Band Interviews

The last time I spoke with Chicago indie rock duo Friko – comprised of vocalist/guitarist Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger – was in November of 2023.  They’d just announced their signing to ATO Records (home of phriends of PHILTHY like Deer Tick, Honey Harper, Joseph, Margaret Glaspy, Neal Francis, and Pink Mountaintops),...

“It’s like a sleepover party every night!” jokes Morgan St. Jean about her current tour, which kicked off last night in Washinton DC and will find the feminist pop artist playing a rare all-ages show at our very own Kung Fu Necktie this Friday, February 28th.  The jaunt has...

“I’ve played MilkBoy before and it was one of the best nights of the tour!  People in Philly are the best!” proclaims modern crooner Stephen Day, before going on to characterize the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection as having some of the best energy of any city. ...

The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection has become pretty well acquainted with Australian deathcore band Make Them Suffer over the years, with more than half a dozen shows since the release of 2015 sophomore LP Old Souls, most recently with an April 2024 stop at Theatre of...

“I do a lot of thinking about when people come to a Molly Grace show, like ‘What do I want them to take away from it?’  The goal is for people to feel empowered,” says the Nashville-based, always sparkling, queer pop artist, before quickly clarifying that it’s just as...

“Some bands make the best shit in the beginning, but I feel like we’re the opposite,” laughs Melissa Scaduto, co-founder of LA-based trio Sextile.  Sextile are currently amidst a nearly two-month tour, playing the biggest rooms of their career as support for Sacred Bones labelmates Molchat Doma, which will...

Last March, the God’s Watching Tour had emerging alt-pop heroine Ari Abdul (alongside Isabel LaRosa) headlining The Foundry.  At the time, Ari was touring behind 2023 sophomore EP CCTV, the follow-up to the previous year’s Fallen Angel, which featured debut and breakthrough single, “BABYDOLL.”  A year and a handful...

Singer/songwriter Anya Marina has spent the past half-decade opening sold-out comedy shows for BFF and former roommate Nikki Glaser in theatres across America.  Although I’m picturing drunken bachelorette parties talking over Marina’s indie pop as they fall into their seats, she tells me during a recent phone chat that...

A few weeks ago, Brooklyn based, funk-infused, psychedelic indie-dance pop legends Rubblebucket released a cover of The Moldy Peaches’ “Anyone Else But You.”  The song — which opens with the line, “You’re a part time lover and a full time friend” —  seems like the perfect fit for the...