't be a surprise to anyone. I'll go with The Slim Shady LP from Eminem, his first …
One Question Interviews: King Yosef
Feature — July 11, 2023
King Yosef SPB: What is a city or country that you would love to play but never have? King Yosef: I have not played a show in mainland Australia yet, but would love to. Specifically Melbourne, as I have quite a few friends there, get a lot of …
One Question Interviews: Sweet Gloom
Feature — July 12, 2023
Jaake Margo (Sweet Gloom – vocals/guitar) SPB: You covered “Jaded” for the Operation Ivy tribute. Why that song (and did you have a second choice)? Margo: "Jaded" was always my favorite Operation Ivy song, so when the opportunity came to cover it, I jumped on the chance. …
One Question Interviews: Reptilian Records
Feature — July 18, 2023
Chris X (Reptilian Records) SPB: What’s an often overlooked but essential skillset for running a label in 2023? Chris X: With the side job I picked up two weeks ago on top of label/mailorder, I'm kinda fried. I thought about it over the last day or so, but …
One Question Interviews: The Moore Family Band
Feature — July 20, 2023
Alyssa Moore & Randy Moore (The Moore Family Band – vocals/guitar) SPB: Was the plan always to go with the name The Moore Family Band, or did you start with something else in mind and move toward the obvious? Alyssa & Randy: It was pretty organic. We made …
One Question Interviews: Small Crush
Feature — July 25, 2023
Logan Hammon (Small Crush-vocals/guitar) SPB: How do you choose your album art? Hammond: I love to design my own album art to reflect the feeling of the album. Making it handmade is my favorite way to do it, so it really feels like my art coming to life. …
One Question Interviews: Long Relief
Feature — July 26, 2023
Paul (Long Relief) SPB: What inspired the seemingly baseball-ish name? Paul: I was an enormous nerd about baseball as a kid, and pitching long relief is a weird kind of purgatory for a pitcher to be in. It’s usually either someone who used to be a starter but …
