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MG&V Interview: SXSW 2010

  • Posted on Apr 18th 2010 2:51PM by Ben Beach
The term supergroup seems to get overused these days. But when you gather the driving forces behind three rising-star bands on one stage, you make some exceptions for cliches. Such is the case with MG&V. The group gets its name from its three main songwriters: John McCauley, Taylor Goldsmith and Matt Vasquez, lead singers/guitarists for Deer ...

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Billy Bragg Talks Jail Guitar Doors USA, New Music With Wilco

  • Posted on Mar 20th 2010 1:51PM by Ben Beach
Following the Strummerville SXSW showcase at Austin, Texas venue Prague Wednesday night, Billy Bragg talked to Spinner about Jail Guitar Doors USA and a new album with Wilco. Talk about the Jail Guitar Doors USA project and your history with it. I started the project in England three years ago, getting guitars to people doing rehabilitation ...

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J Mascis Reveals His SXSW Plans

  • Posted on Mar 18th 2010 4:52PM by Ben Beach
At Dallas Fort Worth airport, I was sitting in the lounge waiting for my flight, and J Mascis sits down right across from me. I'm pretty sure I saw Lou Barlow waiting to board the flight as well. After arriving in Austin, I decided that if J is at the luggage carousel, I was going to approach him. Sure enough, I saw the long grey locks I was ...

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Eli Smith Interview: SXSW 2010

  • Posted on Mar 15th 2010 8:00AM by Ben Beach
Eli Smith is a busy man. Not only is he a burgeoning DJ and producer, he's also the co-founder and vice president of Santa Monica, Calif.-based So Sweet Records and spends part of his time in Tokyo running the label's Japanese branch. Spinner was glad to catch up with Smith recently in anticipation of his stint at SXSW, while he took some time off ...

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Random, aka Mega Ran, Interview: SXSW 2010

  • Posted on Mar 11th 2010 5:37PM by Ben Beach
Raheem Jarbo is not your average middle school teacher. Not many teachers are known by rap aliases like Random, aka Mega Ran, aka Random Beats, aka Big Ran. But these are the names by which the hip-hop and nerdcore communities best know Jarbo. The Philadelphia native and Penn State University graduate first came to notoriety for the critically ...

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L.A.X Interview: SXSW 2010

Started as a side project by the leader of a metal/hardcore outfit, Austin, Texas-based L.A.X have grown from a guy, a girl and a beat machine playing house parties to a six- (sometimes seven-)piece electro-pop band that is making the world its dance floor. Spinner recently chatted with vocalists Erin Jantzen and Yadira Brown – with ...

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