Kreative Kontrol

Mark Arm discusses the excellent new Mudhoney album, Plastic Eternity, Sub Pop life and people collecting vinyl records and cassette tapes, cults, social media, and the things that people want to believe, Pere Ubu’s Tom Herman and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, little dogs, Mudhoney’s remote working conditions, new and unreleased songs, touring, other future plans, and much more...

Hayden discusses his lovely new album, Are We Good, hair checks and fake IDs, opening bands and why New Zealand feels like a second home, the power of Feist, the Tom Hanks timeline, slapping the bass, nostalgia, reflection, and invention in songwriting, collaborating with the National’s Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner, the annual Dream Serenade benefit, playing Massey Hall, other future plans, and much more...

Black Eyes discuss the twentieth anniversary reissue of their self-titled debut on Dischord Records and their first three shows in decades, Washington D.C. life in a post-Fugazi, post-hardcore era, musical wildness and recording with Ian MacKaye, how you often have to fight for your right to party, the sweetness of friendships and reunions, playing music again, other future plans, and much more...

Wax Mannequin discusses his brilliant new album, The Red Brain, Hamilton and the Awesome Mom live show series, collaborating with Corwin Fox, lessons learned on the cross-Canada tour he and I once did with the Burning Hell, the pocket system and remembering people’s names, the human mind, science-fiction and the future, how transcending genres leads to timeless art, playing shows soon, other future plans, and much more...

Guy Picciotto, Giorgos Xylouris, and Jim White discuss the beautiful new Xylouris White album, The Forest in Me, making music together and apart, collaborating with filmmaker Rebecca E. Marshall, the band’s curious way of recording music and fascinating temporality, a thunderstorm in Crete, tour dates, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S...

Jana Horn discusses her lovely new album, The Window is the Dream, growing up in Texas, why she expresses herself via music and literature, different education systems, her religious faith and admiration for “Weird Al” Yankovic and Leonard Cohen, writing a book, defending a thesis, tour dates, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S...

Adam Horovitz reflects upon his time being Ad-Rock in Beastie Boys, the 2023 NBA playoffs, a toaster oven, Beastie Boys Book and Beastie Boys Story and Beastie Boys Audiobook, satire and comedy, embracing new technologies and making things up as you go, memorable late night talk show and Saturday Night Live appearances, encountering Bob Dylan, making new music and the status of Hot Sauce Committee Part One, other future plans, and much more...

Harrison discusses the making of and inspiration behind his new album, Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees, life in Toronto, gaming and escapism, different ways to be a professional musician, the birds and the bees, the great outdoors, multilayered album artwork, special guests, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S...

Friendly Rich discusses his poignant and pointed new album, Man Out of Time, beard perceptions, working remotely with fewer but still very impressive musical collaborators, imposter syndrome and being in the room with heroes, French and English, the end of men, pondering the pandemic, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S...

William Tyler discusses his band, the Impossible Truth, and their new live double-album, Secret Stratosphere, Tennessee politics and America in a socio-political stalemate, things that mass and social media have done and do to us, truth, communication, musicians and mental health, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S...