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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 Benton Barnett – Psychout

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Psychout is from Portland Oregon and makes psychedelic pop music. If you like synthpop, electronic or experimental pop music, you’re in the right place. In this interview, we chat with Benton Barnett about his influences, the experimental music scene, and his newest project. Full Q&A, links, and streams below. Let’s dive a little deeper into […]

Interview with Blue Sand Renegades – Disclosure

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Blue Sand Renegades is a Boston based band founded by Dan Goodwin and Sam Pratt. In this interview, we chat about influences, obstacles as an indie musician in a digital world, and their newest project. Full Q&A, links, and streams below. Let’s dive a little deeper into You, the artist and your music. What attracted […]

Interview with Ahmet Kalabay – Think About That

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Ahmet Kalabay is a composer/guitarist living in Istanbul/Turkey. His debut album “Think About That” was recorded live in Warsaw/Poland with Svante Bosse(trumpet), Eljah Jeremias (trombone), Sylwester Gustaw (bass), Herbert Jaromir (drums). Will be available on stores in 5th Aug 2016. In this interview, we speak with Ahmet about his influences, what led him into music, […]

Interview with Gestures & Sounds – Coach

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Gestures & Sounds is an alternative folk group based in Los Angeles. Erik Fashingbauer, Jory Federighi and Brian LeGoo- grew up in Northern Wisconsin, where they started playing together in high school. After finding themselves together in LA a few years later, they began writing together again. They played swell LA venues such as The […]

Interview with The Bourgeois – Designer Genes

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The Bourgeois are an alternative rock band from Tulsa, OK.  Musically, the band draws inspiration from a wide variety of artists; the sonic rush of Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins, the disenfranchised melodicism of indie rock stalwarts like The Smiths and Violent Femmes, and a dash of aural post-punk weirdness, a la The Talking Heads and […]

Interview with Daniel Amedee – Life

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Daniel Amedee is living proof that a musician can be from New Orleans, but not necessarily be of New Orleans, a distinction that courses through his quirky, eccentric songwriting style, informed by a haunting bluesy vocalese that scratches the soul somewhere between Tom Waits and Captain Beefheart, and certainly belies Daniel’s 29 years. In fact, […]

Choose Joy – Interview with Jaclyn Bradley Palmer

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People keep telling me that attitude and gratitude are a choice, and after a few decades, I’m starting to believe them. Jaclyn Bradley Palmer’s “I Choose Joy” hit my inbox the other day and I’ve got to admit that I’ve been a bit more joyful ever since. OK, so I have a soft spot for […]

Interview with The Congress – Home Again

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Ultimately, The Congress is a band that shows reverence for their roots through both cohesion and creativity. “It’s hard to pigeonhole us one way or the other,” says guitarist/vocalist Scott Lane. “We do what comes naturally, with a lot of focus on song and arrangement, and very little on genre. We’re not great at putting […]