interviews

BNB on Sound Opinions

Hear me yammer with my music-journo heroes on the long-running podcast.

Jun 6 •

#103: The Audit with J. Robbins

Talking Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Office of Future Plans, and many more.

Apr 21 •

#101: Celebrating accidental transcendence with the Found Footage Festival

The foremost curators of forgotten VHS tapes have been on a particular mission for 20 years.

Mar 20 •

#99: The Audit with Ean Sicko

Talking Sicko, Tales from the Birdbath, Date Night With Brian, the Subjunctives, and...Michael Moore?

Feb 28 •

#96: Ombiigizi: "We're being loud, but we don't always know everything that we're speaking about"

Sounding it out with the Anishinaabe duo.

Dec 5, 2024 •

#91: Joseph Grillo of Her Head's on Fire, I Hate Our Freedom, & Gay for Johnny Depp

"It's like we're a fucking endless Taco Bell commercial."

Aug 12, 2024 •

#85: @TheJacobGivens: 'What is this, Emily Dickinson’s band?'

Talking band names and peculiar internet fame with TikTok's foremost '90s rocker

Mar 1, 2024 •

#75: Shit Present: 'In the UK, we say “shit” for everything. It’s barely a swear word'

Going deep on shit ideas with Iona Cairns

Jun 15, 2023 •

#37: Tony Thaxton of Motion City Soundtrack and Bizarre Albums

"It’s rare that I’ll go, 'Hey that’s a good name!' It’s more sort of like, 'That’s a band name.'”

Oct 29, 2021 •

#23: River Butcher: Skaletons in his closet

The comedian goes deep on band names

Mar 18, 2021 •

#12: Cursive's Tim Kasher: Fine with this innocuous name!

"Any of us band namers would love to grab for that brass ring."

Sep 16, 2020 •

#8: Jimmy Pardo: 'Isn't every band name shitty?'

The Never Not Funny host talks bad names

Jul 18, 2020 •

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