interview by RJ Cubarrubia
photos by Christopher Nelson
Longtime Austin (and Brooklyn, sort of) art-rockers …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead have always been one of the loudest bands in all the land, combining artistic and thoughtful indie rock with layers of orchestral creativity. After leaving their last label, Interscope, the band started [...]
interview by RJ Cubarrubia
photos by Hilary Harris
After releasing one of 2008’s best music videos, gaining near universal critical praise with their debut album (including an MTV Europe award), and tearing apart the most talked about set of Coachella, Lisbon, Portugal’s Buraka Som Sistema is ready to take the US by storm. Unlike the majority of [...]
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interview by RJ Cubarrubia
photos by Christopher Nelson
Armed with a new drummer, a new album, and a new label, Portland indie-pop-punkers The Thermals are back on the beat and ready to blow your eardrums yet again. After the departure of former drummer Lorin Coleman and an amicable split with Subpop, core duo Hutch Harris and Kathy [...]
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interview by Chris Estey
Douglas Wolk is a Portland, OR, resident, a longtime magazine freelancer, author, and a steady contributor to the 2009 Pop Conference at EMP|SFM. I have read his work in cyberpunk magazines of the 90s, and in the best literary criticism magazine for the past few years, The Believer. Mr. Wolk was kind [...]
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interview by RJ Cubarrubia
With fuzzy guitars, strange instrumental electronic interludes, 60’s pop and surf punk sensibilities, and some of the lowest fidelity recordings you will ever hear, San Diego skater Wavves, aka Nathan Williams, is a young gun who might be this year’s most talked about artist. At 22, Nathan has already released two albums [...]
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interview by RJ Cubarrubia
Northwest hip-hop group The Saturday Knights are known for their often playful approach towards rhymes and beats; MCs Barfly and Tilson jump and jab on their lyrical jungle gym behind the bouncing beats of DJ Suspence. Taking it to the next level, the group recently collaborated with Seattle filmmakers Michael J. Mouncer [...]
Ed Harcourt, a bit bleary eyed for being the first performer of the first morning during KEXP’s broadcast in Austin during SXSW, is one of those artists who can sing the sweetest tones you’ve ever heard at any time of the day and any condition. After catching up with DJ Cheryl Waters, Ed played two [...]
interview by RJ Cubarrubia
Indie-pop duo Makeup Monsters are a young band from Tacoma quickly making a name for themselves in the Northwest music scene, combining bouncy beats, fun, clean guitar, and thoughtful yet slightly goofy lyrics to create well-written pop songs rarely longer than three minutes. With an endearing, quirky charm that puts Michael Cera [...]
Here are more interviews from some of the artists who performed on KEXP’s stage at ME Television studios in Austin during SXSW.
BLK JKS:
Pete & The Pirates:
Peter Bjorn and John:
Elliott Brood:
