The Monolith Festival, held at Red Rocks outside of Denver, CO is approaching this weekend. AD sat down to chat with one of the festival's performers, Liam Finn, about how he ended up at Monolith, touring partners, current and future records and growing up as a musician under the influence of his father, Neil Finn. His 2008 solo debut, I'll Be Lightning, has garnered strong critical reviews and he's currently on a tour of the U.S. with the Veils.
Aquarium Drunkard: My first question is just about the Monolith Festival - how you got involved in that. There are a lot of great bands playing there and I wondered how you got drawn into playing there.
Liam Finn: I guess my agent was shopping for some festivals. And Monolith was the first people who were sort of interested in what we were doing. I don't really know that much about the festival other than that there are some great bands playing. I'm looking forward to it, it ought to be quite fun.
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