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Jim Carroll

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Interview

The National with Matt Berninger (centre) Trouble will find me: an interview with Matt Berninger

The National’s lead singer talks about the band’s new album, creative pressure, taking risks and his brother

Meeting the band When interviews go bad

Why some musicians and pop stars should just say no when it comes to doing interviews

The National contemplate their next move Why (successful) bands have the power

Bands may hold all the cards in the music business in 2013, but it’s the successful ones who can really call the shots

Biting back: Vampire Weekend Vampire (bank holiday) Weekend

More from The Ticket’s interview with Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend

The Questlove interview (12″ version)

You’ll find my interview with Questlove from the Electric Picnic-bound The Roots in The Ticket today. It’s an interview I’ve been trying to lock down since last December and I finally got him on the line one night last week …

Notes on a Glen Hansard interview

There is a widespread belief amongst music journalists that Noel Gallagher is a brilliant interviewee. And he really is: Gallagher is a dude who understands that the media want a couple of wisecracks, some off-the-cuff anecdotes and an ability to …

You can’t, you won’t and you don’t stop

The very first thing I searched for on the internet was information about the Beastie Boys’ magazine Grand Royal. Back in 1994, we were living in the land of dial-up modems which took forever to go through the motions, but …

Tomorrow, In A Year

In 2010, I talked to Olof Dreijer from The Knife about the duo’s work on Tomorrow, In A Year, Danish theatre company Hotel Pro Forma’s Darwin-inspired opera. Tonight and tomorrow night, the opera will be performed at Cork Opera House …