Interviews | Jonk Music

Q&A with ON AN ON’s
Ryne Estwing

08/25/2015

Last week I caught up with ON AN ON bassist Ryne Eastwig as he prepared for load-in at the opening night of a tour for their new album And the Wave Has Two Sides. It’s been two years since I last spoke to ON AN...

Q&A: Natalie Prass

Brandon Clementi

07/12/2015

Interviews

At first blush, Richmond singer-songwriter Natalie Prass might seem to have appeared out of nowhere. In late January, the 29-year-old released her debut self-titled album to muted fanfare but widespread acclaim...

Kiesza finds her musical footing
with deeply personal Sound of a Woman

Gretchen Tracy

04/25/2015

Interviews

Ninety minutes. It’s enough time to binge-watch a couple of episodes of CSI or, if you’re Calgary-born musician Kiesza (born Keisa Rae Ellestad), write the hit single “Hideaway.” She was on her way to the ai...

Meet BUHU,
your backup hook-up band

Matt Holmen

04/07/2015

Interviews

After PHOX released Unblushing in 2012, I met Jeremy Rogers, BUHU frontman (and de facto manager) through a cold-call email offering his services as our manager. This was the first time I’d gotten an email like...

Q&A with Royal Blood’s
Ben Thatcher

Ryan Thomas

10/11/2014

Interviews, Madison

Ben Thatcher and Mike Kerr didn’t really see it coming. Sure, they’d been playing music together since they were teenagers, but if you asked two years ago what they’d be doing today they probably would have bee...

Q&A/Essential Tracks:
ODESZA

Monica Grogan

10/09/2014

Essential Tracks, Interviews, Madison

I have been an avid fan of ODESZA since their beginning. I remember one of the first times they visited Madison, opening for Michael Menert at High Noon Saloon with only a few hardcore fans there to watch. Now ...

Q&A with Slow Magic

Lexy Brodt

10/04/2014

Interviews, Madison

Slow Magic hides behind a colorful, somewhat creepy wolf mask. For anonymity, for a phantom-like presence, as a symbolic gesture: it’s tough to be sure. Even the man behind the façade is ambiguous on the subjec...

Q&A with Warpaint’s
Stella Mozgawa

Brandon Kenney

10/01/2014

Interviews, Milwaukee

Warpaint will show off their layered and powerful yet calm sound at The Pabst Theater in Milwaukee this Saturday. After a buzzed-about debut EP in 2008, the Los Angeles-based quartet found success with their...

5 Questions with
Mutual Benefit

Andrew Brandt

09/26/2014

Interviews, Madison

Jordan Lee has been making calm, affectionate, and underappreciated folk music under the moniker Mutual Benefit for nearly half a decade. Last year, Lee’s luck changed when he released Love’s Crushing Diamond a...

Q&A with Rubblebucket’s
Kalmia Traver

Nikki Stout

09/25/2014

Interviews, Madison

Records fueled by fun and complexity are not easy to come by. Rubblebucket’s latest release, Survival Sounds, follows in the band’s tradition of creating albums of this sort. By layering jazz, swing, and electr...

Profile:
Twin Peaks

Lexy Brodt

09/23/2014

Interviews, Madison

Chicago youngins, college drop-outs, pot-smoking misfits, the members of Twin Peaks—no, unfortunately they were unaware of the David Lynch drama series—have just recently retired from their teens. Flaunting the...

Q&A with Black Lips’
Cole Alexander

Nikki Stout

09/18/2014

Interviews, Madison

Hailing from Atlanta, Black Lips are an explosive, high-energy fusion of punk and psychedelia. With a guitar tone that could easily be mistaken for a Velvet Underground backing track and a drive to always push ...