
I must apologize for the amount of time I spent transcribing this interview, but this found itself to be one of the most difficult transcriptions I have ever done and I contemplated not bothering. However, Little Brazil is a fantastic band and there were some really great answers provided in this interview that I couldn't allow it to just get buried. At this point, I'm sure you're wondering what happened. Little Brazil 's guitarist Greg Edds and I left the venue in search of a quiet spot to conduct [...]
No, indie music is very much alive. I'm just in between ISP's right now and I don't have an internet connection at home. I'll be on fiber optic lines soon, so beware- posts will be coming your way at the speed of light! Here are some killer tunes to tide you over: Bon Iver - [...]
* The Occasion - All Over Idaho * Modeselektor feat. Thom Yorke - The White Flash Slumber Party - 10-9-8-7-6-5-4 Inouk - Elected Criteria - It Happens Calla - Bronson Feist - The Water The Knife - Heartbeats The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy Ra Ra Riot - Everest Damien Jurado - What Were The Chances? Birdmonster [...]

An incredibly dull intro was devolving but simply got out of hand. Let's just listen, shall we? Retro Day. Oh, yeh, the picture: test your Indie Cred by distinguishing Criteria from Russian Circles . Clues provided. Criteria - It Happens mp3 Asobi Seksu : Thursday mp3 CSS – Pretend We're Dead (L7 Cover) mp3 [...]

Once upon a time, there was a young Duke law student named Stephen Pedersen who aspired to produce big rock. He had his chance touring with bands like Cursive and The White Octave, but poor Stephen still did not have a band to call his own. Thus, he named himself Criteria and wrote his own album, titled En Garde . But Stephen, now Criteria, still needed musicians to play his freshly written songs with him. Enter local musicians recruited from danky basements throughout his native Omaha, and Criteria, the [...]