Matt Ashworth – Detroit Rock City. It’s been a heck of a long time since Michigan’s largest burg has been able to live up to that nickname (Bob Seger anyone?). Sure, there have been some post-Iggy highpoints over the past 25 years, but the last time the city could honestly boast about a strong, identifiable rock scene the White Stripes were in diapers and the MC5 were still kicking out the jams.
AmyLynnWow – So there I was, brazen, wanna-be rock journalist with no press credentials and no back stage pass – the bespectacled ogre of a bouncer informed me that she “Really didn’t give a fuck” that I was there to interview Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes.
Brendan O’Brien – Recently, Hilarie from The Apples in Stereo was kind enough to answer some of my dopey questions via email. Who is Hilarie? She is the wife of lead singer/songwriter Robert Schneider, and recently became mother to their child – just to get that connection out of the way – but she is also one of the most kick-ass of modern indie-pop drummers around.
Adam Lawrence – There are few singers who can honestly say, “I can sing anything” and mean it. Kelly Hogan, however, is one of those few. Born with a voice forged from diamonds, she’s just as comfortable belting out a tear-in-your-beer honky-tonk number as she is tackling the intricacies of jazz vocals.
Matt Ashworth – Not nearly enough people paid notice when Athens, Georgia singer/songwriter Jack Logan released Bulk, an excellent two disc collection of songs he’d written over the years while working as an auto mechanic. Hopefully, more people take note of thee albums Logan is releasing on Backburner (including more of his own), the label he co-owns with friend and fellow musician Kelly Keneipp.
