Category Archives: Turntable Interview

Turntable Interview: Corin Tucker

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Corin Tucker has been making music longer than some of you have been alive. Bursting out of the burgeoning music scene in Olympia, Washington in the early ’90s, Tucker sang her heart out in Heavens To Betsy before teaming up with Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss (who are both now in Wild Flag) to form Sleater-Kinney. The band eventually dissolved and in 2009, Tucker formed the Corin Tucker Band. The group with bass player Sara Lund (Unwound) and Seth Lorinczi (Golden Bears’/Circus Lupus) has a new album “Kill My Blues” coming out September 18th on Kill Rock Stars the record label Corin has been affiliated with for over two decades. On the new album, Tucker returns to her sonic roots delivering a performance sure to thrill old fans and earn her plenty of new ones. Tucker swung by Turntable.fm to spin tunes and chat Skrillex, driving carpool, and how touring is like The Amazing Race.

STEREOGUM: Hello!
CORIN TUCKER: Hi!

@woolyknickers started playing “Dancing Barefoot” by Patti Smith Group

STEREOGUM: Welcome to Turntable Interview.
CORIN TUCKER: Thanks! This is cool.
STEREOGUM: Have you started doing press for your new album yet?

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Turntable Interview: Tim Harrington

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Tim Harrington scarcely needs an introduction, but we’ll give him one anyway. He’s the front man for Les Savy Fav, where he consistently delivers gritty art-punk while staging a one-man performance art piece. His onstage skylarking — including acrobatic set climbing, public wardrobe changes, and frenetic audience interplay — has made Les Savy Fav one of the best live bands around. Last December, LSF co-curated the All Tomorrow’s Parties “Nightmare Before Christmas” festival, further cementing the band as indie rock icons. In a wide-ranging chat, amid technical difficulties, we talked to Tim on Turntable.fm about the art of curating, cover songs, neologisms, and how influential The Pointer Sisters “Neutron Dance” has been for him.

@woolyknickers started playing “Modern Love” by David Bowie

TIM HARRINGTON: You know it is Bob Dylan’s birthday
STEREOGUM: Happy Birthday, Bob!
TIM HARRINGTON: What songs are we playing today? It is Pattie Labelle’s birthday too.
STEREOGUM: We are only playing Patti Labelle and Bob Dylan songs …and whatever else we want.

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Turntable Interview: Kitty Pryde

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Kitty Pryde is a 19 year old Daytona Beach native who is making waves in the hip-hop world with her homespun raps about Justin Beiber. The pint-sized redhead is the poster girl for a new wave of hip hop with perfect eyeliner, an active Tumblr, and no apparent fear of oversharing. Her new EP (and past Mixtape Of The Week) haha i’m sorry has Pryde holed up in her bedroom singing about drunk dials, an endearing Carly Rae Jepsen spoof called “Give Me Scabies,” and a duet with viral rap weirdo Riff Raff. Kitty hopped on Turntable.fm and we spun some tunes and talked Danny Brown, her first NYC show, and whether or not she is killing hip hop.

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Turntable Interview: Marnie Stern

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Back in 2007, the New York Times called Marnie Stern’s debut release, In Advance Of The Broken Arm, “The year’s most exciting rock ‘n’ roll album.” It was, too. Pairing blistering guitar riffs with jaw-dropping chops, a unique finger-tapping style and a layered vocal performance, Marnie sounded like no one else. She’s put out two more albums since then, garnered a slough of awards, is counted by some as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and still, Marnie sounds only like Marnie. She took some time out from the studio where she’s recording her next album to talk about her new music, Slayer, sexism in the industry, New York in the ’70s, and how her next album is the first one not to feature Zach Hill on drums (right when she cues up a track featuring Kid Millions, hint). Here we are in a Turntable chatroom:

STEREOGUM: Hi Marnie, let’s play music!

Melissa Locker started playing “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” by The Ramones

STEREOGUM: Well THANK YOU for agreeing to chat with me in this funky way
MARNIE STERN: Of course! Fun!
STEREOGUM: So you are back in the studio
MARNIE STERN: Yes
STEREOGUM: How is that going?

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Turntable Interview: Ted Leo

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[Welcome a new feature to Stereogum! You may recognize Turntable Interview from The Hairpin, where Melissa Locker published transcripts of her chats with people of note while trading songs in a Turntable.fm chat room. We liked the concept, and she wanted to focus primarily on musicians, so we're happy to create this space for her. Melissa is a music writer at Time.com and IFC. You can follow her @woolyknickers, or right here...]

Ted Leo has been working hard for his money cranking out rock music for more than two decades. Yet through the years of touring and studio time, he never lost his DIY attitude or his love of music. He’s been the frontman of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists since 1999 putting out raucous rock that gets your feet moving before you remember you’re way too cool to dance. Ted joined me in the magical world of the internet to spin tunes and talk about music, his love of WFMU, how he mashes up dancehall and black metal, and, of course, The Wire.

Melissa Locker started playing “Say It” by Calamity Jane

STEREOGUM: My what pretty hair your avatar has!
TED LEO: Yeah, I’m growin’ it out. Calamity Jane – trés 90s!

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