The Presets: interview
My feature interview for last week’s Alive was with Julian Hamilton of The Presets. He’s a very nice guy and it was good to chat to him again. I last interviewed The […]
Category Archives: Interviews
John McCrea: interview
One of my more interesting interviews of recent memory was with John McCrea of Californian alternative rockers Cake. I’ve been a fan of their music for many years. I’m a […]
Cat Power: interview
Cat Power is returning to Newcastle in 2013. When I heard the news, I dug out this chat I had with Chan Marshall before her last visit. She is one […]
Marilyn Manson: interview
“Life’s not all peaches and cream, but at least I can still find someone to hold my hand and walk through hell.” – Marilyn Manson, 2007 I received a call […]
NICK MILLIGAN: INTERVIEW
Every so often the interviewer becomes the interviewee. I’ve been interviewed half a dozen times and, to be honest, I like it. Who wouldn’t want to talk about themselves? If […]
Meat Puppets: interview
A lot of people discovered Meat Puppets when Kurt Cobain championed the grunge-folk group, eventually demanding that MTV allow Cris and Curt Kirkwood to join him for two songs on […]
Ben Gibbard: interview
I just stumbled across my interview with Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service etc. I spoke with him for YEN and Reverb when Death Cab’s […]
Alice Cooper: interview
Every so often you have a moment of clarity where you are reminded of the potentially surreal nature of being a music journalist. For me it was sitting in the […]
Coffee with James Mercer of The Shins
One of my fondest memories from my career is the time I interviewed Shins mastermind James Mercer over a coffee at the hotel Blue Sydney at the Woolloomooloo wharves. I […]
Bret Easton Ellis: interview
A few years ago I had the opportunity to interview my literary hero – Bret Easton Ellis. It was a big moment for me, as his books have had a […]
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