Archive for the ‘Q&A’ Category
17
May
Posted by Lauren in AU magazine, Music, Q&A. Leave a Comment
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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14
Feb
Posted by Lauren in Entertainment.ie, Music, Q&A. Tagged: mark kozelek, red house painters, sun kil moon. Leave a Comment
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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7
Dec
Posted by Lauren in Music, Q&A. Tagged: david dickinson, frightened rabbit, scott hutchinson, sing the greys, the midnight organ fight, the winter of mixed drinks. Leave a Comment
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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5
Oct
Posted by Lauren in Irish Times, Music, Q&A. Tagged: false priest, kevin barnes, of montreal, skeletal lamping. Leave a Comment
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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16
Sep
Posted by Lauren in Entertainment.ie, Music, Q&A. Tagged: bob dylan, calexico, carried to dust, howe gelb, i'm not there, john convertino. 4 Comments
*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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25
Aug
Posted by Lauren in Irish Times, Music, Q&A. Tagged: drew barrymore, jens lekman, night falls over kortedala, tracy thorn. 1 Comment
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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