Back Stories | My 2011 Interview With Gregg Allman
Back in 2011, I was lucky enough to talk to the one and only Gregg Allman. At the time, the southern rock icon was in a good place, recovering...
20 Questions With Christopher Ward
Who says lightning doesn't strike twice? It's hit Christopher Ward multiple times over the course of his eventful life and career. From being one of MuchMusic’s original VJs to...
20 Questions With The Inferno Doll
Laura Inferno Vargas is the mastermind behind The Inferno Doll. Inspired by horror movies, gothic literature, the legend of Dracula, and bands like Devil Doll and Theatres Des Vampires,...
20 Questions With Angelic Desolation
Angelic Desolation play by their own rules. That much is evident from even the briefest exposure to their music — an intensely punishing, blazingly intricate and darkly hilarious blend...
20 Questions With The Last Martyr
Australian modern-metal outfit The Last Martyr recently dropped their latest hard-hitting single and eyecatching video Hindsight. Today, vocalist Monica Strut truly earns her status as a martyr by taking...
20 Questions With Karen Lee Batten
These days, we could all use a good stiff drink. And a good drinking song to match. Canadian country singer Karen Lee Batten is here to help with her...
20 Questions With Kilter
Kilter are off. In the best way possible. Assuming, of course, that you like alvant-garde jazz-metal as much as I do. If so, the Brooklyn-based trio of bassist Laurent...
20 Questions With Tricia Fitz
Tricia Fitz plays by her own rules. If she even has any. The Brazilian-born Toronto singer-songwriter's sound is a wildly adventurous, gleefully colourful and irrepressibly mischievous blend of pop,...
20 Questions With Pollux King
Pollux King is on the rise. Especially around these parts. Born in Wisconsin but now living in L.A., the up-and-coming, genre-fluid singer-songwriter premiered her intensely personal single Anybody right...
20 Questions With Jet Jaguar
Jet Jaguar have definitely learned from the past. But they're only too happy to repeat it. Or at least recreate it. The Mexican rockers' nostalgic debut album Endless Nights...
20 Questions With Austin Taft
Austin Taft is taking indie metal to a whole new level. In more ways than one. Not only is the multi-talented, multi-tasking Colorado rocker an incredible one-man band —...
20 Questions With Fixers
There are no quick fixes in this life. Not even for Fixers. It's been nearly 10 years since the Oxford quintet released their debut album We'll Be The Moon....
20 Questions With King Bong
King Bong’s music is a trip. But perhaps not in the way you expect. Unless, that is, you expect to hear a psychedelic-rock trio from Italy unspooling 20-minute-long instrumental...
20 Questions With Mihi Nihil
If you haven’t come across the wonderfully named Mihi Nihil in these pages yet, you just haven’t been paying attention. The L.A. foursome premiered their video for Falling Star...
Back Stories | My 2009 Interview With The Offspring’s Noodles
In 2009, I interviewed guitarist Noodles from The Offspring in advance of a Canadian tour. Since the band just released their 10th studio album Let The Bad Times Roll,...
