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Attack Attack! Interview: SXSW 2010

Attack Attack! is a blend of as many musical genres as members. The five-piece band from Columbus, Ohio is post-hardcore, electro, screamo, metalcore, head-banging, and "crabcore," attributed not to their sound, but to the quite athletically-demanding wide-legged stance the gents take live. Johnny Franck [vocals/guitar], Andrew Whiting [guitar], ...

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Body Language Interview: SXSW 2010

Body Language is the collaboration of Matthew Young, Grant Wheeler, Angelica Bess, and Ian Chang streaming out of the Brooklyn/New York scene. The quartet produces a jocular but smooth electronic sound, pulling influences from Chicago House to Detroit Techno and even the Beach Boys. The four-person band may have started with lil' ol' weekly ...

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Main Street Gospel Interview: SXSW 2010

Main Street Gospel is the type of mystic trip-rock band that makes live music worth living. Even the most devout of electro-heads will fiend to take a place with the good ol' boys under big sky country with a dose of sunshine. The Columbus, Ohio trio of Barry Dean (vocals, guitar), Tito (bass), and Adam Scoppa (drums) are enjoying the year of ...

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The League of Extraordinary Gz Interview: SXSW 2010

It takes eight diverse and talented Gz to make one extraordinary league. C.O.D. [Mr. Greezo, Tuk-da-gat, S-Dot, Lil' J], SouthBound [LowKey, Sandman], and Dred Skott [Esbe, Reggie Coby] are a central Texas street movement of soul, political passion, and lyrical acrobatics here to rival any straight gangsta sound out there. With their self-titled ...

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Peelander-Z Interview: SXSW 2010

In case there was concern that the world of music was going to die from a case of chronic seriousness, Peelander-Z are here to save planet Earth. They are not American. They are not Japanese. They are not human -- they claim to hail from the Z area of Planet Peelander -- and they are here to eat your smiles. The New York-based Japanese ...

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Caspian Interview: SXSW 2010

Since the band's inception in 2004, Caspian has been delivering focused, resolute post-rock. The Beverly, Mass., band will be on the road for three months this spring, crossing North America three times before jetting off for a European tour in May. Spinner talked with Philip Jamieson, guitar/programming/samples, about their return appearance at ...

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