Category: INTERVIEWS
A Conversation With Nick Leet (High On Stress)
Grizzled Minneapolis vets—they’ll love that description—High On Stress have been at it since 2003. With the new Still Here (Rum
A Conversation With Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson has never been particularly interested in mythology—especially the kind that suggests music absorbs some sort of magic from
A Conversation With Jeff Whalen (Tsar)
The history of rock ‘n’ roll is littered with woulda, coulda, shoulda bands that, for one reason or another, never
A Conversation With Bill Frisell
With well more than 85 albums as a leader or co-leader to his credit and documented sideman gigs in the
A Conversation With Vega Vault Project’s Liz Lamere
When it came to his art, Alan Vega always wanted to keep his options open. His prolific output far exceeded
A Conversation With Josh Bloom (Author Of “The Apples In Stereo”)
Loyal MAGNET readers have Josh Bloom to thank for a least a few of their favorite stories. Over the past
Best Of 2025: A Conversation With Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices)
30 years ago, MAGNET named Guided By Voices’ Alien Lanes the best album of 1995. While, for a lot of
A Conversation With Chris DeVille, Author Of “Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History Of The Indie Rock Explosion”
Think it’s impossible to draw a musical line from Pavement’s totemic Slanted And Enchanted to Taylor Swift’s Folklore? Well, in
A Conversation With Colin Blunstone (Zombies)
Odessey And Oracle is one of the ’60s era’s great last gasps, its final track, “Time Of The Season,” a
A Conversation With Kathleen Edwards
Kathleen Edwards’ 2020 comeback was one of the bright spots in the COVID era. The widely acclaimed Total Freedom was
A Conversation With Robert Randolph
A lot can happen in a half-dozen years. For pedal-steel journeyman Robert Randolph, it was long enough for him to












