The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #132: Juliana Hatfield
“These songs are not just sweet confections. They’re talking about real things, like pain, and not being able to connect.”
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Posts Tagged: Music
Wanted/Needed/Loved: Sadie Dupuis’s Preloved Farfisa Organ
[I]t’s taken me back to those memories of recording at my dad’s, and the stuff that took him back into his past, and ultimately into my future.
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Translating the Untranslatable: A Conversation with Andrea J. Buchanan
Andrea J. Buchanan discuss The Beginning of Everything and processing trauma through narrative.
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The Intersection of Hope and Despair: Talking with Julien Baker
Julien Baker discusses her latest album, Turn Out the Lights, the ways in which she approaches writing about difficult subjects, and the redemptive power in being open about sadness.
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Sound & Vision Is
Aside from his endless capacity for self-invention, Bowie changed the way we experience our own sense of identity.
...moreAlbum of the Week: Alice Bag’s Blueprint
“The songs often find their inspiration in real-life moments that caused Bag to take stock and assess her own blueprint—to take a stand or fix a problem: personal, political, or both.”
...moreAlbum of the Week: Mount Eerie’s Now Only
“Stepping into the role of Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie held the promise of positive empathy and praise, but also the difficulty of inhabiting the intense grief that produced the music.”
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In Situ: Last Saturday at Saunders’ Farm
“The floorboards held strong as more and more folks threw themselves into the joy of foot-slamming.”
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Victoria Ruiz’s Grandma’s Grocery Board
I’m not a trained musician, but my grandma helped me to become fearless…
...moreAlbum of the Week: Soccer Mommy’s Clean
“I’d always wanted my music to sound this way, I just didn’t have the means before.”
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #126: Christopher Zeischegg
“Being thrust into forced ritualistic closeness does break the ice, but doesn’t guarantee closeness.”
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Songs of Our Lives: Jim Carroll’s “People Who Died”
All around me were strangers. All around me were friends. A dark glittering sea of fists. What a terrible, wonderful thing, to be welcomed into this fellowship at last.
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Making Sense of the World: A Conversation with Dessa
Dessa discusses her recently released album, Chime, where she stands on the intersection of poetry and performance, and self-care for busy artists.
...moreDavid Bowie is Visits New York City!
A retrospective exhibition of Bowie’s life and work makes its final stop in Brooklyn!
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In Defense of Sinead O’Connor
“Remember Sinead?” I asked. My mom nodded her head and shrugged.
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Sound & Vision: Ray Padgett
Allyson McCabe talks with Ray Padgett about his new book, Cover Me, and the blog that inspired it, giving us a fascinating window into the craft and business of making music.
...moreAlbum of the Week: Loma by Loma
“[T]here was an unspoken feeling of urgency, and a sense that a big change was coming for all of us, and I think we all tried to channel that into the work.”
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Something Bigger and of Greater Value: Talking with Bruce Cockburn
Canadian musician Bruce Cockburn discusses his new album, Bone on Bone, songwriting, and the benefits of not selling out.
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Marissa Paternoster Knows That Animals Aren’t Objects
[T]he one thing I wake up next to, that I couldn’t imagine living without, isn’t an object at all. It’s a dog.
...moreAlbum of the Week: Blood by Rhye
“The past is in your blood, it’s about genetics, it’s about love, your heart.”
...moreAlbum of the Week: Nils Frahm’s All Melody
“ALL MELODY was imagined to be so many things over time and it has been a whole lot, but never exactly what I planned it to be.”
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: John Linnell’s Sentimental Nimslo
Photos carry our memories, and in their own unique way our cameras do, too.
...moreAlbum of the Week: I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life by tUnE-yArDs
“…I am—as so many musicians do—taking those influences and turning them into music that’s under my name.”
...moreThe Kids Are Alright (and Their Music Is, Too)
Guitar music is alive and well in South London.
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Sound & Vision: Michael Hearst
Allyson McCabe talks with Michael Hearst, a founding member of One Ring Zero, about how he got his start in music and writing, and what he’s been working on recently.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #85: The Introduction of the Pitch
It seems like it’s the point of this piece to draw attention to the fact that these instruments are wounded; it shouldn’t be something that tries to hide it.
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Sound & Vision: Celia C. Pérez
Allyson McCabe talks with Celia C. Pérez about her debut middle-grade novel, The First Rule of Punk, her inspirations for writing the book, and her own childhood.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Katia D. Ulysse
Katia D. Ulysse discusses her forthcoming novel, Mouths Don’t Speak, the importance of religion and music in the novel and in Haitian culture, and why Haiti will always be “home.”
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Perfume Genius’s Winky Boots
Music freed me up in a lot of ways, including helping me to develop a sense of style.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #113: Tom Stern
“[T]his admittedly bizarre idea just came into focus for me that Walter was actually pregnant with his own twin brother who would be obsessed with getting his MBA.”
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