Austin’s Little Mazarn is the electric banjo and singing saw duo of Lindsey Verrill and Jeff Johnston, who on their own have collaborated with Okkervil River, Patty Griffin, Bill Callahan, and more over the years...
Last year, Minneapolis indie rockers Porcupine released their first album with Husker Du bassist Greg Norton as a member, What You've Heard Isn't Real, and we're now premiering the video for ”Lifetime” off that album...
Marie/Lepanto is the new group formed by Will Johnson of Centro-matic and Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster of Water Liars. Their debut album, Tenkiller, came out in January via Big Legal Mess. It's dirty boots folk rock that's not afraid to let loose a noisy guitar solo in an otherwise quietly introspective song...
Denton, TX's Centro-Matic have been together for nearly 20 years, mining a vein of psych somewhere between Crazy Horse and The Flaming Lips, having released 11 albums -- all pretty good -- including this year's rootsy Take Pride in Your Long Odds (stream it via Rdio)...
FrontRow: I wanted to ask you about the project with the Kadane Brothers and Will Johnson. Who does what in the band? Or is it everyone sharing everything...