Feature / One Question Interviews
Black Adidas

Words: Loren • January 3, 2024

Black Adidas
Black Adidas

Courtney (Black Adidas)

SPB: Looking at the growth between your first and second albums, what stands out to you most about how Black Adidas is taking shape?

Courtney: I would say what stands out to me the most is that our live sound is really starting to feel more alive, and more exciting to us. The band is better than we’ve ever been, and the reaction has been incredible. We’re at the point where we aren’t just presenting our music, but expressing something that feels meaningful, at least to us. And I think it’s making our new songs likewise more meaningful, and more honest. 

Loren • January 3, 2024

Black Adidas
Black Adidas

Related features

Black Adidas

One Question Interviews / What's That Noise? • March 5, 2026

Courtney Ranshaw (Black Adidas) SPB: Is there an instrument that's central to "the Black Adidas sound"? Ranshaw: I’d like to showcase an instrument that’s central to one of the songs on the record and has made its way onto a few songs of ours over the years. This is our … Read more

Related news

Black Adidas asks "Are We There Yet"

Posted in Bands on June 22, 2024

SPB exclusive: Black Adidas

Posted in Records on February 27, 2023

More from this section

Jenn L. Beckwith

One Question Interviews • July 29, 2026

Jenn L. Beckwith (All Good Cretins Go To Heaven: The Enduring Spirit of the Ramones – author) SPB: Do you remember the first time you saw the Ramones live (or, alternately if it’s a better story, the first time you heard them)? Beckwith: My collaborator and researcher Gary Lynn Clevenger … Read more

Fail Harmonic Records

One Question Interviews • July 28, 2026

Fail Harmonic Records SPB: What is your turntable set-up? Our office turntable is vanilla. Audio-Technica, maybe? What we’re spinning is what counts: and that’s Savageheads - Service to your Country (Social Napalm Records), an FHR HQ staple. If you wanna pack records at a fast pace, this is the album … Read more

Andresa One Man Band

One Question Interviews • July 27, 2026

Andresa Nugraha (Andresa One Man Band) SPB: What instrument has been the hardest to add into your set? Nugraha: Kazoo. It's funny because it seems like an easy instrument to play, but when you scream through the entire set and lose your voice, you can't play it right. So, I … Read more