Interview with Hey Now Morris Fader

Alex Sacco and Brooks Milgate make up the two-man piano/drums duo known as Hey Now, Morris Fader. Hailing from just outside Worcester, the pair is busy preparing for the release of their second album, Ride The Fader, which will be released on November 7.

Sacco and Milgate began their musical journey in December 2005, while playing at The Mill St. Brew in Southbridge. It was at this point they decided to try something unique, thus forming a duo that substituted guitar for piano. After spending over a year working on their debut album, Bang the Bass, Turn up the Treble was released in June 2007 on Buckwad Records. Read more

Exclusive Interview with Cassidy

“What breaks up a band?” That question has been pondered and argued over for years, and was also how my interview with Cassidy started. Six months ago that question would replay in my mind (as well as many others) whenever I thought about Antigone Rising, the band which Cassidy previously fronted. Read more

Exclusive Tegan and Sara Interview

The Canadian twins, Tegan and Sara, are back in the US to embark on a fall 2008 tour with supporting acts, City and Colour and Girl in a Coma. The indie-duo launched their musical career back in 1998 after grabbing the attention of Neil Young’s label, Vapor Records, and most recently released their fifth studio album, The Con, on Warner Music. Read more

Interview with Phil Kominski from Lloyd Dobler Effect

It is said that when you are on the right path, things just sort of fall into place. If there is any truth to that cliché, then Lloyd Dobler Effect are right where they need to be. Having formed eight years ago, Lloyd Dobler Effect’s path has taken them on a whirlwind journey of show after show, performing over 1,400 shows in 39 states and 14 countries. Having just finished their third Armed Forces Entertainment Tour, being named Boru Vodka’s Defend the Bar Band winner, and currently touring nationally in the United States, the Lloyd Dobler Effect may just be onto something. Read more

Interview with Los Campesinos!

It’s obvious that indie rock dance music is all the rage…everywhere.  And while I have fond romances with all the indie rock dance groups in America it seems as if the European bands have more of a handle on the cutting edge freshness of the indie dance music scene. Specifically I am talking about the shiny new faces of Los Campesinos!

Los Campesinos! was formed by seven friends attending college in Wales at Cardiff University in 2006. “We were all in college and Nils decided he wanted to start a band” violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist Harriet Campesinos! said. Read more