I recently exchanged some emails with Tim Kasher, the frontman and songwriter behind both Cursive and The Good Life. We mainly focused on the new album from the latter band, Help Wanted Nights but also touched on some of his future plans – which include a new album from Cursive – and other details.
Contributor Amy Meyer recently put together an in–depth interview with #2 of Anti–Flag. The interview coincides with and discusses the band's new charity EP and covers both the rationale behind the release as well as Chris' very personal motivations. Amy explained:
After Anti–Flag's Chris #2's sister was murdered in February of this year, the band decided to take some action and release A Benefit for Victims of Violent Crime to raise money for victims of violent crime, in this case her two children left behind. Along with discussing the situation with his sister and the EP, #2 spills a little bit of the beans on the new record, why he likes Justin Timberlake, and his RCA sugar daddy
A Benefit for Victims of Violent Crime is due out October 02, 2007.
Just over a year ago we talked with one principal member of the estranged Dead Kennedys, and now, we've got an interview with one of the others, lead guitarist East Bay Ray.
The band is gearing up for the release of a new greatest hits compilation. The record is titled Milking the Sacred Cow and is due out October 09, 2007. Ray discusses the current state of the world for the Dead Kennedys as well as future plans, politics and more.
The entire interview was conducted by BillyBadBreaks.
Our friend John B. Moore recently spoke to Dan Schafer of The Methadones about their new album, This Won't Hurt…. The long-running Chicago pop-punk outfit discusses the band, the scene and the cyclical resurgence of music trends.
Redwood City raconteur Dante3000 recently had the chance to sit down and chat with MU330 front man, and solo artist Dan Potthast. The two talked about everything from playing solo, to the meaning of songs and even awesome amusement parks. Dan even drops some knowledge about a new label being started by Streetlight Manifesto brainchild Tomas Kalnoky, big news indeed.
The full audio of the interview, plus some of Dan's solo music, can be found here. The end of the audio interview also contains directions on how to enter to win an Asian Man prize pack featuring both of Dan Potthast's CD's (Sweets and Meats and Eyeballs), The Lawrence Arm's Cocktails and Dreams, the re-release of Alkaline Trio's goddamnit and other Asian Man swag.
Today we've got an interview with long-running punk band, D.I.. The band features ex-Adolescents and Social Distortion drummer Casey Royer on vocals. Royer formed the group after he and Rikk Agnew left that band. The band formed in 1982 and has features a frequently changing lineup including former members of The Adolescents and Social Distortion (including the Angew brothers Rikk and Alfie).
The interview was conducted by Ariana Rodriguez. The band talks about their past, their new album, On the Western Front and being covered by Slayer on Undisputed Attitude.
Our friend and frequent contributor Evan recently spoke with Rachel Minton, keyboardist and co-vocalist of Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer. They talked about the band's upcoming album, music piracy and the ups and downs of being in an independent band.
I recently had the opportunity to catch up with Boys Night Out's Jeff Davis via email.
The band is currently on tour with Olympia, June and Emanuel in support of their June release Boys Night Out.
Mimi Tran recently contributed an interesting interview with Josh Berwanger, the mastermind behind The Only Children. Besides this latest project, Josh was also behind Vagrant act, The Anniversary, who released record's in conjunction with the Get Up Kids' Heroes & Villains imprint.
Earlier this year, the band released Keeper of Youth. The band will be supporting the album on an upcoming tour supporting Portugal. The Man.
I recently spoke with Jeph Howard of The Used about their new album, Lies for the Liars. We actually talked in May, but due to a variety of problems that would probably make for a wacky British sitcom, the interview has been delayed until today.
Jeph and I talked about the recent defection of drummer Brandon Steineckert, who joined Rancid, their successes and the record itself.