‘Interviews’ Archives
BumberPick: Hey Marseilles Light Up a Cathedral + Interview!
In honor of Bumbershoot 2010, Matt Bishop, Philip Kobernik, and Samuel Anderson of Hey Marseilles were kind enough to take time out of their jet-setting schedules and give the readers of SSG a private show. Are you familiar with Hey Marseilles? They are a seven-piece band based out of Seattle, Washington, and have stolen the hearts of just about every person who has ever heard their music. They [...]
BumberPick: The Maldives + Video Interview!
The Maldives were kind enough to get together three of their members to give SSG the esteemed honor of a private show and interview earlier this week in honor of Bumbershoot 2010. Are you familiar with The Maldives? They are a nine-piece band out of Seattle, Washington that plays a multitude of sounds. Some call them alt-country, I'd like to call them epic-Americana. Instrumentation they [...]
Sabzi Gives SSG the Scoop on TOWNFOLK
On Saturday of last week, Grynch gave SSG heads up that Sabzi of Blue Scholars was launching a new website with a remix of "My Volvo." Little did we know what an in depth website it was going to be! With all of the tweets flying, we thought it would be good to hear from the man himself about TOWNFOLK, aka Townfo.lk. Have a look-see, and be sure to check out the site--it's bomb. What inspired you [...]
Magical Mistakes
Magical Mistakes @ Sureshot| 8/18| 7 pm| FREE| All Ages Photo by Charlotte Small There are very few artists who make jaws drop just by the pure skill they show in what they do on stage. There are far fewer who also create inspiring music that is pleasing to the ear. One of these unknown artists is Magical Mistakes. Erik Luebs, the man behind the moniker, began his musical life learning [...]
Fan Mail: An interview with Kathryn Calder
Kathryn Calder visited Seattle as part of the New Pornographers tour and I was lucky to get ten minutes of her time for this interview. Her solo album called Are you my mother? was just released in Canada and she has a video for her second single “Slip Away” fresh from the oven (it's at the bottom of the page). There is also a little article and download of her first single, “Arrow”, [...]
CHBP 2010: Street Sounds w/ Larry Mizell Jr.
I got a few minutes in The Bean Room with Seattle's Mayor of Hip-Hop, Larry Mizell Junior (Lar). It's been a minute since SSG has caught up with him in official capacity, so I snagged myself some face time. Not only does Mizell give us the updates on what's up with him in the music industry, including his appointment in the music commission by Mayor Mike McGinn, but he also talks block party, [...]
CHBP 2010: Magnetic Blackness with Pearl Dragon
Pearl Dragon of Champagne Champagne paused while giving his phone number to an intoxicated homie to rap at me for a minute. Block Party love!
CHPB 2010: 50 Seconds with P Smoov
P Smoov, rapper in and producer of Fresh Espresso and Mad Rad, took a break from signing autographs to holler at an SSG. Thanks P! (See Suzi Pratt's review of Mad Rad here.)
Fan Mail: Seven Questions with Ariana Murray of AdRad
Ariana Murray was kind enough to give me 30 seconds of her time before going up on the stage with Admiral Radley and answered this Q&A: Q: What’s your favorite Schwarzenegger movie? Commando is my favorite one because there’s that scene at the end where they invade the mansion. I just like the action. Q: Favorite childhood toy? My Fisher Price record player. By far! That thing [...]
An interview with My Education
My Education was just in Seattle, and they delivered a thrilling set. The audience was fixated on the stage as the eight musicians told emotional, thought provoking tales with strings, keys, percussion, and a vibraphone. In promotion of their new record Sunrise, they are going to be playing the entire score in accompaniment with a silent film for the final time in Los Angeles on June 15th at [...]
