I’ll never forget the first time I heard the music of the iconic noise-rock band The Jesus Lizard — it was more than thirty years ago, thanks to my older brother Michael playing me their song “Seasick,” from the band’s second studio album, Goat, released in 1991 and produced by the legendary Steve Albini. That…More
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Remi Wolf
Remi Wolf is my favorite kind of modern artist: a young music-maker who truly doesn’t give a flying eff what genres folks might use to try to neatly categorize her sound. Remi knows that, as she once said, “genres are pretty obsolete at this point.” She continued (in this interview with Spin): “I think artists…More
Foster the People – Mark Foster
On the heels of Foster the People‘s first new album in seven years, their excellent, uplifting and highly danceable new album Paradise State of Mind, hear from the project’s creative mastermind about key moments in his musical journey: how he learned to play piano by ear as a kid, and was later inspired to play…More
Maya Hawke
On the eve of the release of her beautiful third studio album, Chaos Angel, singer-songwriter and actor Maya Hawke talks about how she arrived at her finest collection yet – a group of songs inspired by the idea of fighting one’s own guardian angel. I loved getting to ask Maya about the creative path that…More
Rodrigo y Gabriela – Gabriela Quintero
I had the best time getting to know the wonderful Gabriela Quintero of Grammy-winning psychedelic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela for this episode of the LSQ podcast. We recently met over Zoom for a conversation exploring her personal creative evolution — things like seeing an all-girl Japanese metal band when she was 10; or discovering…More
Ty Segall
Garage rock prince Ty Segall joins the LSQ podcast on the heels of his awesome fifteenth (!!!) studio album, Three Bells, to talk about the roots of his sound: how he first fell in love with rock and roll thanks to oldies radio (Beatles, Ronettes, Kinks) and a pile of vinyl records gifted by a…More
Vampire Weekend – Ezra Koenig
Some bands, you love them almost instantly, and that was the deal for me with Vampire Weekend, who I was fortunate to be tipped off to early on, through some mutual friends in NYC. My love for them has only grown with each new album, as VW continue to explore new sonic terrain, including on…More
Gossip – Beth Ditto
There is no other artist quite like Beth Ditto, the brilliant singer, songwriter, actor, clothing and cosmetics designer, and frontwoman for the legendary indie band Gossip. Her voice is singular and her energy is magical. In episode 104, Ditto talks about the making of Gossip‘s exciting new album, Real Power, as well as her early…More
Dhani Harrison
Last fall, singer-songwriter and film score composer Dhani Harrison released a dynamic new solo album called Innerstanding, which gave me the perfect opportunity to finally interview him in depth. “To innerstand is to comprehend from a place of love and detachment, where you’re not forcing yourself or being forced,” he explains. “If you come at…More
Idles – Joe Talbot
Joe Talbot, frontman for the ferocious U.K. band Idles, explores his artistic roots — how his sculptor dad taught him the value of a creative purpose, how his love for hip-hop evolved as he became more politically aware, the inspiration he drew from Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks, how the early oughts breakthrough by the Strokes…More
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