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Catching Up With Company of Thieves

Since we named them a Best of What's Next band last May, Chicago's Company of Thieves have been on the road non-stop in support of Running From a Gamble and have played more shows than they can count. They recently returned to Chicago where they played a New Year's Eve bash with Cage the Elephant and have been enjoying their time off. But Genevieve Schatz and Marc Walloch are itching to get back on the road and the band announced new tour dates for late February through March.  read more

Catching Up With Portugal. The Man

"If you don’t have negative experiences, you have no way to gauge the positive ones and you have no way to deal with it..."  read more

Catching Up With Pursesnatchers

"I'm always just trying to dirty things up and keep them from sounding too clean, especially in the age of digital recording."  read more

Catching Up With Jolie Holland

On her fourth studio album Pint of Blood, Jolie Holland evokes the emotional depth and rawness of her musical heroes, including the Velvet Underground and Neil Young. Channeling the likes of these influential musicians has done wonders for the singer-songwriter--as her rugged vocals, honest lyrics and beautiful simplicity give her newest album a subtle yet poignant power.  read more

Catching Up With Cults

The song "Go Outside" by Cults was so immediately catchy and full of joy that it exploded onto the blogosphere faster than Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin could write and record the rest of an album.  read more

Catching Up With Blake Sennett

"There was a lot of weight lifted because there wasn't much pressure, and I wasn't competing with Rilo Kiley or Jenny's solo record or anything but myself."  read more

Catching Up With Liam Finn

A decade or so ago Liam Finn put out his first recordings with Betchadupa, an energetic rock act that ran for a few years before splitting. Since then Finn's done some collaborative work, but he's stood out as a solo performer, even touring as a one-man act.  read more

Catching Up With The Antlers' Darby Cicci

The Antlers have gone from the bedroom project of singer/guitarist Peter Silberman to a collaborative trio that also includes drummer Michael Lerner and multi-instrumentalist Darby Cicci. Together they played hundreds of tour dates supporting Hospice, a concept record that gained steam with critics and fans and ended up on many a Best of 2009 list....  read more

Catching Up With Kurt Vile

Vile’s recent album _Smoke Ring For My Halo_, sees him working in a professional studio with a real producer for the first time, but the added sheen fortunately doesn’t dilute the nocturnal atmospheric approach he’s spent years cultivating.  read more

Catching Up With Art Brut

It was really quite nice being taught to sing by [Frank Black]. I gained a lot of confidence, really. I never thought my voice could be an instrument, it was just a way for me to say my lyrics.  read more