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The National on Performing Live
The National's front-man Matt Berninger talks about his onstage stance, his comfort level on stage and the feeling of playing a great show.
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Akron Family Videos
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Akron/Family on "Magic" Music Making
The members of Akron/Family talk about their "space-age democracy" approach to creating their experimental rock sound.
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Akron/Family on Love Is Simple
Akron/Family members talk about their most recent album, Love Is Simple, and the eclectic influences they draw upon to make music.
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Deerhoof
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Deerhoof on Offend Maggie
John Dieterich of Deerhoof describes the process behind crafting the material for their 9th and latest LP, Offend Maggie, including new member recruitment and how everything's "a complete freakout."
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Deerhoof on "What We're Trying to Do"
Greg Saunier of Deerhoof pontificates with fascination (and fascinatingly) about musical purpose and motivation, tying together the extremes of both harsh Japanese noise music and the high melodrama of U2's The Unforgettable Fire. Music's a "big question mark."
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Deerhoof on "What Remains Unchanged"
Greg Saunier of Deerhoof mulls over what it is that is constant, if anything, in Deerhoof's music, no matter how much the band and its output changes. Conclusion: "Nothing stayed the same."
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Deerhoof on the Current Listening Rotation
Greg Saunier of Deerhoof loves listening to music but doesn't do it that much. Why do people react to certain sounds? Also: comparing musical impulse to both the time he got hit by a car and eating new foods.
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Deerhoof: Live in Portland, OR #1
Live in Portland, Oregon, from their recent Offend Maggie tour, Deerhoof perform "Wrong Time Capsule" off their 2005 LP The Runners Four.
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Deerhoof: Live in Portland, OR #2
Live in Portland, Oregon, from their recent Offend Maggie tour, Deerhoof perform "The Perfect Me" off their 2007 LP Friend Opportunity.
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Black Kids Videos
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Black Kids' Reggie Youngblood On His Obsession With Music
Black Kids' Reggie Youngblood talks about "throwing my life away on music."
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Black Kids Go CD Shopping
Black Kids go CD shopping at NYC's famed Other Music and fill us in on music they're into.
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The Coup Videos
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The Coup on Political Music
Boots Riley talks about the Mau Mau Rhythm Collective and the roots of The Coup's political music.
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The Coup on Musical Influences
Boots Riley talks about artists and the environment that influenced The Coup's sound.
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Death Cab for Cutie
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Death Cab for Cutie on Neil Young & Other Favorite Artists
Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and Jason McGerr talk about their love of '60s rockers, Danger Mouse, Neil Young, Wilco, Talking Heads and Brian Eno.
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Death Cab for Cutie "Exactly like the Beatles?"
Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and Jason McGerr talk about having a #1 album, loving "pop songs" and being (in their words) "exactly like the Beatles."
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Death Cab for Cutie & the Impact of the Pacific Northwest
Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and Jason McGerr talk about how living in Seattle and Portland impacts their music. They also shed light on the creation of "I Will Possess Your Heart."
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Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla on Producing
Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and Jason McGerr talk about Chris's role as producer of the group's albums, including the "live" feel and analog sound of Narrow Stairs.
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Dengue Fever Videos
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Dengue Fever On Their Name
Founder Ethan Holtzman explains how Dengue Fever became a reality and where they got their band name.
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Drive By Truckers Videos
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Drive-By Truckers on Their Latest Album
Drive-By Truckers' front-man Patterson Hood talks about Brighter Than Creation's Dark, and the band's near-break-up and resulting rebirth.
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Drive-By Truckers on the Americana Revival
Drive-By Truckers' front-man Patterson Hood discusses the new, cool Americana bands and the swampy soul of Muscle Shoals Studios. (Plus the Jack Daniels connection.)
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Drive-By Truckers on Fave Sounds
Drive-By Truckers' front-man Patterson Hood talks about digging the usual suspects (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc.), plus some punk rock and, surprise, Todd Rundgren.
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Drive-By Truckers' Fave '08 Albums
Drive-By Truckers' front-man Patterson Hood props the Hold Steady, My Morning Jacket and Athens (the city in GA).
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Ex Reverie Videos
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Ex Reverie's Gillian Chadwick And Fern Knight's Margie Weink
Freak Folk artists Gillian Chadwick and Margie Weink talk about their collaboration and Ex Reverie's The Door Into Summer.
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Everclear Videos
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Everclear's Art Alexakis On How The Pixies Changed His Life
Interviewed in Portland, OR, Everclear's Art Alexakis talks about the first time he heard the Pixies' Doolittle, and how it inspired him to get a band.
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Everclear's Art Alexakis On Making Mixtapes
Everclear's Art Alexakis talks about mixtapes he's made for his fiancee.
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Everclear's Art Alexakis On The Music He Digs
Everclear's Art Alexakis talks about his current rotation and other music that has had an impact on him.
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Everclear's Art Alexakis On The Vegas Years
Everclear's Art Alexakis talks about the group's album of cover songs, The Vegas Years, and why they recorded Tom Petty's "American Girl."
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Fiery Furnaces Videos
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The Fiery Furnaces On Dream Collabos
Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger talk about the dream: collaborating with George Bush. And other silliness.
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The Fiery Furnaces On Their Favorite Music
Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger talk about the music they love and the music they'd like to love.
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Fern Knight Videos
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Fern Knight's Margie Wienk Performs "Magpie Suite"
Margie Wienk and Gillian Chadwick perform "Magpie Suite" off the new self-titled Fern Knight album
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Ex Reverie's Gillian Chadwick And Fern Knight's Margie Weink
Freak Folk artists Gillian Chadwick and Margie Weink talk about their collaboration and Ex Reverie's The Door Into Summer.
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Jolie Holland Videos
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Jolie Holland on Bob Dylan & Tom Waits
Jolie Holland talks about Bob Dylan and admirer Tom Waits, and what their music means to her.
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Live: Jolie Holland Sings "Delia"
Jolie Holland exclusively performs a soulful version of Willie McTell's "Delia."
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Jolie Holland on The Living & the Dead
Jolie Hollands talks about The Living & the Dead, and working with M. Ward and Marc Ribot.
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Live: Jolie Holland Sings "Mexico City"
Jolie Holland exclusively performs "Mexico City," off The Living & the Dead.
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Joseph Arthur Videos
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Joseph Arthur Paints & Sings
Joseph Arthur gets wacky, squirts paint, and sings a cappella about his new EPs.
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Joseph Arthur On Internet Creativity
Joseph Arthur plays music at his studio and talks about the Net as a force for artistic creativity.
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Joseph Arthur On Being Signed By Peter Gabriel
Joseph Arthur on: being discovered by Peter Gabriel; growing up in Akron, Ohio; and being a musician and painter.
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Joseph Arthur In His Recording Studio
Joseph Arthur plays a new song, talks about overcoming fear, and the Internet as the "digital collective unconscious."
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Hold Steady Videos
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The Hold Steady on Favorite Music
The Hold Steady's Craig Finn talks about meeting Joe Strummer and Bruce Springsteen. Plus, some of the music that changed his life.
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The Hold Steady on Stay Positive
The Hold Steady's Craig Finn talks about the latest Hold Steady album, hanging onto youthful idealism and the responsibility we all share to stay informed.
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The Hold Steady on Favorite Music
The Hold Steady's Craig Finn talks about the Bay City Rollers, the Replacements and other music he dug as a kid -- plus what he digs now.
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The Hold Steady on Rock & Religion
The Hold Steady's Craig Finn talks the themes that run through the group's albums -- forgiveness and redempti
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Lou Reed Videos
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Perry Farrell Interviews Lou Reed About Berlin.
The Jane's Addiction front man talks to Lou Reed about Berlin and Madonna.
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MGMT Videos
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MGMT on 'Stereotypical Pop Songs'
MGMT members Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden talk about how they write songs, and the benefits of sleep deprivation.
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MGMT on Their Love of Nature
MGMT members Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden talk about their love of animals, insects and nature.
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MGMT on Their New Sound
MGMT members Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden talk about their next album and what it might sound like.
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Michael Stipe Videos
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R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe On Accelerate
Michael Stipe talks about how his dreams inspire his songwriting.
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Nicole Atkins Videos
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Nicole Atkins On Her "Pop Noir" Sound
Singer/songwriter Nicole Atkins talks about her "pop noir" sound, complete with "crooning," and her dream band.
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Nicole Atkins On Her Hometown, And More
Singer/songwriter Nicole Atkins talks about infomercials, "beautiful decay," and NJ's Asbury Park as she knows it.
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The National Videos
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The National on Touring
The National's front-man Matt Berninger talks about the tedium of touring and what it would be like to hit the road with Mother Teresa and Gandhi in a tour bus.
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The National on Boxer
The National's front-man Matt Berninger talks about the group's most recent album, Boxer, and its theme: the anxieties of growing up.
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The National on Becoming a Musician
The National's front-man Matt Berninger talks about how he went from being a music fan to the leader of a critically acclaimed band. Plus, his thoughts on band names.
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The National on Performing Live
The National's front-man Matt Berninger talks about his onstage stance, his comfort level on stage and the feeling of playing a great show.
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Peter Moren Videos
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Peter Moren Of Peter Bjorn And John On Success
Singer-songwriter Peter Moren talks about his lo-fi solo album, The Last Tycoon, and why "This Is What I Came For" is his favorite song on the album.
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Peter Moren Of Peter Bjorn And John On Success
Singer-songwriter Peter Moren talks about dealing with success, how he feels about his solo career, making The Last Tycoon and more.
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Tom Morello Videos
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Tom Morello On Social Justice
Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello talks about music for social change and his solo side project, The Nightwatchman.
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Tom Morello On Being Inspired By The Clash, And More
Tom Morello shares his thoughts on Barack Obama, the politics of John Coltrane, how The Clash inspired him to play music, and his role in the band that made him famous, Rage Against the Machine.
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Tom Morello Videos
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The Ruby Suns on Their Groovy Pop Sound
The Ruby Suns' Ryan McPhun talks about traveling to Kenya, writing songs there and recording animal sounds.
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The Ruby Suns' Favorite Music
The Ruby Suns' Ryan McPhun talks about digging Neutral Milk Hotel & Phil Collins, plus the odd instruments on Sea Lion.
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The Ruby Suns: D.I.Y.-Style
The Ruby Suns' Ryan McPhun talks about his D.I.Y. approach, creative freedom and the stress of touring.
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Calexico
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Calexico on Their New Album
Joey Burns of Calexico talks about their new album, Carried to Dust, including the writing process and the literary/electrical influences behind the title.
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Calexico on I'm Not There
Joey Burns of Calexico discusses their work on the soundtrack of the Dylan biopic I'm Not There, on both the score and a collaboration with Willie Nelson.
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Calexico on a Musical Upbringing
Joey Burns of Calexico goes into a couple of his influences, namely: A) his formal music training, and B) post-punkers the Minutemen.
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Calexico on Their Favorite Albums
Joey Burns of Calexico names his top albums of all time: the Minutemen, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Conor Oberst, an anthology of Mexican folk...
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Calexico on Music and Regions
Joey Burns of Calexico discusses the effects of where he's lived - Los Angeles, CA and Tuscon, AZ - without neglecting his band's international palette and make-up.
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Tegan and Sara
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Tegan & Sara on Growing Up
Tegan & Sara share their thoughts on their upbringing in Canada (and how it relates them to Britney Spears). Plus: not writing love songs.
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Tegan & Sara on Living Apart
Tegan & Sara talk about their separate home lives and cities, and how it allows for the perfect working atmosphere.
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Tegan & Sara on Neil Young
Tegan & Sara recall an encounter with Neil Young that prefigured their now eight-year run of records on his label, Vapor Records.
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Tegan & Sara on Songwriting
Tegan & Sara discuss their song-personalities and how the band succeeds as a contrast between them. Plus: whose material is loved more by "the kids?
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PJ Harvey and John Parish
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PJ Harvey & John Parish on Neil Young, Captain Beefheart
PJ Harvey & John Parish, who collaborated on A Woman a Man Walked By, talk about the artists that have influenced them, including Neil Young, T. Rex, Captain Beefheart and the Rolling Stones.
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PJ Harvey & John Parish on Becoming a Musician
PJ Harvey & John Parish each discuss choosing the musicians' life.
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PJ Harvey & John Parish on PJ's Evolution
John Parish talks about how PJ Harvey has evolved as an artist in the more than 20 years they've been friends and musical collaborators. PJ Harvey explains her approach to "serving each song."
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PJ Harvey & John Parish on A Woman a Man Walked By
PJ Harvey & John Parish talk about their second collaborative album, A Woman a Man Walked By, and its relationship to their previous project, Dance Hall at Louse Point.
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PJ Harvey on What Inspired Her Collaborative Projects with John Parish
PJ Harvey talks about how her songs come together with John Parish's musical cooperation.
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John Parish on Working with PJ Harvey
John Parish discusses his creative process, and precisely how he collaborates with PJ Harvey.
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