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
Ben Lee
Fresh off releasing “Two Songs I Wrote in 1993 & Recorded Last Week,” legendary Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee joins me for episode 93 (pure numerological coincidence!) to reflect on key moments of musical discovery — seeing Nirvana play at Big Day Out, starring in a school musical called Uncle Moishe and his Mitzvah Men, recording…More
Albert Hammond Jr
I had a blast interviewing Albert Hammond Jr for episode 92 of the LSQ podcast. Albert and I have known each other since the early days of his band, The Strokes (one of my all-time favorite bands!), when I got to write about them a bunch for Rolling Stone, and it’s been awesome to watch…More
Jenny Lewis
The incomparable Jenny Lewis joins me for LSQ #91 and, let me tell you, THIS is one of my all-time favorite episodes. Not only is Lewis an artist whose music I’ve admired since her days in Rilo Kiley, but over the course of our ~15 years of friendship, I’ve learned what a hilarious, generous, soulful…More
Sparks
On the occasion of their new 26th studio album, The Girl is Crying In Her Latté, the legendary Los Angeles art-pop duo Sparks (brothers Ron and Russell Mael) join the LSQ podcast to talk about the evolution of their sound; their work with producers such as Giorgio Moroder and Todd Rundgren, and why they value…More
Sunny War
When she started playing guitar at age seven, Sunny War saw herself as the next Slash or Angus Young, a future shredder, certain to be a rock star, and definitely NOT a folk singer. And yet, here we are, it’s 2023 and thanks to her excellent latest album, Anarchist Gospel, and a Triple A-radio hit…More
Japanese Breakfast – Michelle Zauner
To celebrate the release of the paperback edition of her beautiful, best-selling memoir, Crying In H Mart, and its accompanying book tour, the author — celebrated indie singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast — joins the LSQ podcast for a conversation that explores her early experiences in both writing and music. She also shares that…More
Black Belt Eagle Scout – KP
KP, the singer-songwriter at the helm of Black Belt Eagle Scout, joins the LSQ pod to talk about their beautiful new album, The Land, The Water, The Sky, recorded as KP was transitioning back to living in their homelands in the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, in LaConner, Washington. We talk about how KP first got…More
Son Lux
Ryan Lott and Ian Chang from the experimental trio Son Lux talk about their Academy Award-nominated work on the score and soundtrack for the beautiful, epic film Everything Everywhere All At Once, which is as brilliantly unclassifiable as the movie itself. Their score is nominated for Best Original Score and the end credits tune (a…More
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