Interviews

This area includes a running list of all the interviews we have published. We interview bands, venues, studios, business owners, producers, engineers, and any one else who spends a significant amount of time supporting independent music.

Interview with Deep Dark Blue

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman October 10, 2016 1:09 pm Tagged With: Electronic, Los Angeles, United States

Deep Dark Blue is Jason Ganberg & Bryce Alber, based in east Los Angeles, CA. Tinkering with textures and playing with sounds until they feel really really nice is how we go about making our music. Their album/EP was made over the past year in various living rooms, closets and bathrooms. In this interview spotlight, […]

The Pfeffers Interview – This Feeling

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman October 10, 2016 12:10 pm Tagged With: Acoustic, Alternative, California, Pop, Rock, United States

The Pfeffers are a brother and sister rock/pop/acoustic duo. Cori and Kevin both have extensive backgrounds in live entertainment. They have been performing off and on together for the past several years before finally, in 2015, deciding to team up and work exclusively as The Pfeffers. The Pfeffers unique musical brand fuses elements of rock, […]

Interview with Chris Moreno – All I Need

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman October 10, 2016 11:56 am Tagged With: Boston, Massachusetts, Pop, Rock, singer, songwriter, United States

There is a void in a today’s music, for substantive, heartfelt, rock songs. Call it ambitious, but Chris Moreno hopes to help fill that void, with his straightforward, honest lyrics and catchy melodies. Chris is a Pop/Rock artist from Boston, MA. Heavily influenced by his love of alternative rock music from the 1990s and early […]

Interview with Joel Martin from The Running Jumps

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman October 10, 2016 11:46 am Tagged With: Los Angeles, power pop, Psychedelic, Rock, United States

The Running Jumps is four people in Los Angeles that love jangly pop. Inspirations include albums like Skylarking, Spilt Milk, Sgt. Pepper, Village Green & Odessey and Oracle. Those records roughed up by Guided By Voices or Superdrag. Vocalist/guitarist Joel Martin has lead notable power pop ensembles like Every Single Saturday and BIMBO! Folks might […]

Interview with Lonely Benson – Silly Girl

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman October 10, 2016 11:27 am Tagged With: Nashville, Rock, singer, songwriter, United States

In this interview spotlight, we chat with Nashville’s Lonely Benson about the new single, Silly Girl, influences and more. Q&A, links, and a stream of the single below. Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular genre classifications.) For […]

Interview with Enola Fall – Heliotropic

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman October 10, 2016 11:14 am Tagged With: Alternative, Australia, indie

In this interview spotlight, we chat with Enola Fall about their new project, influences and more. Q&A, links and streams can be found below. https://soundcloud.com/saintinthecitypr/enolafall Where are you from and what style of music do you create? We’re from Hobart, Tasmania. The style, I honestly don’t know! Does anyone sill say ‘indie’ or ‘alternative’ anymore? […]

Animal House Interview

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman October 10, 2016 10:33 am Tagged With: Australia, indie, Rock

Australian indie-rockers Animal House create a raucous, energy-fueled sound on their upcoming EP Sorry, out on 18th November 2016. Having already received critical acclaim for their last single English Girls, Animal House’s new EP is filled with witty lyrical storytelling, racing riffs and infectious choruses. With its undeniably catchy, high-energy garage-infused sound, reminiscent of the […]

Knox Hamilton Interview – Washed Up Together

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman October 10, 2016 10:18 am Tagged With: Arkansas, Pop, Rock, United States

Fueled by the similar staples within their collective musical taste, the members of Knox Hamilton blend laid back guitar riffs and catchy bass lines with rhythmic drum beats and soaring vocals to produce a sound that’s as likely to make you want to visit the beach as it is to move your feet. In this […]

Elijah Ford Interview – As You Were

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman October 10, 2016 9:52 am Tagged With: Austin, producer, Rock, singer, songwriter, Texas, United States

Elijah Ford is a California native turned Austin-based musician, songwriter and producer, who began his solo career after breaking from touring with Oscar and Grammy award winning musician Ryan Bingham. Ford put out his first solo record Upon Waking in 2011, and an EP called Ashes in October of 2012. After spending the last two […]

Interview with Modern Mimes – Until We Get It Right

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman October 10, 2016 9:44 am Tagged With: Florida, Rock, singer, songwriter, United States

Until We Get It Right is the first single off of Modern Mimes‘ debut album Wake Up. Wake Up is a conceptual album that follows the story of an odd girl who unmindfully opens a door to an unknown realm where she retrieves a dark secret that was intended to be lost at birth. She […]