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Sleepercar Interview
Jim Ward "of Sparta, Ex-At The Drive-In" fame is in a solid relationship with his new band, Sleepercar. I would describe listening to the 2008 album "West Texas" like "sipping Maker's Mark out of a spotty glass in a rundown bar while watching the sun go down over the shoulder of a bartender that calls you sweetheart and asks how your grandma's doing in between crooked teeth and Marlboro reds". A sweet and content experience, with just the right hint of pain and loneliness.
Austinites can checkout Sleepercar this Monday, November 17th at Mohawk with Morekestra (outside, starting @ 8:00pm).
Has Jim Ward abandoned punk and gone country? No, he's West Texas, which is a little country and a little bit rock and roll...
Stacie: Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
Jim: usually wear slip ons, so when i have shoes with laces i almost never untie them-
Stacie: Would you consider yourself more of an introvert or an extrovert?
Jim: both- usually an extrovert, but i hate being in crowds so that makes me with draw a lot
Stacie: How stoked where you when your number one MySpace friend, Barack, won the election?
Jim: very stoked
Stacie: Does the song "A Broken Promise" refer to any broken promises in particular?
Jim: no-
Stacie: What's one trait that you dislike about yourself at the moment?
Jim: i am passive/aggressive- and it sometimes makes personal relationships difficult, i try to control it
Stacie: Your musical endeavors progressed from hardcore, to a little less hardcore, to alt-country. Have you found a genre that fits well with Sleepercar?
Jim: i think sleepercar is pretty flexible in the genre department- we have been on quite a few different tours, it makes me happy...
Sun Nov 16 2008 · Posted in Interviews
Bitch Interview - Live at Mohawk with Girl in a Coma - November 9th, 2008
Can you put an artist like Bitch in a nutshell? Let's try, shall we... from '95-'04 she performed with Bitch and Animal and toured with Ani DiFranco (who produced two of B&A's albums under her Righteous Babe Records label). Bitch's new band, Bitch + The Exciting Conclusion, formed in February of '05. Bitch just produced Ferron's latest album "Boulder" on her own label, Short Story Records (Ferron=one of the most influential writers and performers of women's music). She lives in NYC and appeared in the 2006 film Shortbus and the Bright Eyes video "First Day of My Life" alongside her L-Word starring girlfriend, Daniela Sea. She plays the electric violin, bass, keyboards and ukulele like it's going out of style. She's an amazing lyricist and poet. She's not a big fan of Bush (the presidential kind). She tap dances. And you should buy (not illegally download) all of her albums.
Austinites can checkout Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion live on Sunday, November 9th at Mohawk with Mocktigers and Girl in a Coma (outside, starting @ 9:00pm).
Before Bitch and I got down to business, I mentioned that our lovely readers (myself included) all have adult ADD and are checking out more MySpace bulletins then novels these days (...hence the slew of random questions).
Stacie: How many tattoos do you have?
Bitch: Zero. I've designed a lot of tattoos. But it's like Daniela says, once you have one you'll never have none again.
Stacie: Yeah, they're addicting too.
Bitch: And I don't need another hobby. Maybe one day.
Stacie: Piercings?
Bitch: Not really. My ears. I had a nipple pierced once.
Stacie: Just one nipple?
Bitch: Just one nipple.
Stacie: Do you like hugs from strangers, or do they freak you out?
Bitch: They don't freak me out. It really depends on the context. I just visited the World...
Tue Oct 28 2008 · Posted in Interviews
Astronautalis Interview
In between cat lovin' and folding socks packin' for his new tour, Astronautalis (aka Andy Bothewell) took some time to shed some light on rap, American history, leaking albums, scary music making, over-hyping indie music blogs, album *yawns* reviews and the lingering fear of getting popular. Regardless of how you define his style, all three albums <You and Yer Good Ideas-2005, The Mighty Ocean and Nine Dark Theaters-2006, Pomegranate-2008> won't disappoint. A live show is on the "highly recommended" list and even we vegetarians can't get enough of this HAM.
Stacie: With the progression of your three albums, there's been some debate over how to categorize your music. Can you define it?
Andy: A long time ago, I gave a response that was about ten minutes long, with compound words and about twenty six hyphens in it. My third record was a chance to see some different takes on my musical style, a singer/songwriter side, but I'd still call it rap music. The funniest part of a recent review was someone saying I was "experimenting with hip hop and rapping". For fifteen years I've been rapping. No matter how far away I venture musically, I'll always be a rapper. I can't not rhyme. I still keep the basic aesthetics of rapping, and my main influence has always been rap. It's rap. Rap Music. Period.
Stacie: In hindsight, it's hard to define rap itself. I've also heard the term shoegazer thrown into your musical description. Would you consider yourself a shoegazer?
Andy: For me, shoegazing basically means people are staring at their shoes because they're looking down at the pedals they're using to help crank out these sounds. It reminds me a lot of tenth grade mix tapes. I think I put it out there for my last record. I grew up listening to a lot of shoegaze- The Verve, Ride, Mogwai- and it hit home for me. Huge giant drums, lots of bass, washy guitars, huge layers of sound. It's something I latched onto. With the third...
Tue Oct 14 2008 · Posted in Interviews
Interview with The Presets’ Kim Moyes
The Presets are an electronic/pop duo from Sydney, Australia. They just released Apocalypso, their follow-up to 2006’s Beams – both cds are excellent - and are set to tour the States in September and October with fellow Australians, Cut Copy. I talked to the Presets’ drummer and co-writer, Kim Moyes from London. Moyes has a fantastic sense of humor and even answered some of my stranger questions about Cane Toads and masks.
Q: So you’re in London? I noticed you have a lot of shows there.
Kim Moyes: We just did a festival yesterday called Get Loaded and then we did another one called Creamfields. We’re kind of in London all the time and jet-setting around, doing festivals in Europe.
Q: You travel a lot. Do you
have any pets at home?
K.M.: No. A girlfriend – a very patient girlfriend. I’m not that
cruel to get pets. I suppose she could look after them but I don’t
know how well she’d do.
Q: Were both of you (in the Presets) fans of Pet Shop Boys?
K.M.: Yeah, we still are. We weren’t sort of obsessive fans. I think we like what they do in terms of pop music. They’re really quite camp – and there’s one guy, you don’t really know what he does. They’ve always kind struck of as kind of weird and they’ve always had crazy video clips and flamboyant shows.
Q: How come you two weren’t wrestling in the milk in the video for This Boy’s in Love?
K.M.: We were meant to be standing in purgatory or something seeing these two people fighting. I don’t know why weren’t in it – that’s just the way the treatment came through.
Mon Sep 8 2008 · Posted in Interviews on littleradio.com
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Interviews
The FFF Fest 2008 dates have been announced. Check out the new website here and prepare yourself for what is alredy shaping up to be the best FFF yet. Word.
Sat Jun 14 2008 · Posted in Interviews
Apostle Of Hustle Interview at SXSW (4/16/07)
Andrew Whiteman from Apostle of Hustle, also a core member of Broken Social Scene, talks about what makes Austin special.
Mon Mar 10 2008 · Posted in Interviews on littleradio.com
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Recap
The FFF Fest 2008 dates have been announced. Check out the new website here and prepare yourself for what is already shaping up to be the best FFF yet. Word.
Thu Nov 15 2007 · Posted in Live Sessions, Interviews
Interview - The Twilight Sad @ Little Radio (4/20/07)
Glasgow's The Twilight Sad talk to us about touring and what it would be like if Internet Radio disappeared completely. Buy their debut album Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters (Fat Cat).
Fri Apr 20 2007 · Posted in Interviews on littleradio.com
The Black Angels Interview at SXSW (4/16/07)
We spoke to Christian Bland from Austin's The Black Angels right after their blistering performance at our Red Eyed Fly day party.