| “We wanted to step outside…like aliens or creatures looking down on earth” – An Interview with THEESatisfaction | February 19, 2015 |
The Seattle Afro-Futurists talk to Aaron Frank before they drop their new album and head on tour with Sleater-Kinney
| Swinging The Peacemaker: An Interview with Salva | November 4, 2014 |
Jimmy Ness talks to the LA-based, Chicago-bred DJ/producer about Young Thug, songwriting, and his hard new album, "The Peacemaker."
| Shaker Notes and Strange Dreams: An Interview With Paul White | October 21, 2014 |
A deeper look into one of the most creative producers of the last half-decade.
| Question in the Form of An Answer: milo’s toothpaste suburb | September 23, 2014 |
An Interview with the mango conversationalist pimp and young Hellfyre Club prince, Milo.
Art by Sara_for_Dinner Late last year I sat down with Tyler, the Creator for a feature that ran in the Feb/March issue of Malibu Mag. Just a few weeks after the Odd Future Carnival, we met on his lunch break during shooting for the third season of “Loiter Squad.” I’d been told I would have […]
| Question in the Form of An Answer: An Interview With Mac DeMarco | February 14, 2014 |
I quit smoking five years ago, but when I first heard Mac DeMarco’s “Ode to Viceroy”— an exquisite song about the budget Canadian cigarette manufacturer — I was so stricken by its charms that I started to feel the itch again. DeMarco is just that good. Hailing from western Canada and now living in Brooklyn, […]
| Question in the Form of An Answer: An Interview with Damu the Fudgemunk | February 13, 2014 |
The sound of hip-hop has changed dramatically since the ’90s. Layered synths, 808 sub-bass kicks, and double time hi-hats often replace jazzy, sample-driven boom-bap. But not every producer is looking to the modern soundscape for inspiration. Some, like Washington D.C.‘s Damu the Fudgemunk (Earl Davis), are looking back, resurrecting the techniques and sounds of ’90s […]
Dub Club is no longer just another weekly in L.A., if it ever was to begin with. It’s an institution, respected by Reggae heads from Silver Lake to Kingston. There are other places in the states where you can listen to DJs spin Reggae, Dub, Ska, Dancehall, and anything else worth listening to that’s come […]
Last year’s “Skelethon” surpassed expectations, both lyrically and production-wise. Personal tragedy, five years of gestation and creation, a few side projects here and there, and Aesop Rock emerged with his best album sans Blockhead. It might be his best album to date, or at least his most approachable. After his second weekend at Coachella, Aesop is headed […]
| Question in the Form of an Answer Part I: DaVinci & Al Jieh on the Cultural History & Gentrification of San Francisco’s Fillmore District | January 2, 2013 |
Below is my interview with DaVinci and Al Jieh of San Francisco’s quickly rising SWTBRDS label. My original idea was for the guys to take me on a guided tour of the Fillmore, DaVinci’s notorious home neighborhood, cited frequently in his songs as a source of both inspiration and frustration. Instead we ended up driving […]
