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Category: Features

January 14, 2021
Raven, the Acid Bath Princess of the Darkness, is Here for an Interview
By Anya Volz / Features, Interviews / emo, My Chemical Romance, goth
“Raven,” an internet goth sensation from 2008-era YouTube, is ready to tell the story of her unexpected fame—and all the horrors that came with it.
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October 28, 2020October 28, 2020
How FEVER 333 is Bringing Activism into Livestreams
By Nikki Roberts / Interviews / new music, interviews, Livestreams
FEVER 333 vocalist Jason Aalon Butler says his approach in making music differs from that of many other artists because he’s an activist, first and…
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October 1, 2020October 8, 2020
‘Group Sex’ Turns 40: An Oral History of Circle Jerks’ Debut
By Bailey Davis / Features, Interviews / off!, bad religion, black flag
Keith Morris’ abrupt departure from Black Flag at the end of 1979 came as a shock to everyone around him; few would realize it was…
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August 13, 2020August 13, 2020
‘Bossanova’ Turns 30: Joey Santiago on his Favorite Pixies Record
By Bailey Davis / Features, Interviews / Q&A, Riot Fest 2021, features
Pixies have long held the reputation of that band some bigger band emulated, to put it kindly. To Joey Santiago, the Pixies’ calculated lead guitarist,…
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August 3, 2020
Band Name Bureau and the 15-Year Effort to Catalog Terrible Band Names
By Miles Raymer / Features, Interviews
Since the early MySpace days, writer and former A.V. Club editor Kyle Ryan has been collecting terrible band names. He’s keeping his 15-year effort going…
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May 6, 2020August 13, 2020
Good, Bad, and Fake Names: An Interview with Brian Baker
By Bailey Davis / Features, Interviews / bad religion, refused, minor threat
Brian Baker talks to us about his new supergroup Fake Names—and how he recruited Refused’s Dennis Lyxzén for the project at Riot Fest 2016.
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April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
What John Stamos Learned During Quarantine
By John Stamos / Features / John Stamos, Stay At Home, quarantine
John Stamos (yes, really!) shares what he’s learned while at home in quarantine.
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April 14, 2020April 14, 2020
Cafe Racer’s Top Songs to Pass the Time
By Bailey Davis / Features, Playlists / new music, chicago, Playlists
Cafe Racer is here to help you kill some time—and to learn to love really long songs.
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April 9, 2020April 9, 2020
Daryl Wilson from The Bollweevils Wants You to Stay Home
By Miles Raymer / Features, Interviews / Q&A, Playlists, Stay At Home
Bollweevils frontman Daryl Wilson is a doctor working on the front lines of Illinois’s coronavirus outbreak. Here's what he says you can do to make…
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March 27, 2020
Deeper is Staying Indoors (But Still Made Us This Playlist)
By Bailey Davis / Features, Playlists / new music, chicago, Playlists
Local dream-punks Deeper share a playlist and talk about ‘Auto Pain,’ their sophomore album out today via Fire Talk Records.
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March 12, 2020March 12, 2020
The Cry: Uncovering the Story Behind a Cult-Classic Skate Song
By Annie Fell / Editorial, Interviews / interview, essay, Skateboarding
I’ve spent more hours than I care to admit watching skate videos—which, as a non-skater, is really only marginally better than if I’d spent the…
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February 25, 2020
‘Desolation Center’ Director Stuart Swezey: Taking Punk into the Desert
By Dustin Krcatovich / Interviews, TV+Film / interview, TV+Film, Q&A
Nowadays, it’s easy to take punk/alternative-minded outdoor festivals for granted—but in the 1980s, there was little opportunity for scrappy, weird bands to get any sun.
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