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The Coal Men Interview: SXSW 2010

Nashville trio the Coal Men is composed of lead singer and guitarist Dave Coleman, bassist Jason "Hitch" Hitchcock and drummer Dave Ray. Their music is rich with storytelling yet has an easygoing, "down home" feel that washes over the listener like a warm breeze in some Zen-fully pristine field. In advance of the band's SXSW debut, we talk to ...

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The Click Clack Boom Interview: SXSW 2010

The Click Clack Boom started as a two-man outfit from rural Mifflintown, Pa. Now a full garage band, lead singer Nathaniel Hoho and drummer Grant Wilson are joined by bassist Bill Newman, keyboardist Sam Primak and guitarist Eric Miller. Making its second appearance at SXSW this year, the band with a high-flying sound speaks to us about living in ...

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The City Lives Interview: SXSW 2010

Chase Kerby's dreamy, affected vocal soars in the power ballads of The City Lives, a band from Oklahoma City. In addition to Kerby on keys, guitarists Josh McCleskey and Sammy Mitchell, bassist Shaun Brown and drummer Eric Gameros round out the strong, unified sound of the band. Getting ready for SXSW, Kerby speaks with us about loving depressing ...

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The Clutters Interview: SXSW 2010

They might hail from Nashville, but The Clutters are anything but country. Instead, the four-member band, comprised of Doug Lehmann, lead singer and guitarist, bassist Jake Rosswog, drummer Stephanie Filippini and Todd Kemp on keyboard, embraces the hallmarks of '60s garage rock with a fast-moving, toe-tapping indie flair. Lehmann talks to Spinner ...

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Capstan Shafts Interview: SXSW 2010

The Capstan Shafts might sound like some exotic outfit with several bearded instrumentalists, but the band actually started as the solo act of Dean Wells, of Harpers Ferry, W.V., by way of Lyndonville, Vt. Best known for sounding like he makes tracks in his bedroom with a cassette recorder, Wells' acclaimed style of lo-fi garage pays homage to the ...

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The Chinese Stars Interview: SXSW 2010

A plaintive vocal atop "weird guitar," "thick, fuzzy bass" and "steady monotonous beats"-- These sounds conjure the post-punk work of The Chinese Stars, a band from Providence, R.I. The group reverent of no-wave music of the late '70s and '80s is composed of singer Eric Paul, bassist and synth player V. Von Ricci, drummer Craig Kureck and guitarist ...

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The Caribbean Interview: SXSW 2010

There's definitely more to the Caribbean than a slow, meandering sound. The five-member band, which got its start 10 years ago in Washington, D.C., includes Michael Kentoff on vocals and guitar, Tony Dennison on drums and brass, Don Campbell on drums, bass and slide guitar, and Dave Jones on electric guitar and banjo. In anticipation of the group's ...

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