Ned Raggett

A Distant Radiating Orb: Barn Owl Interviewed

With new album V, Bay Area duo Barn Owl soar into more overtly electronic territories than ever before, infusing the gorgeous, glacial drones of their earlier work with a dub-inspired sense of shifting space. Ned Raggett catches up with them to discuss this gradual evolution

LIVE REPORT: Sparks

At last week's set at the Hollywood Forever cemetery's Masonic Hall, Ned Raggett finds Ron and Russell Mael's pared down set-up provides a refreshing take on some familiar songs

Trash: The Problems Of Being An American Fan Of The London Suede

Our man in Orange County Ned Raggett reports on what it's like being an American fan of the London Suede

My Bloody Valentine's mbv Track By Track By Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett stays up all night hitting refresh to bring you his perspective on mbv... i.e. it sounds like being hit on the head with a shovel and falling into a well half filled with honey

On The Wing: Trent Reznor On Creativity & How To Destroy Angels

With Nine Inch Nails currently on hiatus, Trent Reznor is currently hard at work on new project How To Destroy Angels, whose An Omen_ EP is out now. He speaks to Ned Raggett about exploring new avenues and the challenges of creativity

Supersonic 2012: A Radical Spirit – Jarboe Interviewed

Ahead of her performance at this month's Supersonic festival Ned Raggett talks to Jarboe about Swans, Phil Anselmo and how she's more radical now than ever before. Main picture by Cedric Victor

Supersonic 2012: Ben Chasny Q & A

Our man in Orange County, Ca, Ned Raggett talks to the Six Organs Of Admittance guitar savant

25 Years On: Def Leppard’s Hysteria Revisited

25 years on, our Orange County correspondent Ned Raggett eulogizes the 20 million selling high point in the Leps' career

Apocalyptic Dreaming: Ben Chasny On Six Organs Of Admittance

Ned Raggett asks Ben Chasny about the new Six Organs Of Admittance album Asleep On The Floodplain

The Past, Present & Future Of The Church: An Interview With Peter Koppes

Guitarist and founding member of The Church, Peter Koppes, talks to Ned Raggett about new material, shows at the Sydney Opera house and more

Kid Eh? Ned Raggett Is Unimpressed With Radiohead Reissues

So EMI have reissued Kid A, Amnesiac and Hail To The Thief with bonus material and DVDs. Something to be glad about? Not on your nelly says Ned Raggett, Le Homme Du California

Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny On Why Downloading Music Is An Addiction

The Six Organs man Ben Chasny postulates that file to file sharing is just a symptom of information addiction, a debilitating cyber illness. Ned Raggett takes notes

ATP Nightmare Before Christmas: The Melvins Interview

The co-curators of the winterval rock-apocalypse, The Melvins give Ned Raggett the low down on their choices for the ATP festival at Minehead.

Mars

Complete Studio Recordings, NYC 1977-1978

Windsor For The Derby

How We Lost

Melvins

Nude With Boots