Interviews

This area includes a running list of all the interviews we have published. We interview bands, venues, studios, business owners, producers, engineers, and any one else who spends a significant amount of time supporting independent music.

Interview with Stupkid – No Honey

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 26, 2021 3:28 pm Tagged With: California, Hip Hop, Los Angeles, rap, United States

In this interview spotlight, I chat with Stupkid about the latest tunes, challenges, technology and more. Full Q&A along with links and music below. No Honey by Stupkid Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular genre classifications.) My […]

Interview with Cole Boscoe

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 26, 2021 11:53 am Tagged With: California, indie, Pop, pop rock, singer, songwriter, United States

Cole Boscoe is an alternative pop-rock singer-songwriter based in California, USA. Boscoe’s sound fuses classic indie guitar sounds with country influences, modern synth sounds and a touch of rock ‘n’ roll, creating infectious melodies in the process. Lyrically, Boscoe’s words are timeless and relatable, creating beauty from the mundane and the incredible. In this interview […]

Interview with Journal 20

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 26, 2021 10:03 am Tagged With: ambient, Canada, Electronic, Instrumental

In this interview spotlight, I chat with members of Journal 20 about the latest music, challenges, the year known as 2020, and more Full Q&A along with links and music below. Journal 20 by Journal 20 Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms […]

Interview with VivaOla – Neo Ego ft Jua and Wez Atlas

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 26, 2021 8:32 am Tagged With: Asia, Japan, R&B, singer, songwriter

After their collaboration in 2019 on “Vise le haut“, a fun and energetic trilingual track that earned them the attention of the hip-hop world both in US and Japan, the three artists and friends VivaOla, Jua and Wez Atlas combine their multicultural talents one more time on the new single “NEO EGO“. In this interview […]

Interview with The Terror Adaptors – Home In Time For Tea

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 25, 2021 1:05 pm Tagged With: alternative rock, Australia, hard rock, industrial, Rock, synth

The Terror Adaptors are a time-traveling group of musicians, which started off as an Industrial Hard-Rock/Synth group in 2007. Initially a studio-bound project in Perth Western Australia; they slowly evolved into a finely tuned live-band, to great reaction from audiences around the state. They started smashing out a unique live-set of vintage driven, reminiscent songs […]

Interview with Tobisonics – All The Little Things

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 24, 2021 10:34 am Tagged With: electro-pop, Electronic, nu disco, United Kingdom

All The Little Things is a collaboration between Tobisonics and Scottish Poet/Spoken-Word Artist, Wee Scots Poet [ft. BBC Wales & BBC Radio 6 Music]; a Nu-Disco groove for dancing around your home to; a spoken-word exploration from the sub-atomic to the astrological, a father introducing life, the universe & everything to his newborn baby; an […]

Interview with Corey Clark – Naughty Boy

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 18, 2021 12:28 pm Tagged With: Nashville, Pop, R&B, singer, songwriter, Soul, Tennessee, United States

Corey Clark is a 2X R.I.A.A. Certified Gold recording artist, vocalist, & songwriter. Corey is a Billboard chart topping artist placing # 1 twice on multiple charts in Corey was voted by his fans & his musical peers alike as the best male R&B vocalist in Music City USA aka Nashville, Tennessee. In this interview […]

Interview with No Lore – With Little Light

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 5, 2021 8:40 am Tagged With: alt-pop, alternative pop, indie pop, Philippines, Pop

In this interview spotlight, I chat with No Lore about their latest single (With Little Light), their origins, and more. Full Q&A along with links and music below. Q: Hey there, introduce yourselves — how did you become a duo? We’re siblings Jerald and Tita Halaman. Tita Halaman is a visual artist who creates paintings […]

Interview with The Ghibertins – 20149 – Milano

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 5, 2021 8:12 am Tagged With: alternative rock, Electronic, Europe, hard rock, indie rock, Italy, Rock

Milan-based indie-rockers The Ghibertins return with the release of their anthemic new single 20149 – Milano, out now via Mob Sound Records. The single is oozing with sonic twists and turns from the offset. Sweeping guitar twangs are met with pulsating drums beats and orchestral soundscapes in order to create a sound that is undeniably […]

Interview with The Sweet Sonics (Guidomaria X Slackerman) – The Beautiful Impossible

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 3, 2021 7:01 pm Tagged With: Asia, Dubai, Electronic, Funk, Instrumental, Jazz, lo-fi, Middle East, Philippines, Rock

After multiple attempts at forming their own band, Guidomaria and Slackerman decided to just start making music by sending each other recordings of their musical ideas. The result is a collection of guitar-driven, rock-influenced, electronically-inspired music. The Beautiful Impossible is a collection of inspiring short stories that form an overarching narrative based on snapshots of […]