Interviews

This area includes a running list of all the interviews we have published. We interview bands, venues, studios, business owners, producers, engineers, and any one else who spends a significant amount of time supporting independent music.

Interview with Eden Iris – Demons

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 30, 2019 10:28 am Tagged With: Folk, indie folk, New Zealand, singer, songwriter

An award-winning artist from Auckland, New Zealand, Eden Iris has been described as “a writer working in a new space”. After moving to Los Angeles to explore a bigger musical landscape, she ironically teamed up with fellow Kiwi artist Jess Harlen, who co-produced all the songs on her new EP Demons (except for “22” produced […]

Interview with Craig Aalders – Oceanography

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 28, 2019 1:49 pm Tagged With: ambient, Canada, Electronic, Experimental

Craig Aalders is a guitarist and composer based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. His ambient and experimental work explores sound as a medium of visceral resonance. Influenced by the Pacific Northwest, Aalders creates absorbing and evocative soundscapes that use abstraction to convey strong emotional and expressive ideas. Aalders’ process employs streams of layered sound. Intricate chains […]

Interview with Fitzsimon and Brogan (FaB)

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 28, 2019 12:35 pm Tagged With: indie pop, indie rock, London, pop rock, United Kingdom

I recently published a write up about Fitzsimon and Brogan’s latest single Girl In A Gilded Cage. I was also able to get some of the duo’s time for the below Q&A. We discuss the new release, technology, listening preferences and more Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In […]

Interview with Dylan Joshua – ALTERNATEº

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 24, 2019 10:06 am Tagged With: Canada, Hip Hop, R&B, Soul, Toronto, urban

Dylan Joshua is an unreleased artist, with cultural icon potential. Coming from humble beginnings, Dylan believed that working through the system, and obtaining financial security through the means of a job was life’s purpose. While learning chemistry at the university level, and ignoring his abilities as a poet and musician, he slowly started to perceive […]

Interview with The Jayplayers – Little Bit Country

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 24, 2019 5:00 am Tagged With: Americana, Country, Folk, Pennsylvania, singer, songwriter, United States

Fresh off a win at the 2018 Philadelphia City Council’s PHLlive Center Stage annual music award for the Country/Folk category and a debut at both the 57th annual Philadelphia Folk Festival and the 35th annual MusikFest, The Jayplayers have delivered their latest EP, Little Bit Country. In this interview spotlight, I chat with The Jayplayers […]

Interview with SJae – Acid Rain

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 23, 2019 9:26 am Tagged With: California, dance, electro-pop, Electronic, indie pop, Los Angeles, Pop, United States

In this interview spotlight, I chat with SJae about her new single (Acid Rain), technology, challenges and more. Full Q&A along with links and music below. Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular genre classifications.) Originally from South […]

Interview with Kat Holland – The One

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 23, 2019 9:10 am Tagged With: indie pop, North Carolina, Pop, United States

In this interview spotlight, I chat with Kat Holland about her latest single (The One), motivations, challenges, technology and more. Full Q&A along with links and music below. Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular genre classifications.) I […]

Interview with Fuel On Fire – Them

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 23, 2019 9:05 am Tagged With: Nashville, Pop, pop rock, United States

In this interview spotlight, I chat with Fuel On Fire about their latest EP (Them), being raised on a tour bus as part of a musical family, technology, challenges and more. Full Q&A along with links and music below. Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, […]

Interview with A.U.R.A. – Who Decides

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 23, 2019 8:53 am Tagged With: Acoustic, Folk, New Zealand, singer, songwriter

Originating from Naenae in the Hutt Valley, Albert Mikolaj was transformed by a life-changing detour through South America, A.U.R.A is the dream canvas. “To me the aura is somekind of glossy translucent cocoon that coexists as a necessary artifice between audience and performer”. Sonically described as “lucid, melodious dream music”, Aura features Ben Lemi (FFR, […]

Interview with Mankind’s Remedy

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman January 23, 2019 8:45 am Tagged With: alternative rock, indie rock, Louisana, Rock, United States

In this interview spotlight, I chat with Mankind’s Remedy about their latest project (Faceless), motivations, challenges, technology and more. Full Q&A along with links and music below. Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular genre classifications.) All three […]