11/21/2008
Video: Art in the Age Interviews No Age; Dean and Randy Reveal Plans for a Line of Sweet Nachos!
Our dear friends over at Art in the Age interviewed LA's No Age during a recent stop at Philly's First Unitarian Church. The gents spoke candidly about their T-shirt collaboration with the brand, their religious views and the desire to change th ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 11/21/2008 2:07 PM EST in Interview, Indie-Rock, Video, NOICE!! | Permalink
11/20/2008
Exclusive Interview With Ruth Radelet of The Chromatics!
If you have yet to get into the dark-disco sound of Portland's The Chromatics, then I have only one question for you. What the hell are you waiting for? Their music is a cinematic melange of sex, violence, mystery, more sex, more mystery, and ev ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 11/20/2008 10:04 AM EST in Electronic, Disco, Interview | Permalink
10/20/2008
Exclusive Interview With The Notwist
Last Tuesday, one of my favorite bands, Germany's The Notwist (officially pronounced "know-twist") performed an awesome set in support of their new album The Devil, You and Me at The First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. For those of you who a ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 10/20/2008 12:45 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic, Post-Punk, Interview | Permalink
10/02/2008
Takka Takka Live @ MRoom: Interview, Review + Photos
Last Friday I had the pleasure of catching Brooklyn's Takka Takka play their mix of highly nuanced and textual indie-pop at Philly's MRoom. Indeed, the band sounded great (especially vocals, which were thankfully set high in the mix). After the ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 10/02/2008 9:32 AM EST in Indie-Pop, Post-Punk, Interview, Live Review, Events | Permalink
07/21/2008
Exclusive Interview: Asobi Seksu Discusses New Album and More!
The Brooklyn band Asobi Seksu, (Japanese for "playful sex") comprised of Yuki Chikudate (vocals, instrumentation), James Hanna (various instruments) and friends is one of our favorites here at The Walrus. Often compared to My Bloody Valentine, t ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/21/2008 12:11 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Shoegaze, Interview | Permalink
05/09/2008
Midnight Juggernauts Live @ Johnny Brenda's: Interview, Review + Photos
In the falltide, fellow Walruser Michael gave some love to three Aussie prog-rockers otherwise known as Midnight Juggernauts. Sweet find! Thanks to this hawt tip, I grabbed an opportunity to shoot the shit with the Juggernauts before a sweaty-as ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 05/09/2008 1:06 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic, Experimental, Interview | Permalink
05/08/2008
Lykke Li Live @ Johnny Brenda's: Interview, Review + Photos
On Tuesday night, Robin and I headed over to Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia's Fishtown section to catch Sweden’s newest pop chanteuse, Lykke Li. Yep, we were psyched! It was a beautiful night and we sat outside eating chicken tacos and humm ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/08/2008 10:17 AM EST in Indie-Pop, Interview, Live Review, Events | Permalink
04/07/2008
EXTRA! EXTRA! An Interview with Honus Honus of MAN MAN
May it be stated right off the bat that I skipped a mandatory class to interview Honus Honus (aka Ryan Kattner), the lead singer of MAN MAN, a troupe of five Philly musicmakers under absurd monikers with even crazier live performances. Avoidi ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 04/07/2008 9:44 AM EST in Experimental, Interview, Indie-Rock | Permalink
03/27/2008
The Now Sound: An Exclusive Interview with John From HEALTH
I'll admit, when I first heard the L.A. noise band HEALTH, I wasn't that into them. I was a bigger fan of the remixes that artists like Crystal Castles and CFCF had done for them. Over time their album began to grow on me like a fungus. It reall ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 03/27/2008 10:20 AM EST in Experimental, Rock, Neo-Psychedelic, Interview | Permalink
12/24/2007
Exclusive Interview With Philadelphia's Pop Astronauts, GANG!
Philadelphia definitely has its share of weird and interesting bands. The hip-hop meets electro meets opera meets space disco group known as GANG, may be one of the most interesting. Made up of four friends; Amanda (vocals), Jaclyn (Glockenspiel ...
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