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  • Avalanches on “Since I Left You” (2001 Interview) | Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition): Episode 7.112

    In the 112th episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast, I revisit my first interview with the Avalanches, with former member Darren Seltmann, on September 18, 2001, at the time of their debut album, Since I Left You.

    Listen to the classic Pictures of Lily Podcast episode on the Avalanches here.
    Read my 2021 interview with the Avalanches‘ Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi, ahead of their third album, We Will Always Love You, in Under the Radar Magazine here.
    Subscribe to the Pictures of Lily newsletter to access the print-only version of my 2001 Avalanches interview and more print-only interviews from my 34-year archive here.

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    25 min
  • Coldplay’s Chris Martin on “A Rush of Blood to the Head” (2002 Interview) | Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition): Episode 7.111

    In the 111th episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast, I revisit my second interview with Coldplay‘s Chris Martin on August 8, 2002, at the time of their sophomore album, A Rush of Blood to the Head.

    Listen to my first interview with Chris at the time of their debut album, Parachutes, here.
    Read my interview with Coldplay’s bassist, Guy Berryman, ahead of A Rush of Blood to the Head in Rolling Stone here.
    Subscribe to the Pictures of Lily newsletter to access the print-only versions of my Coldplay interviews and more print-only interviews from my 34-year archive here.

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    31 min
  • Tears for Fears on “Happy Ending” (2004 Interview) | Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition): Episode 7.110

    In the 110th episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast, I revisit my first interview with Tears for Fears‘ Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal on February 3, 2004, at the time of their reunion album, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending.

    Read my second interview with the duo 20 years after the first one which published in SPIN here.
    Read my recent interview with the duo’s Roland Orzabal when about his memoir here.
    Subscribe to the Pictures of Lily newsletter to access print-only interviews from my 34-year archive here.

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    31 min
  • Damon Albarn on “Mali Music” (2002 Interview) | Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition): Episode 7.109

    In the 109th episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast, I revisit my third interview with Damon Albarn on June 26, 2002, at the time of his Mali Music project.

    Listen to my 1999 interview with Damon at the time of Blur’s album, 13 here.
    Listen to my 1997 interview with Damon at the time of Blur’s self-titled album here.
    Listen to the original Pictures of Lily Podcast Blur episode here.
    Subscribe to the Pictures of Lily newsletter for print versions of my interviews with Damon Albarn here.
    Check out my recent interviews with Blur’s Graham Coxon here and Alex James here.

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    21 min
  • Portishead on “Portishead” (1997 Interview) | Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition): Episode 7.108

    In the 108th episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition), I revisit my interview with Geoff Barrow and Dave McDonald of Portishead on September 17, 1997 at the time of the release of their self-titled second album.

    Check out my first Portishead interview with Beth Gibbons in 1995 in Episode 85 of the Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition).
    To access a print versions of all my interviews with Portishead, subscribe here or jump to the interviews: Campus Circle, Surface Magazine, Soma Magazine, and Hits Magazine.
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    42 min
  • Lily Allen on “Alright, Still” (2007 Interview) | Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition): Episode 7.107

    In the 107th episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition), I revisit my interview with Lily Allen on May 15, 2007 at the time of the release of her debut album, Alright, Still.

    Read my recent Mix Magazine cover story with Blue May, the executive producer of her 2025 album, West End Girl here and my review of her show at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on April 26, 2026 for Under the Radar Magazine here.
    To access a print version of my 2007 interview subscribe here.
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    31 min
  • Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition): Episode 7.106: Luke Steele 2003 Interview

    In the 106th episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition), I revisit my interview with Luke Steele on August 17, 2003 at the time of the release of Lovers, his debut album as The Sleepy Jackson.

    Listen to the classic Luke Steele episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast from 2021 here.
    Read my 2013 feature with Luke and Nick Littlemore at the time of their Empire of the Sun album, Ice on the Dune, for Electronic Musician here.
    Read my 2016 feature with Luke, Nick, Peter Mayes and Jonathan Sloan at the time of their Empire of the Sun album, Two Vines for Mix Magazine here.
    Read my 2024 feature with Luke and Nick at the time of their Empire of the Sun album, Ask That God for SPIN here.
    Read my 2022 feature with Luke at the time of his solo album, Listen to the Water for Mix Magazine here.
    Read my preview of DREAMS, Luke’s project with Daniel Johns for the LA Weekly here.
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    35 min
  • Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition): Episode 7.105: Massive Attack 1998 Interview

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    In the 105th episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition), I revisit my interview with Massive Attack‘s 3D, Daddy G and Mushroom on March 6, 1998 at the time of the US release of their album, Mezzanine.

    Subscribe to the Pictures of Lily newsletter for the print version of this interview here.
    Listen to the Pictures of Lily (Vintage Edition) Massive Attack 1995 interview here.
    Listen to the classic Massive Attack episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast here.
    You can support the Pictures of Lily Podcast through a paid subscription via Substack.

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    1 hr 11 min
  • Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition): Episode 7.104: Andrew Weatherall 1994 Interview

    In the 104th episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition), I revisit my first interview with Andrew Weatherall on October 3, 1994.

    To listen to the classic Pictures of Lily Podcast Andrew Weatherall episode, click here.
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    47 min
  • Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition): Episode 7.103: Richard Ashcroft 2000 Interview

    In the 103rd episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast (Vintage Edition), I revisit my third interview with Richard Ashcroft on May 5, 2000, at the time of his debut solo album, Alone With Everybody.

    To listen to my second interview with Richard Ashcroft at the time of The Verve‘s second album, A Northern Soul, click here.
    To listen to the classic Pictures of Lily Podcast The Verve episode, click here.
    To read my 2025 interview with Richard Ashcroft for SPIN, click here.
    Subscribe to the Pictures of Lily newsletter here for multiple print interviews with The Verve and Richard Ashcroft.

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    53 min

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Music journalist Lily Moayeri talks about her experience interviewing musicians, giving a snapshot of what it is like being on the other side of the digital recorder.