MP3: Interview – Empires
[audio:owlandbear-empires-interview.mp3]Owl and Bear contributor Sylvia Borgo sat down with Tom Conrad and Mike Robinson, two members of the Chicago band Empires, before their recent Soda Bar show.
MP3: Interview – Empires
[audio:owlandbear-empires-interview.mp3]Owl and Bear contributor Sylvia Borgo sat down with Tom Conrad and Mike Robinson, two members of the Chicago band Empires, before their recent Soda Bar show.
MP3: Infantree – “No One’s Home”
Like L.A.’s Dawes, Infantree are another rootsy California band whose members still aren’t old enough to drink. Also like Dawes, despite their youth, Infantree sound like they’ve been recording and playing music for years — with no shortage of expert musicianship in any corner of the stage.
Basically endorsed by Neil Young — they’re signed to his Vapor Records imprint and have played Young’s Bridge School Benefit festival — Infantree are currently touring to support their 2010 full-length, Would Work. They also released an EP last year, called Food For Thought, and Would Work is scheduled for deluxified re-release this March.
Infantree will play the Casbah on February 15; in anticipation of their show, the band provided us with lists of their influences. Since the band prides itself on collaboration, we weren’t surprised a bit when all four members sent us individual lists. Check out Infantree’s Poetic Memory below.