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The Plastic Wave Interview: SXSW 2010

Filed under: Concerts and Tours

In the hubbub of SXSW, it's safe to say that most people don't think about the simplest of freedoms that we, as Americans, tend to take for granted. Many of the names that pepper this year's lineup would balk at the idea of risking life and limb simply to create and play music. Saeid Nadjafi, a.k.a. Natch, of the genre-bending, experimental Iranian brother and sister duo The Plastic Wave, took the time to speak with Spinner about the challenges the siblings face in their home country and the joy that can be shared by and through making music.

Can you describe your sound?

Well, basically, I am not interested in categorizing our music. It brings on too many limitations. If I want to say something, maybe I would say pop music, but I do not like to say something that limits what we can do.

How did you form The Plastic Wave?

I started this project more than three years ago with my sister. We did not have a special purpose to release any songs or any projects. The Plastic Wave was my solo project at the time. We played a show (together), and we got arrested by the Iranian police, and when I got out, I recorded my tracks again and revised them. And after a while, I knew I needed another singer on my solo project, so my sister joined me, and we recorded more songs, and we have put these tracks together to try and play festivals such as SXSW.

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The Coolness Interview: SXSW 2010

Filed under: Concerts and Tours

Describing their sound as "disco beats, Casio keyboards, KISS-meets-'90s rave music," the members of The Coolness bring a fusion of rock and dance music to their performances. The guys bonded over a "love of Oasis, Jimi Hendrix, dance music and the Stone Roses." Originally from Portsmouth, England, the band now resides in London, and the band's vocalist, Chaz John Ross, and drummer, Eddie Lyons, talked to Spinner before heading to SXSW.

Describe your sound in your own words.

Chaz: Disco beats, Casio keyboards, KISS-meets-'90s rave music.

Eddie: Loud guitar, four crazy guys ripping up the rock 'n' roll telephone directory.

How did your band form?

Chaz and Eddie: We originate from Portsmouth, a.k.a. Pompey, which is a small island off the south coast of England, next to the Isle Wight Festival. It was once the most densely populated city in Europe and houses the world's largest Council Estate, Leigh Park. We all met at South Downs Art College more ten years ago. We now live in Methnal Green, a trendy part of East London.
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Holy Fuck: Holy Fuck Announces New LP, 'Latin,' Via Chatroulette

When popular new chatting site Chatroulette isn't being used for nonsense and random oddball conversations, it's apparently become a new way to announce albums and stream new singles. Synthesizer enthusiasts/dance rockers Holy Fuck took to Chatroulette to hip fans to the band's upcoming album, Latin, and its first leak, "Latin America," that will appear in mp3 form next week. Latin is the band first's album since 2007's LP as well as the first to feature Holy Fuck's touring rhythm section.

 

"Latin America" is streaming now on Chatroulette. Latin is due out May 11.

DA C.O.D. Interview: SXSW 2010

Filed under: Concerts and Tours

The four members of the upbeat hip-hop group DA C.O.D. -- Lil J, S. Dot, Mr. Greezo and Tuk-Da-Gat -- will be heading to SXSW for the third time. Spinner recently spoke with Mr. Greezo about the group's return trip to the festival and DA C.O.D.'s plans for a new album release.

How would you describe your sound?

Soulful, Texas, international, gangster, conscious, hip-hop. C.O.D. is a more upbeat kind of tempo group. We have a real good live stage performance. We try to make a lot of uplifting-type of records. We definitely make it for the streets. We make music for college kids. We make music for a wide range of people that go to the club or really jam in their car.

How did the group form?

The group started in 2005, as far as the rap group. The C.O.D., which stands for the Circle of Death, is a neighborhood that S. Dot lived in, and Lil J and S. Dot grew up together. They've known each other since they were little kids. I showed up in the C.O.D. in 1999 and Tuk came around in 2000. That's just in this little neighborhood, where we met each other, we were hanging out, doin' all types of crazy things, and I was rappin' solo, and we just got together as a group after I got out of jail in 2005. Lil J and S. Dot were doing their own thing in the city. Since I rapped, it was natural for them to come to me. I put them on shows, and as time went on, we all got together. We put out our first collective mixed tape in 2007, and every year since then, we've dropped a new one. We've also put out other projects or what not.
Greg Holden Interview: SXSW 2010

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Singer/songwriter Greg Holden is a native of Lancashire, England, and a recent transplant to New York City. His friendly folk strumming and whiskey-smooth vocals may sound familiar to music fans who also happen to be 'Private Practice' viewers, as Holden's tunes have been used in that ABC drama. Spinner recently spoke to Holden about his spontaneous move to the States and his plans for his first trip to SXSW.

Describe your sound.

I'd say anything between folk, soul and pop. I write poems and put them to melodic acoustic music. Sometimes I try to rock, sometimes I don't so much.

How did you get started playing music?

By realizing I was going nowhere and needed a goal or dream. So I listened to Bob Dylan records for a year and then decided my goal was to move to New York and be a troubadour. Somehow, amazingly, eight years later, I made it to New York. Weird.
Carolina Chocolate Drops Interview: SXSW 2010

Filed under: Concerts and Tours, Exclusive

Carolina Chocolate Drops, an all-black old-time string band from Durham, N.C., combine the traditional with the new to create a compelling musical experience. Dom Flemons, one of the group's three musicians -- who use a variety of instruments to play their tunes -- discusses the band's history, goals and why their music is both unique and common.

Describe your sound in your own words.

I would say the sound is an exuberance and joy of fiddle and banjo, the joy of American music. It's dance music and it's also sit down and listening music all at the same time.

How did your band form?

Our group got together at an event called the Black Banjo Gathering in North Carolina in April 2005. Now that was a one-time event on the black and African roots of the banjo. The three of us all came individually. We were all interested in old-time string band music of one kind or another before that, but the gathering was really the catalyst that started the smaller movement to create awareness about the black and African roots of the banjo and black participation in country music and string band and bluegrass music that you would associate with white people. That was how we started. We studied with a fellow called Joe Thompson, who's a 91-year-old black fiddler. We've learned a lot of his repertoire and we also incorporated a lot of jug band music, early jazz and early blues. That's the basic gist of it.
MGMT: MGMT Apologizes For "Flash Delirium"

You know that new MGMT track that leaked this week? The one that had fans either excited or in an angry uproar because it was so different? Turns out MGMT heard the latter cries of unhappiness. One half of the duo apologized for "Flash Delirium," a track nothing like the band's previous hits, in an interview with Spinner. Here's a snippet of what Ben Goldwasser revealed to the site:

"When we first wrote that song, we were laughing so hard. Andrew [VanWyngarden] just reminded me of that, that we thought it was the funniest thing we'd ever heard. And then we got used to it, it started to sound more normal. It's not a single, but we thought it was a good way to entice people to listen to the whole record. I'm sure there are plenty of people who think it's completely weird and not what they were expecting. I'm sorry."

So he's basically apologizing for the band taking their music in a different direction? Huh. Anyway, Congratulations drops April 13.

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These United States Interview: SXSW 2010

Filed under: Concerts and Tours

These United States have zigzagged their way across the real United States many times, persevering through automotive troubles, worn out shoes and hundreds of live shows. Their prolific recorded output rivals their rigorous touring schedule, with the band releasing two albums in 2008 and another in 2009. The band recently finished recording an as-yet-untitled fourth CD, to be released sometime in 2010, and before heading off to SXSW -- and killing time while the band's van, Evangelina, broke down in Los Angeles -- founding member Jesse Elliott spoke with Spinner about staying productive, eating Mexican food and braving snowy roadways.

Describe your sound in your own words.
I never know what words to use; it's just rock and roll, nothing too fancy ... a sort of melting pot of Americana influences with a few British and African influences thrown in for good measure. Not that we're anywhere near this ballpark, but in the back of our brains we're more like (Bruce) Springsteen and (Tom) Petty and all that. And we just got done recording our fourth album. It sort of takes it back a little more to some of the moodier, introspective bedroom bullshit, but then it's still a decent amount of over-the-top, bombastic bullshit thrown in, too. So it's the best of both bullshits, you know?

How did your band form?
Slowly and painfully, in the evolutionary kind of way. When the band first started, it was me and a rotating cast of characters, but in the last two years it solidified around me, J. Tom Hnatow on pedal steel and guitar, and Robby Cosenza on drums. The three of us formed the core of it a couple years ago, and in the last year and a half we've had Justin Craig and Colin Kellogg become part of the permanent lineup. The five of us are a real, live, actual rock and roll band, so it's been very exciting. Robbie was a friend of a friend, and we first hooked up when he was in Lexington and I was in D.C., and Tom came out and saw us once, and Justin was a friend of Robbie's. Colin, we just met in a bar one night, and he tried to pick us all up and take us home. We refused, but we said you can join the band if you want.

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