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FRIDAE MATTAS     

Three of Five sit and talk.   

  ROONEY (Taylor Locke) Discuss their latest press releases.

Here's what I knew about Rooney before today:
1. They had a single on the radio 4 years ago
2. They were on The OC

That didn't seem like enough information to conduct an interview, so I pulled up their Wikipedia to get the low down. There really wasn't TOO much more than the 2 things listed above. They got their name from Ferris Bueller...don't care. They were on the Herbie Fully Loaded soundtrack...still don't care. Video game soundtracks and soap operas...ugh.

Oh here we   

  Cake (Vince DiFiore) Discusses Rarities Album

Cake has a killer new record coming out called B-Sides and Rarities which they are self-releasing. Support independent music...buy Cake! I got the chance to talk to Vince DiFiore from the band (for 15 whole minutes) and ask him some questions about the new albums, leaving the major labels, their video content, and much more. I hope you enj   

  DISCO WHO?

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A lil jibber with Miikka   

  LAND OF LOCKSLEY

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Caught up with Locksley for a sit down during their stop in Toronto for CMW. These group of buds finish eachother's sentences, rock out together definitely like brothers.   

  ANTI-HERO

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I had the chance to have a sit down chit chat with ANTI-HERO as they rocked during Canadian Music Week.   

  Senses Fail interview

Altsounds caught up with Senses Fail in the basement of Cardiff’s tiny Barfly venue on a cold snowy day in early February. The band has been touring the UK for the past week or so in the company of The Sleeping. We asked guitarist Heath Saraceno a few quick questions prior to the show, on how the band thought things were going so far; their expectations for the rest of the year and just how happy they are with their current album ‘Still Searching’, here are the results.

Altsounds: Your first UK headlining tour, how’s it going so far?
Heath Saraceno: It’s going great, this is the fourth of five shows and they’ve all been really good. This one I think has been sold out for a couple of weeks and we wanted to keep it nice and small instead of moving it up to another venue we just wanted to have this one packed.
A couple of years ago we did a bunch of shows like this around our area; like little, they weren’t even bars most of them, in like elk lodges. We kind of miss playing real   

  JASON REEVES

By: FRIDAE MATTAS     

I had the chance to get an emailer done with Jason..This is what he has to say.   

  New Beginnings: the story of Sparta

Written by: Lucas Wright     

New Beginnings: the story of Sparta

After a whirlwind of speculation on the band’s demise, Sparta recently put forth their third full-length album to dispel the speculation and the gossip. This latest musical effort, Threes, was released on October 10th and I had a chance to speak with drummer Tony Hajjar about the new album and the near end of Sparta. Of course everyone is familiar with the split-up of At the Drive In that eventually formed Mars Volta and Sparta (a subject Hajjar was rather tight-lipped about) but not everyone is as quite familiar with the near dissolution of Sparta.

In April of 2005 front man Jim Ward walked away from the band to take some time to himself. The band was under heavy criticism about the record sales of then new album Porcelain and it was uncertain whether the band would ever get back together. With the defection of Paul Hinojos to Mars Volta, Keeley Davis took his place as ghost guitarist in a band that didn’t really exist.

“It was a real   

  Sonic Truth:An Interview with The Silent Years

Interview: The Silent Years, OCT.2006   

  Interview with Locksley

Last Friday I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Locksley guitarist/vocalist Jesse Laz. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Locksley you soon will be. They are one of the biggest unsigned acts in the country and things certainly aren’t slowing down for them. Jesse called in while I was in Chicago and we talked about the bands move from Madison, Wisconsin to New York as well as the upcoming album. I’d like to thank Jesse for his seemingly endless patience as a few incidents culminated in his having to answer these via email.

Me: You guys set up shop in New York and went through some pretty tough incidents. Can you discuss what the band went through?

Jesse: We all moved into a loft together after we got out here. In fact, the trip to NY was harrowing in itself. What should have taken 14 hours ended up as a 46 hour saga, culminating in our trailer breaking off on the New Jersey turnpike. Not to mention, the rain that started when we hit Pennsylvania settled over New Yo   

  The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Interview w/ Elias Reidy

"We're barely getting started," says Elias Reidy of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. With their major label debut released a little over a month ago, RJA have already started making waves in modern music, selling over 17 thousand copies of their album and maintaining a frantic touring schedule. They're being included in numerous television shows and online features, the video for their first single 'Face Down' is in heavy rotation and their hold on radio is growing stronger every day. RJA also landed a spot on the coveted Madden 2007 soundtrack, a huge accomplishment for any band, especially one as new as they are. If this is 'barely getting started' I can only imagine where they will be a year from now.

I spoke with Elias Reidy, guitarist for Jumpsuit to discuss the success they've been having so far and see how it feels to be one of the most promising new bands out now.

Me: How is the touring going?

Elias: Great! We just finished up Warped Tour without any problems, and now we’   

  Hinder Interview (article)

“We run on booze and hairspray.” –Austin, Hinder

Let’s be real here, there are two kinds of artists. There are artists that live and breathe the art of making music. They’re interesting and innovative and are out to move you. Then there are artists designed for mass consumption. They have relatively short life spans and while their music tops the charts, its hardly anything memorable or noteworthy. Both kinds exist, and I think both are necessary. Meet Hinder…they’re the second kind. They sound like Nickelback and every other modern rock band out there. They write decent songs that are just catchy enough to make people sing along. It’s pretty mindless. Don’t worry…they’re aware of it.

I talked to Austin recently, frontman for the group (and a neighbor, as it turns out). I just had to know what exactly makes a generic dude rock band tick…and why does it not bother them that I call them that?! “Everything is so serious anymore. We definitely aren’t. We’re just trying to have fun a   

  quick interview w/ PASSION

1.)What is your name, and what do you do in the band? AND how long ya been around?
My name is Kenny and I am the "singer" of the band. I have been apart of Passion since the very begining.


2.)Do you have a job outside of the band?
I work part time at a WaWa (convenience store) near my house. I'm starting to hate it there more and more with each day that passes but it really is a great job to have while being in a band that's trying to "make it". They are very flexible and understanding of my band's schedule.


3.) Goodfellow eh? how did that come about?
Yup! Goodfellow Records! It really hasn't sunk in just yet. Perhaps once the record is out and in stores we'll finally realize that we're on Goodfellow? We're extremely excited about working with Chris and everyone else at the label. They have been incredible to us thus far and their support makes us strive that much harder to make this work. Our good friend Tim (of the band One Dead Three Wounded) was talkin' to Chris for a whi   

  Blue October (Article)

People lie. We lie to friends, we lie to family, we lie to lovers, we lie to complete strangers. It’s natural to want to appear a certain way to anyone you meet, even if you never see them again. Ever lie to your blog or diary? Maybe you made light of a situation that impacted you deeply. Perhaps you claimed indifference or disinterest when the opposite was true because you feared ridicule and judgment. Sometimes facing the honest truth about ourselves is so embarrassing and shameful that we can’t even acknowledge it in our own minds, let alone put it in print. Imagine lacking that inhibition. Imagine not only delving into your darkest thoughts and deepest feelings, but telling everyone, even strangers. Imagine your only way of coping with your demons was to confess your sins and transgressions at the top of your lungs every night in front of thousands of people.

While that prospect is absolutely horrifying to the average person, this is the lot for Blue October. First appearing   

  Zero 7 - Video Interview

Hey everyone!! Check this out!! We are lucky enough to have e some cool Zero 7 studio footage of the band talking about the song "Throw It All Away&quo   

  Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (article)

He stands there comfortably, perfectly still with his arms folded. He’s tall and lean, unconventionally attractive with brown wavy hair just barely hitting his shoulders. He’s seemingly unaffected by the chaos surrounding him on the busy city street outside the venue. The man in front of him is talking business and going over a schedule. He is clearly listening to what he has to say, but his eyes are looking elsewhere, taking in this atmosphere. The stoic expression on his face is betrayed by the excited twinkle in his eye and the slight grin of contentment. He exudes a confident energy that forces passersby to double take. As friends approach, he greets them with a smile that consumes his entire face but says coolly, “Hey, how’s it goin?” He easily maintains multiple conversations, laying out his band business in one and making party plans in the other. A group of scene kids wait in line nearby, staring at him as they converse back and forth. “Who is that?” one of them finally as   

  City Sleeps interview w/Adriel Garcia

I got the chance to talk with Adriel Garcia of City Sleeps to find out a little more about the band and their new album on Maverick, due out this summer.


I gotta tell you, it was pretty hard to find any information on you guys. It says in your bio that you signed for Maverick in 2004, but your record isn't coming out until late this summer. Was all of that time recording? Or just label politics?

Well, it took about a year to finish the record. John Feldmann, the producer, had a few projects going on and we pretty much flew back and forth from Atlanta to LA to record. And all the time since has been spent really setting up for the release; touring, promotional stuff, and yeah, a little bit of label politics.

I really like the tone of the songs I have heard so far…it has nice flow. Is there a running theme through your album that ties it together, or was it more about the sound you were going for?

A little of both I would say. We where definitly going for a sound, b   

  Interview VIA myspace w/ RUINER...

Every once in a blue moon a band comes along and for whatever reason turns you head over heels. There have been several for me over tha past 14 years or so, and one band RECENTLY has done it. They are called RUINER, hailing fom Baltimiore MD. Not since American Nightmare has a band brought such a sound and fury, and before AN for me, it was a lil DC band called BATTERY. Aside from my personal preferences, RUINER is a stellar example of what hardcore was, and even in the changing scene (complete with more sub-genre's than any other form of music), RUINER have kept their honesty, integrity, and other things of this nature one thing, and that is TRUE. The following questions were sent via myspace.com and were answered after a quick jaunt to Canada over the weekend.

www.1917records.com
www.yourruiner.com

1.) who is who, who does what?
My name is Rob Sullivan and I sing everyone else goes like this Steve Smeal on Bass, Danny Porter on Guitar, Mitch Roemer on Guitar and Jo   

  Q & A with THIS IS HELL via Myspace.com

THIS IS HELL INTERVIEW

1.) WHO IS W