Up and coming Brooklyn trio Widowspeak has been catching some serious lo-fi waves since last fall if you haven’t noticed. Forming less than a year ago, the band hooked up with Captured Tracks and landed some pretty sweet bills (oh yeah and a bunch of people fell in love with frontwoman Molly Hamilton’s fantastic vocals). … Read more
Dirty Beaches is the project of Alex Hungtai, a dude who has not only amassed an impressive amount of zip codes, but also dabbled in a number of musical incarnations, slinking from his earlier noise experimentation to the scratchy AM radio strains of his most recent effort Badlands (due out March 29th on Zoo Music). … Read more
Amy Klein is best known for her role as the guitarist/violinist in the ever-rad Titus Andronicus, but grrl’s got more than just sweet axe skills up her sleeve. I was lucky enough to exchange a few questions with her about her diverse and surprising side projects and snagged a little summary of her credo about … Read more
Blood Orange, Dev Hynes, has done basically everything anyone would ever dream of doing, boasting an impressive resume of musician, songwriter, writer, photographer, and a whole lot more! You’ve probably heard him in Lightspeed Champion, but his current project sounds totally different, albeit just as rad. Dev took some time out to answer a few … Read more
I don’t know about you guys, but I get so excited about artists that don’t fit into any of those blah blah blah heard-it-before pop music paradigms – all this repetition is getting boring and, man, all I really want is to be entertained! That said, Sam Amidon embodies so many things I admire as … Read more
Smith Westerns are coming to Glasslands on 1/18 to celebrate the release of their second full-length Dye It Blonde, and we’re all like YAY! I got to trade the guys a few questions for a few answers all about the great things going on for the band these days. yeah, the NYPD just wants to … Read more