Woodhouse Interviews

Nathan Stevens
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Woodhouse Interviews

An interview series with the best musical artists of the 21st century.

  1. Scott Orr: Woodhouse Interviews

    1 DAY AGO

    Scott Orr: Woodhouse Interviews

    Albums are not usually conversations. Or if they are, they’re pretty one way. Not so for Scott Orr’s Miracle Body, a deeply comforting slice of jazz, new age, and sophisti-pop that melds together into one of 2024’s most welcoming records. With his fluttering falsetto Orr ushers us in, sits us down, and offers tea and conversation. We talked to him below.

    32 min
  2. Chris Acker: Woodhouse Interviews

    DEC 2

    Chris Acker: Woodhouse Interviews

    Dumbasses, gimmick peddlers, conmen coned by their own bosses dot Famous Lunch. Chris Acker isn’t depressed, he’s just disappointed. And his sighing country tunes, tasteful pedal steel and all, just need a nap. From the surprisingly pretty letdown “Shit Surprise,” to the deeply confused self-reflection “Don't You Know (Who I Think I Am),” Acker uses a rouges gallery as a mirror, a warped perspective that’s occasionally clarifying, often baffling. We talked to him below.

    40 min
  3. Sangre de Muerdago: Woodhouse Interview

    NOV 1

    Sangre de Muerdago: Woodhouse Interview

    Singing at the edge of the world. Staring into the cold Atlantic, watching the waves crash all around, and seeing only the pale blue of the horizon must be sublime. And sublime in its original meaning, something that invokes awe with a touch of terror. There are few moments that remind humans of their smallness like staring into the void of the sea. Sangre de Muerdago aims to grasp that feeling with every release. Using a fusion of traditional instruments and folk-stories from their native Galicia, the band replicates the feeling of sailors from a past time, looking out into the infinite expanse, humbled. Sangre de Muerdago’s newest, A Ilusão da Quietude, is a momentous effort, something that appears like an archeological artifact, fully formed from a world we barely know. We talked to Pablo from the group below.

    27 min
  4. And So I Watch You From Afar - Megafauna: Woodhouse Interviews

    OCT 11

    And So I Watch You From Afar - Megafauna: Woodhouse Interviews

    Is “crushing joy” a thing? That’s the only way I can describe And So I Watch You From Afar and, especially, their newest album Megafauna. There are few bands as loud as the Belfast boys, but the chords that fall down like an Everest avalanche are all major, the electrifying guitar lines soar and crunch with equal ferocity. Megafauna is getting punched in the face and smiling. But that’s what ASIWYFA have done their entire careers. What this record truly does is balance the difference between their moments of miraculous joy and all out brawls. Two part rager “Mother Belfast” is as seismic as anything they’ve ever done, but comes right before “Years Ago,” a nostalgic ode to every bar the band’s ever played, which sounds like a beer soaked lullaby. That’s the duality of the world’s best rock band. We interviewed Rory from the band here on the Woodhouse.

    40 min
  5. Peter Oren-Cloud Song: Woodhouse Interviews

    SEP 18

    Peter Oren-Cloud Song: Woodhouse Interviews

    “I wondered lonely as a cloud.” Emphasis on lonely. Troubadour, vagabond, carpenter, folk-singer Peter Oren broke out in 2017 with his mythological heavy Anthropocene, with themes as crushing as his rumbling bass-baritone voice. Seven years on, Cloud Song finds him wrangling with both physical troubles and existential dread. In his view, the old Wordsworth poem can be played as an individual briefly drifting through life, untethered, for better and worse, from the earth. Beautiful and pensive, Oren’s Cloud Song lingers long after the first listen. We talked with him below.

    50 min
  6. And So I Watch You From Afar: Woodhouse Interviews

    AUG 23

    And So I Watch You From Afar: Woodhouse Interviews

    And So I Watch You From Afar are as joyous as their name is ridiculous. Like an energy drink being shoved into your soul. Like the world’s happiest mosh-pit. Like punching god in the face after climbing Mt. Everest. The ebullient drubbing produced by ASIWYFA has no musical comparison, just impossible physical feats that barely glimpse the improbability of this color-strewn noise. Math-rock, post-rock, the labels don’t really matter. What the Belfast quartet has always done is extolled the brilliance of heavy music. Heavy music, albeit, with gratuitous major chords, chain-gang vocals and playfulness encoded in its very DNA. And this sort of inspiring insanity is exactly what landed them here. Two of their albums, 2013's All Hail Bright Futures and 2017’s The Endless Shimmering made the list, along with Heirs cut “Animal Ghosts.” Read our blurbs below, listen to our interview with ASIWYFA founder Rory Friers and hear why we think they’re the best of the 10s. “I’m a huge believer still in the idea of an album and the feeling of you get to know it really intimately and it becomes a companion and a friend.” — Rory Friers

    48 min
  7. Kill Bill: Woodhouse Interview

    AUG 22

    Kill Bill: Woodhouse Interview

    There are glitches in the system. And Kill Bill’s one of them. The southern rapper is a founding member of the internet label/collective EXO music, popping up in the early 2010s with his gravelly, Lil Ugly Mane-esque flow. But simple nerd-rap this ain’t. Using a kaleidoscoping mish-mash of references from N64 heydays to Matrix breakdowns, Bill explores mental illness, self-identity and the larger world of rap. So, listen to our interview, read our blurb on “RPG” and see why we think it’s one of the best of the 10s. “I really like nostalgia and I like the whole escaping from this particular time I wanna be anywhere but right now feeling. ”— Kill Bill

    42 min
  8. Jeff Rosenstock: Woodhouse Interviews

    AUG 22

    Jeff Rosenstock: Woodhouse Interviews

    “Dumbfounded, downtrodden and dejected/Crestfallen, grief-stricken and exhausted.” All hail the king of anxiety. Pop-punk legend Jeff Rosenstock mutated his career for the…at least third time with a wallop of hyper-catchy, hyper-depressing albums. Anthemic to the core, POST- was the grandest of them all, a personal and political dissection in the wake of Trump’s election. No one gets out unscathed, especially not Rosenstock. It’s hard too say if there’s hope ringing out of the album, but at the very least it’s one of the finest albums to scream along to this decade. So listen to our interview with Rosenstock, read our thoughts on POST- and see why it’s one of the best of the 10s. “‘Aw yeah that was the best!’ No it wasn’t! I was sad then too!” — Jeff Rosenstock

    29 min
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An interview series with the best musical artists of the 21st century.

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  • Creator
    Nathan Stevens
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    76
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Nathan Stevens
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