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Interview: SXSW Recap with Curbside Jones

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Photo by Joonbug Interview by Mark Noisiri and Travis Phillips TST caught up with rising Texas hip hop artist Curbside Jones after his first experience as a performer at this year’s South by Southwest Festival. As a resident of SXSW’s host city, Austin, TX, Jones diverged on many aspects of the festival that out-of-towners and [...]

Podcast: Interview with Mickey Factz

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Mark and Travis interview RCA Recording artist and XXL Freshman alumni Mickey Factz. The NY emcee has lately been laying low of media coverage the past several months due to extensive work on his upcoming mixtape titled Mickey MauSe. TST gives you the inside scoop on the heavily conceptual project, Factz’ thoughts on the 2012 [...]

Interview: ‘Louder Than A Bomb’ Director Greg Jacobs

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TST spoke to Director Greg Jacobs whose critically acclaimed feature film Louder Than A Bomb comes out on DVD March 20th. During the interview we discuss how the documentary came to be, the filmmakers impact and the films 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Click here for the interview.

Interview: Evans Blue Singer Dan Chandler

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Popular Indie rock band Evans Blue is preparing for the April release of their fourth album “Graveyard of Empires”. The album is the follow-up to 2009’s self-titled LP. While the album is being mixed and mastered and the 2012 tour scheduled prepared, singer Dan Chandler chatted with TST about the new album, his musical influences [...]

Interview: Datsik

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Whether you love it or hate it, dubstep is an electronic force to be reckoned with. A select few were around to watch its ascension to the mainstream, one of those artists being Canadian artist Datsik. Without a full-length release to date, Troy Beetles, under the moniker Datsik, is one of the leading figureheads in [...]

Slip of the Tongue: Micah Buzan Interview

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In this episode of Slip of the Tongue, Will is joined by Micah Buzan to discuss his album “Word Salad”, one of his Top Five Underground Albums of 2011. Micah Buzan Interview(mp3 link) Listen to Slip of the Tongue on iTunes!

Interview: Shelby Lynne of The Black Belles

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The Black Belles are a Nashville based foursome. Jack White is often credited for the discovery and rising indie-fame of the group, though I think he and Third Man Records simply beat everyone to the punch. The Black Belles have been described as ‘garage goth’ by several. They drag dirty, vintage rock to a place [...]

Interview: William Cashion of Future Islands

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As you might guess, I’m a pretty big fan of Future Islands. I became aware of the trio’s existence just before their LP, In Evening Air, came out in 2010. Their consistent touring habits and push to create and release interesting, uniquely styled, emotionally driven, danceable, electro-gelled tunes keeps me on edge, and has rightfully [...]