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Interview: Kathleen Bryson, Winner of Monsters Of Folk Video Contest
Isaac Lekach :: Monday, March 29th, 2010 9:30 am
Supergroup Monsters Of Folk (Conor Oberst, Jim James, M Ward and Mike Mogis) held a contest for fans to make a music video for their song “Dear God.” Loads were made. Some great, some not so great-but of course, the best prevailed. The boys chose filmmakers Kathleen Bryson and Nele Hecht’s effort. Watch it here if you haven’t seen it yet. And visit the jump for our interview with Bryson.
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Interview: The Silent League
Isaac Lekach :: Monday, March 29th, 2010 9:00 am
“One need not listen to Silent League music for very long to come to the conclusion that we are huge fans of Electric Light Orchestra,” explains the band’s singer Justin Russo of their brand of pop. It’s true. The galactic love story detailed in “Yours Truly, 2095” off their third album …But You’ve Always Been The Caretaker is a dead giveaway. And the delicate timbre of Russo’s vocals also brings Mercury Rev, of which Russo was once a member, to mind. But Russo and his cohorts (which include producer and Stars Like Fleas founder Shannon Fields) channel their influences gracefully here and create something distinct and wonderful on its own. Visit the jump for our online-exclusive interview with Russo and Fields.
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Miles From Nowhere: Laura Meyer Interview
Johnny Sanford :: Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 11:45 am
Laura Meyer has a long way to go before she settles down. Her music has taken her on a tour of heartland America and she has no plans to clean the dust of her boots just yet. I caught up with her for a phone interview and found out that she has made it to the West Coast on her current tour, playing shows in bars, restaurants, and anywhere that will have her. Her latest album, Miles From Nowhere is an introspective folk gem that shines brightly thanks to it’s lonely acoustic guitar and her sultry voice. Lyrics are of long, dusty roads, the snow capped peaks of the Colorado Rockies, and finding the comfort of home on the road.
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Interview: Harold Ramis
Drew Fortune :: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 11:00 am
Yep, that’s Egon. If you don’t know already, Harold Ramis is one of the titans of comedy. He’s the man behind Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Vacation, and and the list goes on.
D+T contributing writer Drew Fortune was one of the lucky attendees at last week’s 50th Anniversary gala celebration of Second City, the Chicago institution that brought us everyone from Ramis and Bill Murray to Steve Carell and Eugene Levy. He was tenacious enough to badger Ramis into an exclusive interview for D+T.
Follow the jump for Fortune’s reportage from Second City and his interview with Harold Ramis.
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Interview: Clare & The Reasons
Isaac Lekach :: Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 12:00 pm
Clare & The Reasons is the name of Clare and Olivier Manchon’s musical project. The two met at college in Boston and now call Brooklyn home. Arrow, their recently released second album, is a remarkable record. The songs are buoyant and melodic, but shrouded in proficiently arranged orchestration-complete with whistling, strings, horns, swells of vocal oohs and a Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) contribution on the track “This Is The Story.” Clare and The Reasons have tour dates posted here (including a show with Israeli/French songstress Keren Ann and a bunch of dates with the venerable Van Dyke Parks). Go find them! And do read our interview with Clare Manchon, in which she reveals a love for Stevie Wonder, tells us what Van Dyke Parks listens to and weighs in on our current administration, after the jump.
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Interview: Dawes
Isaac Lekach :: Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 2:45 pm
“I wanted to take a bigger swing at actually figuring out how I felt about things,” says Dawes singer Taylor Goldsmith of his band’s debut North Hills. Goldsmith and bassist Wylie Gelber formed the group after their first band Simon Dawes broke up and invited Goldsmith’s younger brother Griffin to sit behind the drums. With Dawes, they took a decidedly quieter approach—and the resulting sound, which has garnered quite a bit of attention, can perhaps best be described as a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll …with a little Motown in [their] soul. “While the folk revival is obvious… I think we just wanted to make music that made us feel good,” explains Goldsmith earnestly. Read the rest of the interview after the jump!
