THE BACKSTAGE RIDER

INTERVIEW: Actor ADAM GOLDBERG on his musical project THE GOLDBERG SISTERS…and other stuff
An in-depth discussion with actor Adam Goldberg on the subject of his musical thing The Goldberg Sisters’ new album “Stranger’s Morning”, music he can’t live without and various other rad topics.
August 26, 2013
EXCLUSIVE Photos/Interview: Portrait(s) of NEIL GAIMAN and the music that changed his life
Award-winning author Neil Gaiman takes a brief thimbleful of time to stop and look down our lens, and chat about the music that changed his life, in this EXCLUSIVE TO BSR.
August 19, 2013
Sunshine, Selfies and the SUBPOP 25th Anniversary Jubilee in Seattle
IN PHOTOS: Hanging out in the sunshine with METZ, Tad, Built to Spill, Mudhoney, J Mascis and more. How the SubPop 25th Anniversary Jubilee party in Seattle brought back the 90s.
July 20, 2013
INTERVIEW: Petey Dammit of THEE OH SEES talks Floating Coffin, Dead Notes and High Guitars
San Francisco’s chaos-mongers Thee Oh Sees put on a mean live show – and their albums of crazy psych rock are pretty damn tasty too. In this, I interview high-hoisting bassist Petey Dammit on the subject of their new LP Floating Coffin.
February 22, 2013
The BackstageRider Definitive TOP 11 “THINGS” OF 2012
In which I dissect the year in a painstaking, list-like fashion. The last few months may have sucked, but overall, this was a ROCKTACULAR year for the BSR.
December 25, 2012
Flanders is a Festival: PUKKELPOP in Pictures – DAY 1 (feat. alt-J, DJANGO DJANGO, HIGH CONTRAST, HOT CHIP, BJORK and more)
What do you call one of the best indie/rock/rap/dance music festivals in Europe? A place where you can drink Belgian beer if you’re over 16, eat waffles, and party in the dust to bands for 14 hours? It’s called Pukkelpop and here’s my Day 1 photo diary.
September 3, 2012
SLED ISLAND DAY 1: A mostly LOU BARLOW, slightly SHADOWY MEN sort of day
Yay for festivals! Herewith Day 1 (a slow and mostly Lou Barlow-y sort of day with a touch of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet) of the fab Sled Island festival in Calgary on June 20, 2012. The longest day of the year, and one filled with fab musicks and friends. Stay tuned for Days…
June 27, 2012
WEEZER CRUISE Diary Day 4: Sunday, Jan. 22: “THE END IS NIGH”
And now, the end is near. And so we face, the final curtain (or day at sea), on the Weezer Cruise. Here’s the final part of our four-part epic adventure in which we sit down with Rivers Cuomo and say our fond farewells to friends.
February 19, 2012
WEEZER CRUISE Diary Day 3: Saturday, Jan. 21 “BACKSTREET’S BACK”
January 21st will go down in history as: Parasailing in Mexico, eating fajitas with Yuck, rocking out to Pinkerton and Weezer, and going deaf again to Dinosaur Jr, an 80s prom and Backstreet Boys with Lou Barlow. In other words, PERFECT.
February 10, 2012