5 Questions with Filthybird @hopscotchfest

09/28/2011 By

Filthybird was a band our friend Alyssa DeHayes from Team Clermont suggested that we check out. We are very proud of ourselves for taking her advice.

The band is definitely one of our favoroite finds at this year’s Hopscotch Music Festival. Even though we did not get to see them play live in Raleigh, we’ve been listening to their album Songs for Other People non-stop.

It doesn’t look like they are touring much right now, but hopefully they will be on the road again soon. For now check out this episode featuring questions from Aunt Martha, Jeff the Brotherhood, Parachute Musical and Jamie Randolph and the Darkhorse.

“Filthybird is the must-see. From the sound of Brian Haran’s guitar to the wounded songbird quality of Renee Mendoza’s voice, this band’s perfected its supple tone and is now attaching it to mesmerizing tunes.” -Grayson Currin, Independent Weekly

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5 Questions with The Old Ceremony @hopscotchfest

09/22/2011 By


We were so excited to get to meet Django Haskins and check out his band The Old Ceremony after hearing from Jody Stephens what a nice dude he is.

The two tall, cool and handsome musicians met and played together during The Fully Orchestrated Live Premiere of Big Star’s Third that was put on by Chris Stamey last December in Raleigh, NC and then again earlier this year in NYC.

Since rumors are beginning to swirl about the show happening in Memphis before the end of the year, we were obliged to check out some of the many bands that participated while we were in Raleigh for Hopscotch Music Festival – including Lost in the Trees, Megafaun, and The Love Language – but The Old Ceremony was easily our favorite – and not just because they let us drag them out of White Collar Crime on a scavenger hunt for the perfect place for us to ask them 5 ridiculous questions from The Kopecky Family, The Constellations, Colour Revolt, Brass Bed, and Jamie Randolph and the Darkhorse.

The Old Ćeremony is a Chapel Hill, North Carolina pop-noir musical group fronted by Django Haskins. Formed in 2004, the group has released four full-length albums, Our One Mistake, on sonaBLAST! Records; and The Old Ceremony, Walk On Thin Air, and Tender Age on the Durham, NC label, Alyosha Records. Through unique live performances, radio airplay, and positive critical reviews, the group has risen to regional prominence, touring extensively throughout the US and Canada.

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5 Questions with I Was Totally Destroying It @hopscotchfest

09/21/2011 By

We are still sitting on some interviews from our time in Raleigh, NC at Hopscotch Music Festival. We’ve gotten a little behind but bear with us! They are worth the wait!

This one is with our new favorite band I Was Totally Destroying It who we caught up with at our good friend Team Clermont‘s party.  We had the chance to ask them 5 questions were asked by the likes of Freelance Whales, Buried Beds, and Dignan.

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5 Questions with Kylesa @Bonnaroo

06/20/2011 By

Kylesa was definitely the hardest rocking band we saw at Bonnaroo. We were a little intimidated to sit down with them and do our silly little interview – and then we had to move them three times to find a quiet spot backstage! But Laura and Phillip were super cool about it! If you want to have your face blown off, we highly recommend checking out this band! Watch their video from their latest album Spiral Shadow to see what we mean!

We got to shoot them a few questions from Brass Bed, Parachute Musical, Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s, and Jamie Randolph and the Dark Horse.

Kylesa is a metal band that was formed in Savannah, Georgia. Their music incorporates experimentalism with sludgy riffs, drop-tuned guitars and elements of psychedelic rock. The group was established in 2001 by the former members of Damad, with the addition of guitar player Laura Pleasants who is from North Carolina. The band has since undergone line up changes; the remaining original members are Phillip Cope and Laura Pleasants. In 2006, the band added two drummers (Carl McGinley of Unpersons, from Savannah, and Jeff Porter). Eric Hernandez (of Capsule, from Miami) joined in 2008 to replace Porter and plays on Static Tensions. The dual drum tracks are often panned strongly to the right and left.

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