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In the closing hour of the live broadcast from Hopscotch, The Mattador had the opportunity to interview Dent May. The songwriter from Mississippi stopped by to chat about his unique sound, writing process, influences, and what makes a show awesome for the folks on stage. The set he went on to play at Deep South that night was stripped down compared to his albums, but it was all still super dance-able. Check out the interview.
WKNC’s The Lounge Presents – Free Cake for Every Creature
Lo-fi twee gang Free Cake For Every Creature played a quick session in The Lounge before their show at Slim’s on August 30th, 2014. The stop in Raleigh was the very last date of their extensive tour that led them from their home in New York to the west coast and eventually the lower Atlantic. One of the stops included the actual feminist book store featured in Portlandia.
You can see what Stereogum said about the tape FCFEC released on dbldblwhmmy records here or just get lost in some of those songs the band performed in the Lounge on our youtube channel.
On Saturday afternoon, after playing two shows the night before during Hopscotch 2014, Palehound came and talked with DJ Nasty Nate at Wristband City. They’re a Pavement-esque indie rock band off Exploding in Sound (a new record label with a really solid catalog worth keeping an eye on). During the interview we talk about frontwoman Ellen Kempner’s musical mentors and who the band was most excited to see at Hopscotch. We discussed a lot more too. Check out the interview.
WKNC’s Walter-Ego interviewed Museum Mouth during the 2014 Hopscotch Music Festival. Check out the interview below and on our iTunes podcast! Check back for more interviews later this week.
Jake Funke, (stage name: Funkss) is a producer and DJ based in Raleigh, NC who has been an instrumental figure in Raleigh’s burgeoning electronic scene. Since co-founding Fooly Cooly at Neptune’s with fellow DJ Chocolate Rice, Funkss has been cultivating a name for himself outside of Raleigh as well. Having recently been mentioned on NPR and opening for the likes of Yung Lean, Funkss graciously managed to take some time out of his busy Hopscotch schedule to answer a few questions for an interview. He played at the The Pour House on the last night of Hopscotch.
People seem to get pretty excited about local artists, but what about local record labels?
Negative Fun Records, a Raleigh-New Hampshire split label, sat down with Blue Cadet-3 and Jake from State Farm at wristband city on Friday of Hopscotch to talk about upcoming projects, and what their label is all about.
Negative Fun was started in 2012 by Chris DeFusco and John Whitney “to document great music, regardless of genre.” They’re independent and release vinyl singles only, recording artists such as Ghostt Bllonde, Hoax Hunters, and Midnight Plus One. Negative Fun separates itself from the rest not only because they strictly record vinyl, but because they don’t confine themselves to a single genre. Their mission is to support great local music, and keep the spirit of independent record labels alive.
You can hear WKNC’s interview with Negative Fun through the link below, or on our iTunes podcast.
Phian interviewed Local Band Local Beer veteran Clockwork Kids before they played at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub last Thursday.
Are Clockwork Kids’ drummers cursed? Their new drummer reveals all!
You can also hear three songs during the interview: Suffer, St. Peter’s Daughter, and Vacuum Heart.
Follow Clockwork Kids on Facebook and Twitter, and listen to more tracks on Bandcamp!
Phian interviewed Young Cardinals last Thursday before they played Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in Raleigh.
You can hear four of their songs during this interview: All You Others; Head I’m Not Home; Nothing Ever Happened, Not Even This; and A Dozen Places.
Check out the Young Cardinals on their website, like them on Facebook and hear more of their music on Bandcamp.
9/22: Danava w/ MAKE, Solar Halos @ Back Room
9/23: Senses Fail w/ No Bragging Rights, The Wind @ Cat’s Cradle
9/24: Tennis w/ Pure Bathing Culture @ Cat’s Cradle
9/24: Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds w/ Wailin’ Storms @ Pinhook
9/24: Shonen Knife w/ Pipe @ Pinhook
9/25: Yuna @ King’s Barcade
9/27: The Connells w/ The Backsliders, Chris Hendricks @ Raleigh Little Theater
PJ Sykes of Hoax Hunters swung by the Hopscotch live broadcast table to talk a bit about balancing being in a rock band with being a rock photographer, the Richmond scene, and defending the architectural quality of his favorite building in Richmond. The band rocked the Negative Fun Day Party at Legends later that week.