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The Dutchess and the Duke Interview: SXSW 2010

Jesse Lortz and Kimberly Morrison make up the Dutchess and the Duke and have made quite a name for themselves playing across the country. With their old-school acoustic sound, their voices melt together as if they've been singing together forever. Spinner had the chance to chat with Lortz prior to the duo's stint at SXSW. How would you describe ...

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The Gourds Interview: SXSW 2010

The Gourds have been around for over a decade and with nine albums under their belt they continue to pump out "old school music." Spinner caught up with the Gourds' Kevin Russell -- who described their sound as "a parliament of owls BBQing in a pawnshop" -- to discuss the Austin-based bands' musical influences, the origin of their name and what it ...

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The Fresh and Onlys Interview: SXSW 2010

The Fresh and Onlys hail from San Francisco and formed back in 2008. The garage rock-pop band suffered a minor setback when Tim Cohen, the band's lead guitarist and songwriter, broke his hand. As a result, it was a difficult for Cohen to write songs on the guitar, so he switched to keyboards, one-handed. Something unexpected came out of the ...

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The Entrance Band Interview: SXSW 2010

Most artists start in a band then go solo, but for Guy Blakeslee it was the other way around. After releasing two solo albums under the name Entrance, it was luck and timing that started the Entrance Band. With comparisons to the Jimi Hendrix Experience the band is enjoying the ride that's taking members to SXSW. Describe your sound. I ...

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Superlasciva Interview: SXSW 2010

Superlasciva are a band from Argentina that have many different influences in their sound, from tango to rock and pop. The band started nearly a decade ago with two members and slowly grew once they moved from Goya to the capital, Buenos Aires. Originally, a friend called them "Superb" but they weren't fond about how it sounded, so they turned it ...

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Kilians Interview: SXSW 2010

Who could have imagined the amount of success this young band from Germany would have? Not these five young musicians from Dinslaken, who got together like many young musicians do, by meeting at school. Creative juices started to flow, and the band starting booking major shows all around Germany. In 2005, the indie rock band released its first EP. ...

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