Posts tagged music
One of my favorite up-and-coming indie artists is Ivana XL and we had the honor of interviewing her over at TGD. There is a lot to like about this interview but the highlight for me is this quote (when we asked her if she had an “aha” moment with music):
When I was about 20, I had my first break-up and went to our place in Italy to get myself together. I was completely devastated, love-sick, the whole thing. So I was playing guitar in my room and I guess I sort of stopped thinking about what I was doing and this song just came out in like two minutes: “The News”. Ever since then, it’s felt completely natural to write. Writing music is the best therapy. That was the moment when I thought, “Okay, this is what I’m going to do.”
It’s not every day that you get an opportunity to chat with a well-known music artist, especially one that’s extremely honest, down-to-earth, and generous with his time. Tina sums it up best why this was a special interview for us:
“Bazan’s Strange Negotiations came out in May 2011 and was on heavy rotation for us the rest of the summer—the summer of The Great Discontent. We spent those months working late into the evenings with music playing and the windows open; the warm, humid air rolled in around us as we talked, dreamt, hoped, questioned, and made something. We launched TGD in August and Negotiations is a reminder of the months leading up to publishing our first interview. When David agreed to talk with us, we were stoked. It seemed fitting that he would round out our 2011 lineup…”
Yes, we had the honor of talking with David Bazan for our final interview of 2011. It’s a long one, so grab a coffee and settle in or save it for later…
(Photo by Laura Musselman)
‘The Ghost Who Walks’ by Karen Elson - Been listening to this track nonstop for the past couple days. So good.
Creative direction proposal for Ellie Goulding by James Kirkup. On a related note, I’ve been listening to Ellie’s EP on rdio for the past several weeks and thoroughly enjoying it. Looking forward to the full-length release in the US.
The Lengths - The Black Keys Track of the afternoon.
Absolutely brilliant…
Diego Stocco built an instrument by combining a violin, viola, cello and double bass…played with drum stick, spoons, fork and other stuff.
(via swissmiss)
Great concept…
Owen | Good Friends, Bad Habits (via swissmiss)
Falling by The Civil Wars - Love it. Get the album free here.
