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Let’s Go Somewhere: An Interview With Netherfriends

BY ANDREW HERTZBERG In April 2010, singer-songwriter Shawn Rosenblatt gave up his apartment, his job, and an essentially comfortable life to live permanently on the road in his band-turned-solo-act Netherfriends. We may have crossed paths at Columbia College Chicago, but didn’t officially meet until I interviewed him at Café Mustache in Logan Square for Chicago...

Netherfriends

Impact Woman: An Interview with Tara DePorte

BY KEITH MEATTO Tara DePorte has been an Eco Geek since she founded her elementary school’s first environmental club. Now, she’s working to protect the environment on a local, national, and global level: caring for trees with disabled adults in her Brooklyn neighborhood; campaigning city business owners to save energy; working with locals in in...

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This Summer Hurts: An Interview With Laura Stevenson

BY JORDAN MAINZER Even when Laura Stevenson is writing about a “journey to the center of the earth,” she’s still a Long Islander at heart. On the heels of Wheel, her third and best overall studio album, second for emerging label Don Giovanni, and first under her own name and not her band’s name (The...

Laura Stevenson

Fractured Fairy Tale: An Interview with Matt Bell

BY GINA MYERS In his debut novel, Matt Bell delivers a poetic fairy tale, but not one of the happily-ever-after variety. At turns violent, haunting, and stunning, In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods propels itself forward through a series of unexpected twists. The dramatis personae includes a foundling, a...

Due out from Soho Press on June 18th.

Life On Mars: An Interview With Jan St. Werner

BY JORDAN MAINZER While the two French robots in Daft Punk are getting plenty of hype for their comeback album, an older Euro pair has quietly been making noise for the past twenty years. Although “German electronic duo Mouse On Mars” may sound like a premise for an SNL skit, Jan St. Werner and Andi...

Jan St. Werner of Mouse on Mars

Must Never Change: An Interview with GOAT

BY PETER LILLIS Korpilombolo, Sweden is a remote “locality” in northern Sweden. With approximately 530 residents, Korpilombolo recently gained notoriety for being home to the mysterious GOAT, a fast rising and fantastic psychedelic rock band with a penchant for tribal drums, blues-drone freakouts and voodoo-like masks. Wrapping up their first US tour, GOAT played sold-out...

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The Second Wave: An Interview with Mikal Cronin

BY JORDAN MAINZER He’s been starting over for a long time. He feels anew. So instead of baking a new cake, Mikal Cronin has proved that the cherry on top can make something special. In other words, tweaking and refining goes a long way. Lest we forget, tweaking and refining for Mikal Cronin doesn’t just mean...

Mikal Cronin

Representing the South: An Interview with Darryl Reeves

BY DANIEL BEAUREGARD Darryl Reeves considers himself a true southerner. Born into a musical family in Mississippi, the saxophonist studied music at Jackson State University, then completed his masters at the University of New Orleans, where he studied with legendary trumpet player, composer, and bandleader Terence Blanchard. Growing up in Miami in the 90s, Reeves...

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The Cul-de-sac of Life: An Interview with Bill Callahan

BY PETER LILLIS Bill Callahan is a thoughtful guy. His forlorn brand of folk rock indicates an author trapped inside his own expansive mind, wandering for years through the darkest metaphors and altered, repetitive memories. With 13 albums under his belt, Callahan–once known as Smog–has an assured voice that relaxes on the sliding scale somewhere...

Bill Callahan-Drag City

Right Place, Right Time: An Interview with Dr. John

BY JORDAN MAINZER The only thing weirder than seeing a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer in normal clothes is seeing a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who normally wears a headdress in normal clothes. On April 17, I was lucky enough to speak to Mac Rebennack, Jr., better known by his stage moniker...

"Mac" Rebennack, Jr. aka Dr. John

How to Grow a Movie: An Interview with Mark Meatto

BY FRANKLIN P. LAVIOLA Back in 2008, filmmaker Mark Meatto went on the road with Punch Brothers, the not-quite bluegrass quintet led by mandolinist Chris Thile, former frontman of Nickel Creek. The resulting film, How To Grow a Band, captures Punch Brothers in the months surrounding the release of their debut album Punch. The band...

Mark Meatto, Director of How to Grow a Band

Book Arts in the Digital Age: An Interview with Luke Daly

BY GINA MYERS Even in the age of digital media, many writers, artists, and publishers are still dedicated to book arts, from silkscreening covers, to using letterpress technology, to hand-binding books. In that spirit, Chicago’s Spudnik Press Annex offers a space for writers, bookmakers, artists, students, and others to learn about some of these processes. Founded in 2013,...

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