Interviews — Mike Hilleary

The Enduring Appeal of “Mr. Brightside”

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“Chutes Too Narrow” at 20: An Interview With James Mercer of The Shins

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Jon Batiste Is Broadcasting to the World

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Sharon Van Etten: Safe From It All

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Death Cab for Cutie: Context in the Chaos

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“A Real Purity”: Karen O on Performing Before the Internet Changed Everything

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Beach Bunny’s Lili Trifilio Talks TikTok Stardom and “Emotional Creature”

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As a Star Wars Director, Bryce Dallas Howard Is a Force to Be Reckoned With

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How Heartbreaking LA Failures Inspired Christian Lee Hutson’s “Quitters”

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“Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road” Filmmakers On How They Gained Access to the Legendary Beach Boy

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Lucy Dacus On New Album 'Home Video,' Her Personal Songwriting & Touring Again

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A Small-Scale Introduction to Allison Ponthier

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Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz on Nostalgia, Dissociative Disorder and His Band’s New EP

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Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba Looks Back on “The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most”

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Julien Baker: Staring Into Oblivion

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The Blurry World of Billie Eilish

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Bartees Strange, Anjimile & More On What It's Like To Release A Debut Album In A Pandemic

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In Conversation: The National’s Matt Berninger Takes Us Behind the Scenes of “Serpentine Prison”

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Perfume Genius: Your Body Changes Everything

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Dan Wilson on Semisonic’s First Music in 19 Years, Solving Songwriting ‘Puzzle’

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How Haim Built Their Long-Running Collaboration With Paul Thomas Anderson

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Phoebe Bridgers on “Punisher,” a Product of Patience and Meticulousness

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OK Go's Damian Kulash Shares Hope after Contracting COVID

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In Conversation: Meet Rostam Batmanglij, Super-Producer

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My Favorite Album

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Then Is Now: The Return of Tegan and Sara

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Jay Som Talks Family, Race, and Perfectionism

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Frightened Rabbit’s Grant Hutchison on Losing His Brother and Keeping the Music Alive

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On The National’s New Album, the Women Are Easy to Find

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Sharon Van Etten: Embracing the Mess

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Stella Donnelly Talks Bad Male Behavior and Not Pulling Any Punches

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In Conversation: Michael Azerrad on How Breaking Laws Makes for Better Music Journalism

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Snail Mail: Everything Is New

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The National: Hudson Valley Hidaway

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The Decemberists: It's All Coming Undone

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Lucy Dacus: Keeping a Record

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Natalie Prass: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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“Rick and Morty” Composer Ryan Elder on How He Writes Joke Songs

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Tiny Respite: Meet Tiny Fellas, the Littlest Street Art Team in DC

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Mario Caldato Jr.: That’s a Record ’Cause of Mario

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In Conversation: Rob Sheffield on The Beatles and Our Cultural Refusal to Let It Be

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Exploding the “Song Exploder”: Hrishikesh Hirway Looks Back on 100 Episodes of Pulling Music Apart

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The Pitch: "Westworld" Composer Ramin Djawadi on Why Those Radiohead Covers Keep Coming

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Hometown Hero: Lucy Dacus Rises From River City

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Coming Attractions: The Makings of the Modern Movie Trailer

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Speak/Sing: Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo Takes the Next Step

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School of Seven Bells: Facing the Days Together

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Courtney Barnett vs. Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy: Beautiful Ruins

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EL VY: Together Apart

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In Conversation: CHVRCHES Have Their Eyes Wide Open

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Deradoorian

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Lord Huron: Immersive Worlds

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Death Cab for Cutie: Mending Broken Pieces

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Tobias Jesso Jr.: I Love L.A.

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Charlie Cox of Marvel's Daredevil: Devil's Advocate

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Jenny Lewis: The Slowest Moving Train

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Damien Rice: Fading Back

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Rose Elinor Dougall: Gray Matters

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Laura Marling: No Longer Naive

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Iron & Wine: With Strings Attached

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Telekinesis: Settling Into Space

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Phoenix: Band of Outsiders

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Passion Pit: This Messy Life

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Dan Croll: Welcome Home

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Dirty Projectors Songwriter Dave Longstreth Achieves Discovery in Seclusion

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Ben Gibbard: Orphan Rescuer

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Passion Pit: I'll Be All Right

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Getting to Know: Of Monsters and Men

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Chairlift: Making Something Out of Nothing

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Florence and the Machine: Rites, Rituals, and Revelations

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St. Vincent's Annie Clark vs. Patton Oswalt

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Aziz Ansari vs. Toro Y Moi and TV on the Radio

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The Black Keys: Sibling Dynamics

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One Man Bands: The Highs and Lows of Going It Alone

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The Big Bang Theory's Simon Helberg: The Pocket Protector

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Edgar Wright: The Director of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Levels Up

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The Love Language: All-Time Lo-Fi

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She and Him

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Vampire Weekend: On the Contrary

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Jenny Lewis: Doing Her Part

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Death Cab for Cutie: In the Thick of It

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The Swell Season: Strict Love

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Local Natives: An Open House

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Alan Moore: Watchmen Creator Leaves No Gentleman Behind

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Batman: The Animated Series: Crusading Animation

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Benoit Pioulard

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Alina Simone

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Hal Holbrook

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