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
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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
Brittany Howard
On the eve of her incredible sophomore solo album, What Now (out February 9th), hear Brittany Howard share the story of her creative journey as a singer, songwriter and performer, explaining how she first discovered her voice and where she still hopes to go with it, how bonding with her friends over music like Black…More
Future Islands – Samuel T. Herring
Welcome to a super special episode — not just because it’s the 100th episode, though I’ve gotta say I’m pretty proud of that, and so grateful to all of the artists who’ve given their time and been open to this conversation, but also because this episode features one of my favorite interviews from the podcast…More
Sleater-Kinney
Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney join Jenny for episode 99, to talk about their new album, Little Rope, growing up in the burgeoning Northwest indie scene of the late Eighties and arriving at Olympia, Washington’s Evergreen College just in time for the birth of riot grrrl in the early Nineties. They discuss their…More
Joy Oladokun
Proof of Life, the excellent fourth studio album by Nashville-based singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun, has been one of my favorite LPs of 2023, and it’s been awesome to see Joy’s star rise in recent months. It was a true joy – if you’ll pardon the pun – to meet Joy over Zoom and get to know…More
Jason Isbell
After years of admiring Jason Isbell’s gifts as a songwriter and storyteller, I finally got to ask the alt-country artist about his earliest sparks of creativity, and it was fascinating to hear his memories of sitting on the front porch, singing with members of his extended family during weekly Sunday evening gatherings, and of listening…More
Alvvays – Molly Rankin
Alvvays have made some of my favorite indie music of the past decade, and although I’ve interviewed them briefly in the past, I loved going long with Molly Rankin from the band for episode 96. We talked about Alvvays’s awesome latest album, Blue Rev, the origins of “Archie, Marry Me,” which had it’s 10th anniversary…More
Blonde Redhead – Kazu Makino
On the eve of Blonde Redhead’s first new album in nine years, their excellent Sit Down For Dinner, the band’s Kazu Makino joins the LSQ podcast for episode 95. She talks about how the experience of making her own solo album a few years ago inspired a new confidence going into this Blonde Redhead album;…More
Andrew Wyatt
Episode 94 features an interview with singer, songwriter and producer Andrew Wyatt, whose voice and tunes you probably know from a few different contexts: In addition to being the frontman and lead songwriter for alt-pop band Miike Snow, Wyatt keeps incredibly busy collaborating as a writer and producer with artists like Dua Lipa, Charlie XCX,…More
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