Blog Topic: Q&A
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Homedrone: Behind the Scene: Jason Thrasher
Welcome to Behind the Scene, a monthly series where Flagpole and DTproductions profile the people who work offstage to make Athens music matter.
WHO HE IS: Jason Thrasher
WHAT HE DOES: Owner, Thrasher Photo
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Homedrone: Behind the Scene: AthFest's Andy Whitehead
Welcome to Behind the Scene, a biweekly series where Flagpole and DTproductions profile the people who work offstage to make Athens music matter.
WHO HE IS: Andy Whitehead
WHAT HE DOES: Marketing director for AthFest Educates
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Homedrone: Behind the Scene: Scott Baxendale
Welcome to Behind the Scene, a biweekly series where Flagpole and Dirtty Toe Productions profile the people who work offstage to make Athens music matter.
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Homedrone: Q&A with William Tyler, Playing Green Room Wednesday
Photo Credit: Will Holland
Nashville-based guitarist and songwriter William Tyler has done time in indie rock's trenches, as a member of such critically acclaimed groups as Lambchop and Silver Jews. In 2010, he stepped out on his own with Behold the Spirit, a stirring collection of instrumental music steeped in the folk ethos of American Primitivism but also kissed with psychedelia. Another full-length, Impossible Truth, followed last year. On Apr. 29, Merge will issue a three-song EP, Lost Colony.
Flagpole spoke with Tyler in advance of his show Wednesday at Green Room.
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Homedrone: Q&A with King of Prussia's Brandon Hanick, Playing Flicker Thursday
Photo Credit: Cory Moore Smith
Psych-pop outfit King of Prussia started in Athens, but its leader Brandon Hanick has since traveled the globe, settling for a spell in Barcelona, Spain, where he wrote and recorded half of what would become King of Prussia's new double-album, Zonian Girls… And The Echoes That Surround Us All.
The other half of the record, which marries lilting pop melodies with dense, deliberate arrangements and is out Apr. 8 via Minty Fresh, was put to tape right here in Hanick's onetime home with the help of The Glow Recording Studio's Jesse Mangum, and features contributions from notable locals like Mike Mills.
Flagpole caught up with Hanick, who kicks off a 23-date U.S. tour Thursday, Mar. 27 at Flicker Theatre & Bar. Read the Q&A after the jump.
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Homedrone: Behind the Scene: Paul McHugh
Welcome to Behind the Scene, a biweekly series where Flagpole and Dirtty Toe Productions profile the people who work offstage to make Athens music matter.
Photo Credit: Mike White
WHO HE IS: Paul McHugh
WHAT HE DOES: Guitar technician for Drive-By Truckers
Video and Q&A after the jump.
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Homedrone: SXSW: Q&A with Spotify's Sachin Doshi
Sachin Doshi
Brands of all sizes populate SXSW, and the biggest ones populate it the most. Same as it ever was, right? This year’s Spotify House features three stages, a house DJ and has so far hosted shows from Phantogram, Dum Dum Girls, Future Islands, Warpaint, Holy Child and more. The hours-long lines to get in start happening at noon each day and don’t let up. Snoop Dogg showed up yesterday. The company could have easily rented a space three times the size of the small-ish corner lot they’re occupying this week, and they’d still have lines, I’m sure.
It can’t be just the lineup. These same bands are playing multiple locations. And it can’t just be because SXSW is overrun with people. Plenty of parties and shows thrown by less-heeled companies are barren even at prime time. I suspect it has mostly to do with brand identity and the way we consume entertainment. People don’t simply patronize a company: They’re encouraged to form a sort of quasi-relationship by “liking” it. People don’t write letters of complaint: They tweet out their dirty laundry. And people don’t just go see one of 10 shows Future Islands is playing: They see them at Spotify House.
The idea of cutting through the clutter of the streaming music market was kind of a novel idea, until Spotify managed to do it, and monetize it, too. The Swedish firm established itself solidly in the European market before expanding to the United States, which Sachin Doshi, head of Spotify’s content and distribution, rightly defines as the largest music market in the world.
Much has been said—from some prominent Athenians, even—about Spotify and its artist compensation. I spoke with Doshi for several minutes yesterday specifically about that.
Read the Q&A after the jump.
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Homedrone: Behind the Scene: Kayla Schmandt
Welcome to Behind the Scene, a biweekly series where Flagpole and Dirtty Toe Productions profile the people who work offstage to make Athens music matter.
WHO SHE IS: Kayla Schmandt
WHAT SHE DOES: Head retail coordinator for new release promotion at Colortest
Video and Q&A after the jump.
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Homedrone: Interview with Joe Pug, Playing Melting Point Thursday
Chicago-based songwriter Joe Pug returns to town to play the Melting Point tonight. Flagpole recently caught up with the folkie for a quick chat.
Flagpole: In the early part of your career, you sent CDs by mail to anyone that requested them. Do you think you’re reaping the benefits from that now or is it hard to measure?
Joe Pug: Well, I think both. That’s how we got our foot in the door. That’s how we got our original kernel of an audience. But, how much that has had an effect down the years? That’s impossible to measure. You just have to throw a bunch of shit at the wall and hope that something sticks.
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Homedrone: Interview with Paul Collins, Playing Hi-Lo Sunday
Paul Collins
So, there I was, just sitting at my desk working in a rare moment of daytime word-wrangling—most of my writing is done at night—and the phone rang. The caller ID indicated the call was from New York, so instead of letting it slide to voicemail I answered. Who knew? Coulda been Hova.
"Hello, Gordon?" a voice said. "Yes," I answered. "Hey, man," came the response. "This is Paul Collins."
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