Category: Interviews
In the van with The Front Bottoms
Just got back from interviewing The Front Bottoms at their show with Kevin Devine at The End in Nashville. This was a brilliant show. For those of you who have been with me from the beginning, you will remember I interviewed The Front Bottoms back in November. I also met Kevin Devine a few years…
Drowning in Knoxville with Belle Histoire
Belle Histoire interview with www.vinylmag.org by vinylmag It’s pouring down rain outside, and I’m sitting in the back of a dingy Knoxville bar[1] with J-14 Magazine’s featured “hot band” Belle Histoire. But I’m the only one in the bar who knows this about them. “I didn’t even know about,” Wes Comer, the band’s drummer, insists….
Hanging out post-show with Mansions
I love Mansions. I first discovered them a few years ago when they (along with Kevin Devine) opened for The Get Up Kids. I was completely blown away. Christopher Browder (who is Mansions at its core) is a genius and a genuinely nice guy. I just got the chance to interview him, along with fellow…
Exclusive interview- Wolves at the Gate
I was promised that Wolves at the Gate would bring a good slab of American hardcore, and bring it they did! This show marked a beginning of sorts for their new vocalist, Nick Detty, who gave what was obviously the performance of his life. During the opening performance of “Tonight, My Son,” the mosh pit…
Junius interview
Guess writer Ryan Getz recently got the chance to sit down with one of Vinyl Mag’s favorite artists, Junius, at their show at The Basement in Columbus, Ohio. Check it out below, and be sure to check out his review of the show! RG: If someone what Junius’ mission statement was, what would you say?…
Lionize exclusive interview and show review
I just sat down with Mel Randolph, the drummer for reggae/rock band LIONIZE. Check it out! Ryan: How would you explain what it means to Lionize something? Mel: To celebritize…I mean that’s pretty much it (laughs). If you were to explain your music to someone who has never heard you before, what would you say?…
Anthony Raneri of Bayside- backstage at the Where’s the Band? tour
So much awesome in one room. Normally, when I go to a show, there are one or two main bands that I’m there for, and I enjoy the openers as a sort of appetizer, getting me ready to chow down on the main course of some serious, lose-my-cool rockin’. This show was too much…in a…
Couch time with Space Ghost
VINYL Mag sits down with the guys from Space Ghost to discuss their formation, their influences, and their upcoming debut EP, Museum. Space Ghost is an Athens-based synthtastic band made up of Justin Belk, Michael Buice, Blake Lewis, and Grafton Tanner. Be sure to look out for Museum, coming spring 2012. Check them out at…
Years Around the Sun talk about their new album, Incarnation
I just had the chance to sit down via Skype Chat with Dylan Raasch and Ronnie Dudek from Years Around the Sun about their new album Incarnation, available now. Years Around the Sun is an indie California band who formed in 2004 (we talk about the band’s history and formation in the interview below). Incarnation…
On the bus with VNV Nation
Got the chance to hang out on the tour bus with Ronan Harris, legendary music producer and vocalist for the band VNV Nation. Could not have been a nicer or more interesting guy. The show was incredible, and I found myself spaz-dancing despite my best efforts to keep dignified composure (seriously…I was an idiot out…