Today, we sit down with Ken Kurson from The Lilacs, a Chicago rock band formed in 1990. With their first album release in more than 25 years together, it’s safe to say we had a few questions. Our time together delves into musical influences, live performance, and – of course – unexplainable phenomena.

0:00    Intro
0:11     EZVisibility.com
0:22    Dbl-take.com
0:33    imperfectfifth.com/merch
1:10    Ken Kurson + The Lilacs intro
2:29    Ken’s brother’s musical influence (The Who, Elton John)
4:43    Modern influence (Young The Giant)
5:40    “Monica”
11:50  “My Sister Jane”
17:55   Endure
19:03  “The Very Last Time”
21:50   Supernatural presence

Meredith Schneider