As Alkaline Trio preps to head out on the road with blink-182, Matt Skiba has a great analogy for his time in both bands. The longtime co-lead of the Chicago group stepped in for Tom DeLonge during his time away from blink, and now with Mark, Tom, and Travis together again, Skiba will open the show with Alkaline Trio.
"I feel like I walked into a family, li ... Show More
Feb 10
Metric's Emily Haines with Kevin Ryder and Megan Holiday
Metric is right where they want to be. The band is back with the new single, "Victim Of Luck," a new album set to arrive in April, and a tour with a few of their favorite friends in music. Emily Haines stopped by the KROQ studios in Los Angeles this week to introduce the latest f ... Show More
2m 46s
Feb 3
Cannons with Kevin Ryder and Megan Holiday
Cannons are able to commit like never before. With a newfound level of success, the band created their latest album, 'Everything Glows,' out March 27, with the band finally being their full-time job. "We're super excited to share 'Everything Glows' with everyone," Michelle Joy te ... Show More
4m 48s
Apr 2022
State Champs’ Derek Discanio on Big Statements, B-Sides, and Covering Blink-182
State Champs’ Derek Discanio sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about Kings of the New Age, the band’s fourth LP, which he says finds them making their biggest statements yet. The lead singer discusses how the band is the middle child of the pop punk scene, the pros and cons of ... Show More
24m 7s
Nov 2021
Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians: Willow + Travis Barker
This past spring, Willow Smith released a song called “Transparent Soul," which found her getting away from the pop-and r&b-influenced sound of her earlier work and diving headlong into punk-rock. Willow had an important collaborator along for the ride: Travis Barker, someone who ... Show More
23m 54s
Apr 2022
Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell on Divorce, Wordplay, & Leftover Songs and Covers
Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Things Are Great, the band's first album in six years. The South Carolina rocker discusses how the LP “almost killed him” with no touring, a divorce from his wife, writing a breakup record knowing that his ... Show More
44m 31s
Jul 2023
Pt 2 w/Jeff Carlisi from 38 Special, plus Todd Ronning from Bad Company & Paul Rodgers' new solo project
In part two of our interview, Jeff Carlisi gives us the back story on 38 Special's first big hit, Rockin' Into the Night, the writing partnerships that produced some of their biggest hits, role changes inside the band, their history with MTV, the shock of finding out they are wri ... Show More
46m 45s