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Band Interviews, Indie Music Interviews, New Artists

Crash Symbols, Born Gold, Leisure, Digital Leather, Pressed And
Tim Baker

If you have been paying attention for the past few months you know that I have bee showering Pressed And, Born Gold, Leisure and Digital Leather with all sorts of affection, scented gift soaps and meats on sticks. They are some of my favsies new artists, well new in the fact that I stumbled upon them. By stumbled I mean lathered myself up in their glory.

What do these acts have in common besides and affection for Steve Urkel, My Little Pony T-shirts and they both look great in assess chaps? Well I found out about them through the bandcamp site of Crash Symbols.

Crash Symbols is a little label out of Oakland with awesome taste in artisan cheeses and electronic based music. They also are champions of cassettes.

I know, cassettes?

I thought the same thing, who the Fuck even has a cassette player other than homeless people trying to sell their wares on the street and my dad?

But after sitting down with the Dwight, Liz and Jheri I can kind of see their point. I can also see the outline of Jheri's junk, he likes his pants to be TIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHT!

PS. They also have a Kickstarter going to help with the printing costs of their magazine Decoder. Throw these fuckers a bone or two, and support the spread of quality art.

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Past Band Interviews, Indie Music

Enemies, Interview, Coco Et Moi, Post Rock, The Richter Collective

Every now and again I get torn between wanting to spin in place and dance like a hippie until I fall into a trance and find myself open to the power of suggestion, and wanting to rip my shirt off and punch windows. I know, the dichotomy of the two is a fucking chasm, believe me, it's the story of my fucking life. I'm a Pisces for fuck's sake. We are always at odds with ourselves. It's the constant...

Our interview with Allyson Baker of Dirty Ghosts, who are releasing Metal Moon o

People of the internet, what you're about to read is totally fucking awesome. This is an interview with Allyson Baker of Dirty Ghosts. I love this band so fucking much I have already vowed to tattoo their name on 33% of my children.

This needs no introduction, but out of a respect for the entire process, I've left my email to her intact as it was written.

Ready?

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Yellowbirds, Sam Cohen, Interview, The Color, Indie Folk

I can't remember exactly how I came across Yellowbirds' latest album The Color, but I'm glad that I did because it was one of the more interesting albums I listened to last year. Usually for me, the 'interesting' label is applied to some originally weird avant garde shit, but this album is far from experimental. In fact, The Color is extremely listener friendly... and it sounds original. How did they do that?

Yellowbirds...

Dred Scott, Dred Scott Trio, Going Nowhere, Post Jazz

Dred Scott.

You delicious son of a bitch.

I love the music this man makes. The aggressive style of play that is equal parts cool, sophisticated and punch you in the face awesome.

I could just sit here all day and let the sounds of his playing soak my shirt till my Foofa from Yo Gabba Gabba tattoo is showing through my white Hanes v-neck tees.

Dred makes the kind of music that I would kill a pair of hitchhiking drifters and sell their organs to foreign combatants...

Good Field, Interview, Self Titled Album, Indie Rock

Did you just read my Good Field review? If not, go back to read it and listen to some of those tasty Bandcamp tracks.

…Are you back?

How awesome were those songs? I'm 99.5% certain that you will now be addicted to Good Field's self-titled album. I caught up with the band's lead singer/guitar player/song writer Paul Price to ask him some probing questions. I have learned that he is clever, witty, stubborn and evading.

Here we go:...