October 15, 2008

Tiny Mix Tapes

INTERVIEWS

TV on the Radio (David Sitek) "I’ll put my two cents in, but I’m perfectly fine if they get thrown right back."
Foot Village "The idea of being aware of culture means that we’re not so full of ourselves that we think we’re gonna define it or change it."
Mogwai (Stuart Braithwaite) "Mogwai unplugged would be fucking horrendous. Just the thought of Martin hitting bongos."
The Dutchess & the Duke "You just kind of crap it out all over."
by Hipster
Jeremy Jay "I don’t want to be the person sitting up in the tower just making all the music by myself."
Los Campesinos! "I’ve actually come to resent the glockenspiel quite a bit."
by Elzee
Neil Halstead (Mojave 3) "If you gotta go with a company, I’m happy to go with guys that I’m friends with."
Cloud Cult "Knowing that that there’s radio play now and that a larger audience is hearing it means that I feel responsible for what I put out there."
by Elzee
Karl Blau “I really feel strongly about this whole Northwest thing, making this my world and developing it, and letting that resonate out into the world.”
Fleet Foxes "Honestly, beard sanitizer is something we like to keep around."
Chris Schlarb "I enjoy creating collaborations on the spot, where the people have no choice but to improvise with each other."
by Nari
Lasse Marhaug "I’m still in my 30s! A bit early to be nostalgic isn’t it?"
by Mangoon
Doseone "These are my people, and our music is our purpose."
Pocahaunted The Olsen Twins of Drone
Josh Ritter "Putting all this pressure on a song to change culture is impossibly big for a song."
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