Brooklyn-based rock outfit The Dig has been touring the country for the last few years, winning over fans at each stop with fun, energetic live shows. Their debut album, Electric Toys, came out in June. This Saturday, they’re playing on BB Riverboats’ Belle of Cincinnati as part of River_DMF. Each Note Secure’s MaryKate Moran recently talked with Jamie Alegre, the band’s drummer, about recording without a label, a tour van break-in and more.
27 August 2010
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This interview took place during one of the worst weeks of Matthew Houck’s life as a musician. The singer, songwriter, and leader of the New York by way of Athens, Georgia indie folk/country project Phosphorescent just lost some of his most important possessions in the world. A few days before we spoke, the band’s touring van was stolen in Brooklyn, New York. Inside the vehicle was all of the band’s equipment; guitars, basses, drums, amplifiers, and effects; as well as all the T-shirts and other merchandise they had planned to sell on tour.
14 July 2010
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I really hope you were able to make WHY?’s show at Fountain Square on Friday. The concert, part of Fountain Square’s Indie Summer Series, was totally free of charge. On top of that, WHY? killed. And in a way, it was a homecoming show. WHY? emcee Yoni …
13 July 2010
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Free Energy originally started when two brothers, Scott and Evan Wells, and their friend, Paul Sprangers, left their home of Red Wing, Minnesota after the breakup of indie rock combo Hockey Night. They guys landed in Philadelphia, where they eventually joined up with Geoff Bucknam and Nick Shuminsky to form the deliberately and unironically heavy-jamming, guitar-blasting, hook-worshiping, feel-good rock band Free Energy.
29 June 2010
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Singer/guitarist Eric Earley has been writing songs since a very early age, combining the gentle spirit of his early Oregonian surroundings with his own interpretation of classic and modern rock. Over the last ten years, he’s poured some of his best songwriting into Blitzen Trapper. Confidently throwing weirdo guitar rock into intriguing alt-folk/country, the group nudged their own way into the hearts and minds of music fans with three self-released albums, culminating with the breakthrough Wild Mountain Nation.
16 June 2010
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You, You’re Awesome, aka the Electronic duo of Yusef Quotah and Kevin Bayer, is in the middle of a string of shows throughout the country. They’re headlining the May 13th opening of Radiodown, along with Pop Empire, Kasvarov, the Mighty and Banderas. Yusef recently talked to Each Note Secure’s MaryKate Moran about various shows and projects.
13 May 2010
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The Scottish band Frightened Rabbit has been building a loyal following over the last few years as they have put out their first three albums. The most recent record is called “The Winter of Mixed Drinks†and it has been received well both stateside and abroad. The band is currently touring the US in support of the album and drummer Grant Hutchison agreed to speak with Each Note Secure on an off day from Washington DC.
5 May 2010
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Quasi are indie rock survivors. Cutting their early records on Seattle’s legendary Up Records, first home to other soon-to-be legends like Built to Spill and Modest Mouse, Quasi went on to produce touchstone indie rock records throughout the 90’s and 00’s with their signature Rocksichord-and-drums (and later, guitar-and-drums) sound.
30 April 2010
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Cymbals Eat Guitars might be the most famous truly “independent†band in America right now (if you leave out Radiohead, of course). The Staten Island-based group charged into the blogosphere in early 2009 with the self-release of their highly acclaimed debut album Why There Are Mountains.
27 April 2010
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The exclamation point at the end of Los Campesinos!’s name is extremely appropriate. They’re a band bursting at the seams with passion and exuberance in almost every way. Los Campesinos!’s music combines catchy indie pop with breakneck speeds, soaring group vocals, and bright volume. Their lineup is packed with seven musicians; all friends who found each other at Cardiff University in Wales, all of whom have adopted “Campesinos†as their stage surname (like, say, the Ramones). And their songs, chock full with the wide-eyed yearnings and queasy fears of young romance and sexual awakening, seem determined to force themselves onto love struck adolescent mixtapes everywhere.
26 April 2010
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