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Ep. #30: Superhumanoids

Post author By vish
Post date September 4, 2013

Superhumanoids are a trio from Los Angeles who make dreamy, R&B infused, electronic pop songs that are deceptively airy. With their hazy vocals and melodies, the band are definitely working within a mysterious aesthetic but they’ve also got a penchant for unexpected pop hooks and arrangements. Their debut LP, Exhibitionists, was released on August 6 via Innovative Leisure and the band opens for Mayer Hawthorne at Montreal’s La Tulipe on Sept. 5 and Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall on Sept. 6. On a hot summer day, Superhumanoids Max and Sarah discussed sweating, their origin story, Los Angeles, their sound, what the future is like, the inspiration behind their song “Geri,” and more.

Related links: superhumanoids.com innovativeleisure.net vishkhanna.com

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Tags Innovative Leisure, Mayer Hawthorne, Superhumanoids

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Ep. #29: Sohrab Habibion of Obits

Post author By vish
Post date September 3, 2013

Sohrab Habibion is a multi-talented musician, graphic artist, recording engineer, and generally great person who currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. For close to a decade, he played in the Washington D.C.-based band Edsel before they broke up in the late nineties. He now sings and plays guitar in Obits, one of America’s best surf-y, garage rock bands, whose gritty, powerful, third album, Bed & Bugs is available everywhere on Sept. 10 via Sub Pop Records. The band, which also features bassist Greg Simpson, drummer Alexis Fleisig, and vocalist/guitarist Rick Froberg, is touring the U.S. and Canada beginning Sept. 21, including stops at Montreal’s Il Motore on Oct. 3, Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern on Oct. 4, and the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver on Nov. 14. Here Habibion provides a full-on LP preview, complete with Vine-sized song excerpts and track-by-track anecdotes.

Related links: obitsurl.com subpop.com vishkhanna.com

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Tags Bed & Bugs, Obits, Sohrab Habibion, Sub Pop

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Ep. #28: Mark Arm of Mudhoney

Post author By vish
Post date August 29, 2013

Mark Arm is a singer and guitarist based in Seattle, Washington. 25 years ago he co-founded Mudhoney, one of America’s best and most influential underground rock bands. They were profiled in a great documentary called I’m Now: The Story of Mudhoney, which was released at the end of 2012, and now they’re the main subject of a biography called Mudhoney: The Sound and The Fury of Seattle by author Keith Cameron. The book covers the entire history of the band right up to their ninth album, the rollicking, well-received Vanishing Point, which came out earlier this year via Sub Pop records. Mudhoney’s latest tour brings them to Montreal’s Il Motore on Sept. 1 and Toronto’s Lee’s Palace on Sept. 2, so Mark and I got on the horn to discuss Mudhoney’s anniversary, playing a show on top of Seattle’s Space Needle, nothing to do with Nirvana, surfing with Pearl Jam, why stools should have three legs, playing a show at Third Man Records next month, which will eventually result in a live Mudhoney album, Conan O’Brien, and more.

Related links: mudhoneyonline.com subpop.com vishkhanna.com

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Tags Conan O'Brien, Mark Arm, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Seattle, Sub Pop, Third Man Records