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Interviews
THE DISTRICTS
The Philly rockers on favorite cities Vincent Moon’s videos, and influences
GROOVE ME: PLEASE DON’T AX ADDISON GROOVE
We sent some questions via e-mail to UK-based DJ/producer Addison Groove, he of footwork/juke/DnB/“Footcrab” fame, in anticipation of his upcoming show at Good Life Boston. This is what we got back.
KEEP IT REAL: GIRAFFAGE GOES SAMPLE-FREE FOR ‘NO REASON’
The irony is that in restricting some of his familiar creative instincts, No Reason has freed Giraffage to discover new ones.
IN BLOOM: ORCHIDS IS PART COLLECTIVE, PART SOLO PROJECT, ALL NICOLE MARIE
When it finally came time to find an outlet for the intensely personal songs and ideas Marie couldn’t shoehorn into her other projects, ORCHIDS came into bloom.
KEEP PRESSIN’ ON: THE PRESS WAR, RELOADED
If undeniably catchy, exultant choruses are any indication of a pop-punk band’s potential, The Press War sounds primed for success.
SLIM TWIG PIECES IT ALL TOGETHER
“As Slim Twig, I approach the music as a project, as a framework of ideas that I’m working from and a vision of what I’m after. I don’t have distinctions in my mind where I’m switching over from one to the next. It’s more like contributing to a project very specifically and kind of chipping away at it.”
BEAT DOWN: NOELLE LEBLANC & CO. KEEP IT SIMPLE
Sometimes a band is just a band. Like, say, The Organ Beats.
ANDREW W.K.’S TIPS FOR GOOD LIVING IN 2015
Andrew W.K has become a modern-day guru. We asked him about his resolutions for 2015, and his thoughts on wellness.
CLOSING OUT ONE YEAR, RINGING IN A NEW ONE WITH CASK MOUSE
They are a band comfortable navigating within the wide borders of their chosen genre without feeling self-conscious about their current zip code, with “Heartbeat of the Northeast” framing their warm-blooded sound with a New England perspective.