Category archive for ‘Interviews’

• T.I. “Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head” Interview

  12/17/12 • (0)

  

  Tomorrow marks the release of T.I.’s new album, Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head.  We were fortunate enough to catch up with T.I. for a listening session in San Francisco a few weeks back. In an interview with Meredith from SF Critic, T.I. talked to us about how he finds collaborators and the projects he’s working on.

• Active Child Interview with Pat Grossi

  5/29/12 • (0)

  

  Combining choir music with hip hop and R&B isn’t typical for pop music, but Active Child isn’t typical. Active Child’s debut LP You’re All I See ventures into unforeseen musical territory, unless perhaps you knew Active Child’s story. Active Child, born Pat Grossi, as a kid sang in choir, but his love for music spawned from his father who worked [...]

• Getting to Know Other Lives: Interview Part 2

  4/10/12 • (1)

  

  Tomorrow night Other Lives will take the stage with Radiohead at the HP Pavillion. After the group’s last performance in San Francisco at Cafe du Nord, we featured the first segment of a 2-part interview with the band, who had just finished a tour with Bon Iver. It seemed (and still seems) that even though the group has [...]

• Flight Facilities Interview with Hugo

  4/05/12 • (1)

  

  You might say Flight Facilities “took off.” Yes that’s a bad joke, but a good laugh couldn’t hurt you. Just ask Flight Facilities pilots, Hugo and Jimmy, who’ve cracked more than a few bad jokes during recent interview. (Like telling journalists they’re Calvin Harris or that they’re from Trinidad and Tobago even though they’re actually from Australia). But [...]

• Tim Kasher of Cursive [Interview]

  3/06/12 • (0)

  

  In past interviews I would never be able to discuss R Kelly, conjoined twins, helicopter chases, and haunting ghosts all in one conversation, but this is first time I’ve spoken to Tim Kasher. The front man of indie-rock group, Cursive, is admittedly a day dreamer as he explained to me “I usually think up lavish and large plans, and then [...]

• Reptar Video Interview

  2/29/12 • (0)

  

  Here’s our video interview with Reptar.  The party rock group from Athens, Georgia joined an impressive tour billing with Cults and Foster People last fall. We met them guys after their show at The Fillmore. Check out the great photos Julie took from that night. Seems fruitful to share this interview now, since they performs tomorrow night at [...]

• Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch [Interview]

  2/27/12 • (0)

  

  Maybe he’s humble, maybe it’s his rock ‘n roll attitude, the punk environment he grew up in, butDoug Martsch will never admit he’s an amazing artist.  When The NY Times compared the lead singer and guitarist of Built To Spill to Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page, Martsch “went out of his way to deflect such praise,” a journalist from the Boston Phoenix said. While Martsch [...]

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• Other Lives Interview Pt. 1: Getting To Know The Band

  2/21/12 • (1)

  

  Preparing for this interview it occurred to us that many people still don’t know Other Lives. Sure, maybe you saw them on our Best of 2011 list, or noticed they toured with Bon Iver, or going on to tour with Radiohead (Yes, that’s right both indie’s new King, and its reigning ruler have given the band the nod of [...]

• Elzhi – The Elmatic Story [Interview]

  1/30/12 • (0)

  

  People have doubted Elzhi since he started rapping. His family wanted him to get a “stable” job. After eight years as a member of Slum Village, rapper T3, the group leader, left Elzhi out of the group’s music video for “Reunion 2.” When he decided to go solo, his label said he wouldn’t make it. For years, Elzhi [...]

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• Geographer Interview with Michael Deni

  1/23/12 • (0)

  

  A lot has changed in the four years since the release of Geographer’s debut album, Innocent Ghosts. To start, the band was praised by Spin, highly reviewed for their EP Animal Shapes, sold-out The Independent for Noise Pop Festival, and named by Live 105 as one the “Bay Area’s Top 20 Bands in 2011.” More importantly, the personal tragedies that fed lead [...]

  

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