Liz caught up with Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino of Matt & Kim at SXSW this year. Matt & Kim are an alternative indie rock duo from Brooklyn, whose high-energy performances have attracted an enthusiastic fanbase. Liz talked to them about touring, their newest album, and the geography of Australia. Here's the music video for their song, Yea Yeah : You can check out their official site here .
Liz got a chance to catch up with most of indie pop band, Los Campesinos, at SXSW this year. The seven band members started playing together while in university in Wales in 2006, and quickly gained popularity across Britain. Now they're...
I met up with Jimmy Gnecco, frontman of alternative rockband OURS, after they opened for Marilyn Manson in Seattle. According to their bio: Ours began in 1992, and built a strong following playing shows in New York City. By 1997, the band had...
In about an hour, Lori's going to give us a ride to airport. In about three hours, we'll be boarding an airplane. And in about ten hours, we'll be landing in Austin, Texas to attend the SXSW music festival! It's definitely going to...
the everybodyfields seemed pretty happy with their Backstage Live kazoos, and they launched into a cover of Elton John's Crocodile Rock. I think this could become part of their repetoire... You can watch our interview with them here.
I got a chance to sit down with Jill Andrews and Sam Quinn of the everybodyfields before they played The Tractor Tavern in Seattle. According to their own biography: the everybodyfields from Johnson City, TN are rapidly gaining a reputation as the...
the everybodyfields are an alt-country/Americana/difficult-to-categorize band from Tennessee fronted by Sam Quinn and Jill Andrews. Singing about lost loves and sorrows with beautiful harmonies and a Southern twang, they put on a pretty...
Ten years after his initial Carnival album, Wyclef Jean has released The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant. It's inspired by various music from around the world and includes appearances by Shakira, Mary J. Blige, TI, Norah Jones, will.i.am,...
Todd Snider has been a fixture in the alt-country and folk world for over ten years, and though he's been through a few record labels, he's still consistently releasing new albums of thoughtful, sometimes political, and often funny songs. I got a...
Todd Snider sings Tillamook County Jail, (from his 2004 CD East Nashville Skyline), at The Showbox in Seattle on February 6th, 2008.
Tullycraft's been around for over ten years, though I just heard about them a few months ago. But they're used to that, and view it as a maybe-not-so-negative side effect of being a part-time band. I got chance to talk with the gang before...
I met up with Jason Ritter, (a former classmate of mine at NYU), to talk about The Deal, one of the films he was in at Sundance this year, (he was also in Good Dick with Martin Starr and Tom Arnold).. Jason was pretty excited to work with Bill...
I chatted with Josh Lucas, star of Death in Love, Boaz Yakin's personal and uncompromising latest film about a Holocaust survivor and her family. As you can imagine, it's a pretty heavy film and it wasn't an easy experience for Josh. I was...
We weren't sure whether we'd be able to get this interview, but when we saw Bill Macy heading towards us at the Stella Artois lounge last week, we figured his publicist had made some time for us. He was friendly and gracious, (and everything...