Update On The Updates

Now that I’ve imported all my busking/street drumming posts from the other site all the interviews have been bumped down. So, to see sweet and graphically satisfying (meaning the type is inside the lines and stuff) interviews of Band of Horses , El Ten Eleven, The New Pornograhers, Buke and Gass, Sloan, Local H,  Nada Surf, Broken Social Scene, Cheap Trick, Why?, Bear In Heaven, Sonny And The Sunsets, St Vincent, White Mystery, Delta Spirit, The Golden Dogs, Bazan & Band Click on these here links or just go to the Interviews link thing above. Thanks to all the great drummers who’ve participated in these interviews. Coming in the next couple of days, the lost interviews of Dinosaur Jr and Fang Island. Onward!...

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Interview: Kelley Stoltz of Sonny and The Sunsets @ Pitchfork Music Festival

Sonny & the Sunsets had a fantastic vibe at Pitchfork.  In fact, its hard to think of an adjective besides, “sunny.”  Clever arrangements, and each person in the band had moments to shine during the set.  Kelley Stoltz  holds the drum chair for this group, as well as his own solo project, which he describes as “4/4 blues-based rock.”  Kelley enlightened me with his non-nonsense approach, celebrating classic influences but with the benefit of a post-pop lens. TheBestDrummerInTheWorld interviews Kelley Stoltz of Sonny &  The Sunsets at Pitchfork Music...

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