q and also a :: USF
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011Jason and Kyle of USF sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of the q and also a series.
q: What is the last song you (really) heard?
j: “Phaedra” by Gun Outfit. It’s so damn beautiful.
Streamable: Phaedra by Gun Outfit
k: The last song on the new Wild Beasts album. The whole thing is great, but that track leaves the best aftertaste.
Downloadable: End Come Soon (mp3) by Wild Beasts
q: What is your favorite beverage?
k: It’s pretty hard to beat a well brewed glass of sweet iced tea.
j: Tough question! Probably pure Florida Orange Juice.
q: What is your favorite band to see live?
j: Gobble Gobble, no doubt.
k: It would be dishonest to give a different answer. Best mini-tourmates ever.
Downloadables:
Boring Horror (mp3)
Lawn Knives (mp3)
Becoming Legion (mp3)
(d/l lots more Gobble Gobble @ gobblegbl.bandcamp.com)
q: What is your favorite venue (in NYC, if applicable)?
k: I went to New York last fall and caught Martyn and Optimum at the Turbotax party at The Cove. Free Asahis and a surprise Four Tet set definitely helped make that show pop.
Streamable: Return to Plastic People (September 2010) AKA FACT mix 182 (soundcloud)
j: I work at two really rad local all-ages venues–The Vera Project and Cairo–so I’m pretty much obligated to say that they are best.
q: What piece(s) of culture are you really really excited about right now?
j: The paintings of Frans Post and Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles, which I’m re-reading right now. There should be college classes taught about that book.
k: I spent last month re-reading Kurt Vonnegut books, which I hadn’t read since high school and which totally hold up. Miserable Miracle by Henri Michaux, which is essentially a beautifully composed mescaline diary. And CTI Records stuff from the early 70’s, so a lot of Freddie Hubbard and Hubert Laws.
Streamables:
Red Clay (youtube) by Freddie Hubbard
Modadji (youtube) by Hubert Laws
q: Anything we should know about your latest project (whatever that might be)?
j: We recently released a vinyl-only EP through a local label called Highfives and Handshakes, and we have a digi-single coming out this summer through Deathbomb Arc that’s got a real laid-back, spliff-in-a-Caddy kind of vibe.
k: And a full-length album with teeth and claws called The Spray, which should be out in the fall.
Downloadables:
Greywolf (mp3)
Point Break II (mp3)
Startled By Sparkling Water (Feat. Alaskas) (mp3)
Streamable: The Spray (Preview) (bandcamp)
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