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One Question Interviews: Malvina
Feature — May 28, 2020
Berman Berbert (Malvina) SPB: Your lyrics are very critical about a number of things. What kind of feedback do you get on this? Do you feel you have some influence on the world? Berman Berbert: Well, in our case, since we’re from Brazil and many political issues here, especially before …
One Question Interviews: Pilkington
Feature — June 29, 2020
Adam (Pilkington) SPB: In the past the vocals were a shared duty. This approach is almost completely abandoned. What changed? Adam: We were lucky to have a few different really talented songwriters in the band. Becca had started writing more as we prepped for our LP and was beginning to come …
Music / Table Talk: Table Talk #3 – The Positive Things in Life
Feature — August 6, 2020
There we are again, back for another round. I don’t know how you are doing, but I am trying to focus on the positive things in life. The fact that it is summer does really help. I mean, a bit of sunshine can really brighten up your day, doesn’t it? …
Music / Table Talk: Table Talk #4 – The Healing Quality of Music
Feature — November 14, 2020
As we (in Europe) have entered the second wave of Corona infections and life is getting more and more restricted I have to admit I feel a bit down. One day I am more affected than the other, but it is something that is on my mind a lot. I …
One Question Interviews: Faux Depart
Feature — March 15, 2021
Vincent (Faux Depart) SPB: Which records do you consider essential for the development of Faux Depart's music? Vincent: Well, we're big music nerds but if I have to name 3 albums that are key influences in our music, I'd say WIPERS "Is this real", WIRE "pink flag" and FEELIES "crazy …
Music / Table Talk: Table Talk #5 – Formats, Genres and Doom
Feature — March 16, 2021
Just a question for you lot: what carrier do you prefer for your music? Personally, I still highly prefer to own physical products. I am old school in that sense. I don’t really have a preference for vinyl or cds. And while I am telling you this it crosses my …
One Question Interviews: Znous
Feature — June 30, 2021
Znous SPB: Znousland 2 contains a cover from a reggae band which seems a very unusual choice for a cover, considering you play hardcore/metal. What made you want to cover this tune? Znous: We make indeed some sort of heavy music but we have our roots deep in North African …
Music / Table Talk: Table Talk #6 – Falling in Love with New Music Again
Feature — August 25, 2021
I listen to loads and loads of new music. Every now and then I take a break from that and I revisit music that I bought a while ago. The past few months were one of those breaks. I finally took the time to appreciate some albums I bought, but …
One Question Interviews: Naedr
Feature — November 3, 2021
Shaf (Naedr) SPB: Exploring a new (to me) scene is always interesting and the Singapore scene is largely unknown to me. Please be our guide and show us a couple of highlights of the scene, where should we start exploring in your opinion? Shaf: To be honest we have no …
One Question Interviews: 10,000 Years
Feature — February 23, 2022
Alex Risburg (10,000 Years – bass/vocals) SPB: III is a concept album that continues the tale that started on your self-titled debut album -- what books/comics/movies inspired you to tell this tale? Risburg: The biggest inspiration for our concept is probably the works of H.P. Lovecraft and the original Planet …
Music / Table Talk: Table Talk #7 - Further and further down the rabbit hole
Feature — March 14, 2022
Nostalgia Do you at times dwell in nostalgia? I know I do. One music related subject is how much I miss record stores. When I grew up I would go to the record store every weekend. Not that I would buy something every week, I would just browse through their …
Music / Table Talk: Table Talk #8 - A playlist for my commute home
Feature — June 7, 2022
Sometimes I wonder how I will look back at the time I am living in. Like right now, as the world is opening up again, how will I think of this spring in 10 or 20 years’ time? I know right now I think it is one of the weirdest …
Music / Table Talk: Table Talk #9 - Looking back at the first six months
Feature — August 5, 2022
July is a month I really enjoy. It is too hot to really do that much, which makes it a good time for reflecting on the past half year. Our year so far lists are a good point for me to look at what I missed. This is also a …
One Question Interviews: Icare
Feature — September 29, 2022
Cédric (Icare) SPB: Charogne was written to be played live. Playing a 43-minute piece live seems like quite the task. Was the song intended like this or did it evolve into one epic piece (and a real challenge to be played live)? Cédric: Charogne was always meant to be made …
Music / Table Talk: Table Talk #10 - Discussing grind culture
Feature — October 17, 2022
Here in the northern hemisphere the seasons are changing. Europe is finally getting some rain. I don’t know about you, but this really does change my mood and the kind of music I want to hear. The time for music I associate with spring and summer is over. So I …
One Question Interviews: Mustasuo
Feature — October 26, 2022
Antti (Mustasuo) SPB: How do the folks from Mustasuo react when they hear the kind of music you play under the moniker of their district? Mustasuo: I doubt most people in Mustasuo (the district) have even heard of our band, or if they have, they're keeping their opinions to themselves. …
Music / Table Talk: Table Talk #11 - Genre hopping
Feature — December 7, 2022
The kitchen table is the place in my home where I have spent a lot of time lately. Shortly after I finished my last column I didn’t feel too well. That quickly changed to feeling very ill as I ran high fevers. A couple of tests later and I knew …
Music / Table Talk: Table Talk #12 – It's a new year, let's go!
Feature — March 29, 2023
It is when browsing through a boatload of year’s end lists that I begin to suffer from a strange form of FOMO. It is not so much the fear of going to miss something, but the fear of having missed something. Although I enjoy browsing those lists a bit too …
Music / Table Talk: Table Talk #13 – The home renovation blues
Feature — May 16, 2023
Welcome back! I hope you don’t mind the mess this time. I dislike it when people say this when you enter their house, as it usually means their house is ten times cleaner than mine. However, this time my house really is a mess. We are in the midst of …
