Cover Story Archives - Stereogum https://stereogum.com/category/interviews/cover-story/ The world's best music blog. Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:10:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://lede-admin.stereogum.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/64/2022/02/stereogum-site-icon-192x192-1644917357.png?w=32 Cover Story Archives - Stereogum https://stereogum.com/category/interviews/cover-story/ 32 32 245057171 The Boys Are Leaving Town: The Final Days Of Japandroids https://stereogum.com/2279911/japandroids-2024/interviews/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:18:03 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?p=2279911 In their first interview in years, the Vancouver rockers delve into their history, examine their "dudes rock" reputation, and explain why new album Fate & Alcohol marks the end of the band

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]]> 2279911 We Three Kings: boygenius On Their Breakout Year https://stereogum.com/2243261/boygenius-2023-artists-of-the-year/interviews/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:41:24 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?p=2243261 Artists Of The Year Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus look back on their joyful and triumphant 2023

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]]> 2243261 Chat Pile Are Really Doing This https://stereogum.com/2231664/chat-pile-mini-golf/interviews/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:09:08 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?p=2231664 Why do Oklahoma's premier noise-rockers have to play mini-golf outside? It's all part of making the leap from local upstart to underground sensation.

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]]> 2231664 The Wild, Wonderful World Of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard https://stereogum.com/2202315/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-stu-mackenzie/interviews/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:35:23 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?p=2202315 In the leadup to releasing three albums in one month, Melbourne's foremost festival-rocking psych adventurers usher us into the Gizzverse

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]]> 2202315 Beach Bunny’s Big Breakthrough https://stereogum.com/2180626/beach-bunny-emotional-creature-tiktok-prom-queen-cloud-9/interviews/ Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:00:03 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?p=2180626 The Chicago pop-rockers and surprise TikTok darlings take us deep inside the making of their new album, the vulnerable and infectious Emotional Creature

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]]> 2180626 Inside The War On Drugs’ New Live Album And Their Next Studio Opus https://stereogum.com/2105438/the-war-on-drugs-new-album-live-drugs/interviews/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:16:42 +0000 https://stage.stereogum.com/?p=2105438 The War On Drugs are about to release a live summary of the last six years, but they're also close to their next big studio statement. Adam Granduciel talks about how his band has transformed and where they're going next.

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]]> 2105438 Angel Olsen Invites Us Into A Whole New Mess https://stereogum.com/2092533/angel-olsen-whole-new-mess-interview/interviews/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:10:20 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2092533 The post Angel Olsen Invites Us Into A <em>Whole New Mess</em> appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2092533 The My Generation: An Oral History Of Myspace Music https://stereogum.com/2056046/myspace-music-oral-history/interviews/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:08:10 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2056046 The post The My Generation: An Oral History Of Myspace Music appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2056046 Big Thief’s Big Year https://stereogum.com/2059181/big-thief-two-hands-ufof-interview/interviews/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:00:03 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2059181 The post Big Thief’s Big Year appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2059181 The Evolution Of Vampire Weekend https://stereogum.com/2042009/vampire-weekend-ezra-koenig-interview-father-of-the-bride/interviews/ Fri, 03 May 2019 13:00:07 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2042009 The post The Evolution Of Vampire Weekend appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2042009 Charlotte Gainsbourg, After Rest https://stereogum.com/2037255/charlotte-gainsbourg-interview-rest-book-coachella-tour-new-york/interviews/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:54:26 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2037255 The post Charlotte Gainsbourg, After <em>Rest</em> appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2037255 The End And Beginning Of Amen Dunes https://stereogum.com/2024610/amen-dunes-interview-2018-freedom/interviews/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:01:14 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2024610 The post The End And Beginning Of Amen Dunes appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2024610 Miya Folick Is Transforming In Plain Sight https://stereogum.com/2020441/miya-folick-premonitions-interview/interviews/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:38:44 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2020441 The post Miya Folick Is Transforming In Plain Sight appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2020441 Nicole Dollanganger’s Honeymoon Phase https://stereogum.com/2020371/nicole-dollangangers-honeymoon-phase/interviews/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:02:12 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2020371 The post Nicole Dollanganger’s Honeymoon Phase appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2020371 Cat Power Has Returned, But For Chan Marshall Everything Is New https://stereogum.com/2016221/cat-power-interview-lana-del-rey-wanderer/interviews/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:01:53 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2016221 The post Cat Power Has Returned, But For Chan Marshall Everything Is New appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2016221 Diarrhea Planet Is Dead, Long Live Diarrhea Planet https://stereogum.com/2014409/diarrhea-planet-breakup-interview-final-shows/interviews/ Wed, 19 Sep 2018 17:23:47 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2014409 The post Diarrhea Planet Is Dead, Long Live Diarrhea Planet appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2014409 One More Voyage With Spiritualized https://stereogum.com/2012361/spiritualized-and-nothing-hurt-interview/interviews/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:34:37 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2012361 The post One More Voyage With Spiritualized appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2012361 In The Garage: Joyce Manor Share The Scenes And Stories Behind Million Dollars To Kill Me https://stereogum.com/2010520/joyce-manor-million-dollars-to-kill-me-interview/interviews/ Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:57:15 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2010520 The post In The Garage: Joyce Manor Share The Scenes And Stories Behind <i>Million Dollars To Kill Me</i> appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2010520 The Age Of Oneohtrix https://stereogum.com/2002150/oneohtrix-point-never-age-of-myriad-byrne-anohni-twigs-usher/interviews/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 19:42:23 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2002150 The post The Age Of Oneohtrix appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2002150 In Conversation: Paramore’s Hayley Williams & Soccer Mommy’s Sophie Allison https://stereogum.com/2003710/paramore-interview-hayley-williams-soccer-mommy/interviews/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:01:16 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2003710 The post In Conversation: Paramore’s Hayley Williams & Soccer Mommy’s Sophie Allison appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2003710 Loud Love: A Day In LA With Deafheaven https://stereogum.com/2000209/deafheaven-ordinary-corrupt-human-love-interview/interviews/ Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:59:51 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=2000209 The post Loud <i>Love</i>: A Day In LA With Deafheaven appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 2000209 Nothing Have Something To Live For https://stereogum.com/1999688/nothing-dance-on-the-blacktop-interview/interviews/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:49:47 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1999688 The post Nothing Have Something To Live For appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1999688 Kill Your Ego, Listen To Flasher https://stereogum.com/1997201/flasher-constant-image-interview/interviews/ Tue, 29 May 2018 15:25:42 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1997201 The post Kill Your Ego, Listen To Flasher appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1997201 Holding Court With Stephen Malkmus https://stereogum.com/1996157/stephen-malkmus-2018-interview/interviews/ Tue, 15 May 2018 16:14:30 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1996157 The post Holding Court With Stephen Malkmus appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1996157 Introducing The Real Ryley Walker https://stereogum.com/1995281/introducing-the-real-ryley-walker/interviews/ Wed, 09 May 2018 18:13:22 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1995281 “I was not made to be a Lower East Side model,” Ryley Walker cracks as I force him, for the purposes of splashy journalistic representation, to act like a Lower East Side model. We are walking around the Manhattan neighborhood in question, Walker a rapid-fire mixture of rapt observations on the city around him, jocular…

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]]> 1995281 Sadie Dupuis And The Return Of Speedy Ortiz https://stereogum.com/1993677/sadie-dupuis-and-the-return-of-speedy-ortiz/interviews/ Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:05:27 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1993677 The post Sadie Dupuis And The Return Of Speedy Ortiz appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1993677 U.S. Girls Have Finally Arrived https://stereogum.com/1993116/u-s-girls-have-finally-arrived/interviews/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:24:57 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1993116 The post U.S. Girls Have Finally Arrived appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1993116 Enough Apocalypse https://stereogum.com/1992165/enough-apocalypse/interviews/ Mon, 23 Apr 2018 14:46:51 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1992165 The post Enough Apocalypse appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1992165 Flatbush Zombies Aren’t Who You Think They Are https://stereogum.com/1991828/flatbush-zombies-arent-who-you-think-they-are/interviews/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:43:10 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1991828 The post Flatbush Zombies Aren’t Who You Think They Are appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1991828 Restlessness Blues: Robin Pecknold And The Rewriting Of Fleet Foxes https://stereogum.com/1972526/restlessness-blues-robin-pecknold-and-the-rewriting-of-fleet-foxes/interviews/ Mon, 04 Dec 2017 18:32:01 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1972526 The post Restlessness Blues: Robin Pecknold And The Rewriting Of Fleet Foxes appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1972526 Hope Is A Good Word: Julien Baker Finds Lights In The Darkness https://stereogum.com/1968680/hope-is-a-good-word-julien-baker-finds-lights-in-the-darkness/interviews/ Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:28:40 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1968680 The post Hope Is A Good Word: Julien Baker Finds Lights In The Darkness appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1968680 Are You From Here? https://stereogum.com/1964198/are-you-from-here/interviews/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:34:59 +0000 https://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1964198 The post Are You From Here? appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1964198 Can We Get A Witness https://stereogum.com/1954967/can-we-get-a-witness/interviews/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 14:47:32 +0000 http://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1954967 The post Can We Get A Witness appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1954967 Ted Leo Is Like You https://stereogum.com/1950153/ted-leo-is-like-you/interviews/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:55:06 +0000 http://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1950153 The post Ted Leo Is Like You appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1950153 Super-Connected: Belly, Buffalo Tom, Juliana Hatfield, Letters To Cleo, & The Boston Scene Then & Now https://stereogum.com/1936815/boston-alt-rock-reunions-belly-buffalo-tom-juliana-hatfield-letters-to-cleo/interviews/ Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:29:40 +0000 http://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1936815 The post Super-Connected: Belly, Buffalo Tom, Juliana Hatfield, Letters To Cleo, & The Boston Scene Then & Now appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1936815 Dancing At The End Of The World https://stereogum.com/1934263/dancing-at-the-end-of-the-world/interviews/ Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:20:58 +0000 http://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1934263 The post Dancing At The End Of The World appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1934263 Wasted Days https://stereogum.com/1922246/wasted-days/interviews/ Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:36:06 +0000 http://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1922246 The post Wasted Days appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1922246 Shadows And Light: Allison Crutchfield Forges Ahead https://stereogum.com/1918162/shadows-and-light-allison-crutchfield-forges-ahead/interviews/ Wed, 18 Jan 2017 17:00:32 +0000 http://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1918162 The post Shadows And Light: Allison Crutchfield Forges Ahead appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1918162 New Habits https://stereogum.com/1905594/new-habits/interviews/ Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:09:26 +0000 http://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1905594 The post New Habits appeared first on Stereogum.

]]> 1905594 Solange Shares Her Inspirations For A Seat At The Table https://stereogum.com/1902296/solange-shares-her-inspirations-for-a-seat-at-the-table/interviews/ Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:15:49 +0000 http://www.stereogum.com/?post_type=featured&p=1902296 The post Solange Shares Her Inspirations For <i>A Seat At The Table</i> appeared first on Stereogum.

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