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opinions were like kittens i was giving them away. -modest mouse
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      A specific air surrounds every Moonbabies release. It is something engrained in the nothing, something etched in the oxygen. The wait for the first drum to hit is like being on a different bus route for the first time. Life whizzes by but you’ve taken temporary root and can’t lift a concrete foot until [...]

OTO contributor Joel Armato caught up with Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists to discuss moving to a major label with The Crane Wife, working with Chris Walla, and adjusting to a much bigger fan base.
What sort of transition has there been from working with Kill Rock Stars to working with Capitol? Was there an added [...]

In this feature Joel Armato reviews the re-release of Hello, Dear Wind and interviews Michael Nau of Page France.
      The story of Hello, Dear Wind is just beginning to unfold. It is a rousing tale of two coasts, good friends, and a school of amorous water dwellers. What began in Maryland after the record’s author [...]

      Carey Ott has a quality that no amount of marketing could embellish or hide. He is a hard working musician that lets his music do all the talking. His songs have a way of sounding familiar and inventive while at the same time reaching listeners with substance, not lumping them in the head with [...]

      Comparison is the new Explanation, or so it goes in the world of pop culture 2000 and beyond. To achieve Good (i.e. approval) resemblance to two or more variables already deemed Good is the only requirement. When factoring in a new band to one’s already keen musical sense, one merely needs to ask themself, [...]

      You sit on an uncomfortable wooden chair, your beer is warm, your glass was dirty when the last guy had it, and more than one tough hombre has his eyes fixed on the back of your neck. If there wasn’t a band taking the stage you would probably run out of here and not [...]

Following the release of his latest album, Six Kinds of Passion Looking For An Exit, Eric Matthews took the time to email OneTimesOne and speak about his lifelong journey– from his partnership in Cardinal with Richard Davies, his new record in practically a decade, and his heightened determination for the future.
Interviewer: Arie Musil
Arie Musil: Talk [...]

      Every now and again you come upon an opportunity to do or see something you don’t get to do every day or week or year, or what have you. In Memphis there is this little record store. It’s seriously out of the way on a street called Young Ave, and I know most [...]