FEiN Q&A (Little Homes era)
Superpowers, boats, and red rocks — Luke Walton & Brandon Woodward
Archived pre–Little Homes interview: telekinesis vs one-punch, house-river gigs, song-a-month rollout, Taj Ma-Small, and the robotic-toilet story.
Interviews & Q&A
Publisher interviews with Luke F. Walton (Scoobert Doobert) and FEiN. 27 live on the outlet. Academic work: Publications.
Publisher interviews (27)
Each links to the outlet's own page. Full index also on Press → Interviews.
Scoobert Doobert
The long Scoobert interview is on egoFM.
Interviews and features
91X FM: Top 91 of 2021 (published Nov 2022) · Don't Worry ranked #90 on 91X's year-end Top 91 countdown for 2021.
Rock Da Fuq Out (2023-10-20) · MÖB, name origin, first instrument, San Diego scene, DIY workflow, mastering, CHAI, health scare, thinking long term.
indiemono: Banana Interview (2022-10-06) · Persona/context Q&A: Scooby-Doo name, KŌAN, cartoons, CHAI production, Japan, cross-cultural songwriting.
egoFM: Scoobert Doobert bei egoFM (2022-09-26) · interview / radio feature · 2021 interview on Radiowelt (Sept. 2022): Charmander / Glumanda, burritos, Pokémon, church-jam story, going solo as a multi-instrumentalist.
egoFM: Bier, Burritos und Marihuana (2022-09-20) · Written California-week feature: Encinitas home, I Live in California, beer/burritos/weed community, North Park Co., San Diego scene; quotes plus audio.
egoFM: egoFM Privataudienz (2022-09) · Hosted and curated guest hour on Munich radio (~25 minutes online cut); tracklist includes Slow Jam.wav (Stolen Off of Napster).
The Drop with Danno: GFN Gwangju (2022-02-25) · Full-hour guest session (February 25, 2022 broadcast): world premiere of Think About It, on-air conversation about producing for CHAI, curated playlist: I'm An Idiot Part II, a song to quit your job to, CHAI WHOLE.
91X FM: studio visit (2021-10-04) · In-studio photo with Tim Pyles (@thelocalpyle); Oct 2021, ahead of Big Hug LP.
91X FM: Loudspeaker Top 5 (April 2021) (2021-04) · Tim Pyles Loudspeaker Top 5: Don't Worry at #1 for April 2021.
Last Day Deaf: 9+1 Q&A (2020-05-19) · Starting music, production after bandmates left San Diego, sound/aesthetic, studio vs live, Japan, future plans.
91X FM: Local Break (2020) · Local Break feature: starting out in Encinitas, and the Surfdog mailer room with 91X on in the background.
More Q&A
Safari Pedals: ABI ASKS (2026-04-26) · Abi the Producer (@abitheproducer): creative flow vs technical precision in music production; flow-state Q&A on Safari Audio blog. Instagram promo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXoAu2LiHx4/.
Start Track: A Very Doobert Christmas, Vol. 1 (Introducing + 3 Qs) (2023-12-18) · Filip Zemčík intro plus a 3-question Q&A on the holiday EP: his dissect-and-rebuild approach to the records he grew up on, the nerve illness that turned him from guitarist to composer, and a Storyworth-prompted dream of a symposium with Socrates and Plato.
Purple Melon: Chatterbox (2017-08) · Early one-man-dog-band era: Self Realization Gardens, religion creeps, monthly singles.
FEiN
Mostly premieres and profiles. Full duo Q&A is scarce.
Fresh Beats 365: “Tellin’ stories, making cool sounds and shit” (2016-04-09) · Tom Roden (Apr 9, 2016): USC/carpool origin, #Grownupz Spotify surge, Little Little Homes, Sculptor LA body-image quotes, Don't You as sound summary, DBSRDS, habanero threshold mid-interview.
Features with quotes
I Heart Moosiq: Lucky You premiere (2018) · Retrospective: #Grownupz premiere, Spotify Viral 50 and Hype Machine placements, Lucky You quotes.
ReverbNation Blog: FEiN interview (2017-01-27) · Luke/Brandon Q&A: #Grownupz 1M+ Spotify, 50k+ playlists, Viral 50 US/Canada/Mexico, Hype Machine; Luke on success: "Hashtags and the letter z. #DragonBallZ"; Christofi The Disco; fourth-writer collab ethos; biweekly singles / SPOOKED.
Fresh Beats 365: Little Little Homes EP review (2016-03-10) · Tom Roden (Mar 10, 2016): FEiN's new EP is a big success. Melancholy indie-electropop teaser; Foster The People/Torches comparison; Sculptor image-obsessed social commentary · #Grownupz bubblegum · Outro vocal dissolve.
BMI Indie Spotlight: FEiN (2016-09-14) · BMI profile: pronunciation, SoCal duo, USC/Tiny Giant, Little Homes, #Grownupz on Spotify U.S. Viral 50.
More Q&A
Fresh Beats 365: #Grownupz MV (2017-04-12) · MV feature: #Grownupz first put FEiN on most radars in 2014.
Hype Machine: #Grownupz (2015-12-16) · #13 non-remix · #20 popular · #2 Twitter · 30k+ plays (Dec 2015 Facebook + charts).
Indie Shuffle: #Grownupz (2015-12-13) · Jason Grishkoff: USC duo, Issue #1 kickoff track (Aug 2014).
I Heart Moosiq: #Grownupz Spotify U.S. Viral top 10 · Indexed: #Grownupz reached Spotify U.S. viral top 10.
Luke F. Walton
Advize · Career interview as associate director of marketing at NAMM.
Site archive (1)
Full transcripts hosted here when the original outlet is gone or unstable.