Our South African contributor SceneUpdates recently spoke with Joey Cape, frontman of Lagwagon as the band geared up for their first ever visit to Africa which will happen later this month.
Besides the trip, our correspondent spoke to Joey about the band's recent album, Resolve, future projects including the Gimme Gimmies, Bad Astronaut and more.
Earlier this year, Punknews.org ran an interview with Cape which took place a full ten years ago. and you can find that here.
As the band recently geared up for the release of their long-awaited new album, Decemberunderground. I had a chance to speak with main songwriter Jade Puget and pick his brain about the new album, the past and the future.
Later this week, Punknews.org will run the second AFI interview, with bassist Hunter Burgan.
William David Jones recently spoke with Punknews Records act Ryan's Hope. William spoke with Terry, Nick and Greg about working Dan Precision, partnering up with Punknews Records and the meaning behind their new album.
The band recently released their PNR debut, Apocalypse in Increments , and is in the midst of a summer tour.
Earlier this year, Nate Lindeman and Phil Pirrone left the band that they formed in their teens, A Static Lullaby. The band had released a successful debut on Ferret before joining major label Columbia Records and were in the midst of work on their third album when they suddenly split up.
Since then, Nate and Phil formed a more rock-oriented act, Casket Salesmen and left the comfort of the major labels to self-release the record on their own label. Phil and Punknews.org spoke about a number of things including the reasons for the split, the state of music and hopefully answered the question: "Is there life after screamo?"
The Ducky Boys recently released The War Back Home, a record which had our reviewer describe the band as:
If it had a chance to hit the mainstream, the Ducky Boys would be credited with returning music to its three chord rock 'n' roll roots, while simultaneously bringing a social consciousness back to the genre.
Frontman Mark Lind released both that album, and a new solo record, Death Or Jail last month and sat down with Kevin Finn to talk about the records, future projects, and politics.
Long-running thrash/metal/hardcore act Slayer is coming up on their 25th year together, and despite their peers aiming for radio-friendly rock, the band has kept its gaze squarely on making some of the fastest, most aggressive and controversial music around.
Today, the band released "Cult," the first song from their next record, and you can stream that from their official website.
While the band was recently in the studio working on their upcoming, as-yet untitled full length for American Recordings, Punknews.org had a chance to speak with guitarist Kerry King about the record, some of their future plans and the Adolescents.
Punknews.org's Jimmy Olsen imitator Mark Rowan grabbed the ear of Nic Newsham of Gatsbys American Dream and sat down with him for a chat recently. The two talked a bit about literature, tourmates and ice cream.
The two also talk about their upcoming followup to last year's Volcano.
Our love-to-hate-him contributer Jesse recently talked to Anthony Cavallario, the voice and guitar of indie-rockers Aloha over the course of several months via email. The two communicated between tours, floods and volcano eruptions to give us this interview. The duo discuss their new album, Some Echoes and how the band has changed with the addition of new members.
Reporter in the field Mark Rowan sat down with Cleveland Rock City's Brandtson for a chat just prior to their new album Hello, Control's release. He and frontperson Matt Traxler talk about how the change in lineup affected the album's outcome, t-shirts and whitewater rafting.
Farewell to Arms recently sat down with cub reporter Mark Rown for some chit chat about the band, their demos and working at FedEx.
The post-hardcore band from Storrs, Connecticut is set to record demos before their summer tour is kicked off in June. The tour will take them around the country for two months. Songs from their self-titled EP are available for preview on their Myspace page.
Reader Miss Branded sent us the following interview with Victory Records act The Black Maria.
The Black Maria recently entered the studio to record the album which will follow their Victory debut, Lead Us To Reason. The album will be their first without guitarist Kyle Bishop who parted ways with the band last December.