Archive for the ‘Q&A’ Category

I’LL SHUT UP ABOUT THIS ALBUM SOON

At the risk of sounding like a complete bore (sorry, I will stop going on about it, promise), I recently had the pleasure of meeting the man behind my favourite album in a long, long time. I did a rushed pre-gig interview with John Grant when he played The Button Factory the other week. I thought [...]

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MARK KOZELEK: Q&A

Originally published on Entertainment.ie, September 2008 You have this reputation as a writer of very intense,  intricate songs. Are you really as intense as you’re made out to be, or is that whole persona just something that’s been invented by the media? I don’t know. I write songs, but can’t help what’s projected onto me. [...]

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FRIGHTENED RABBIT: Q&A

IT’S NOT every day that you ring a hotel in Zurich and be paged through to the wrong Scott Hutchinson’s room – but after that minor mishap, our conversation could only improve. Luckily, the Frightened Rabbit singer was a lovely chap…

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OF MONTREAL: Q&A

Originally published in The Irish Times, September 17th 2010 You’re the kind of band that seems to be constantly brimming with imaginative ideas, and the new album is no different. Yet you’ve been together for 14 years. How do you keep things fresh? I guess the thing is that I really don’t like my records [...]

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CALEXICO: Q&A

*When I spoke to John Convertino about two years ago, I wasn’t expecting too much; I liked Calexico, but was by no means a die-hard  fan, and in any case, it was just a simple Q&A for the website I worked for at the time. Just five minutes into the (phone) conversation, though, and the [...]

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JENS LEKMAN: Q&A

Originally published in The Irish Times, July 30th 2010 You’re based in Australia now, but you return to your home city of Gothenburg every summer… Yes, the Swedish summer is just like summer should be – short and full of expectation. It’s not like the Australian summer. That’s just like a nagging old couple. It [...]

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