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Lead singer and guitarist Andy Hull and lead guitarist Robert McDowell of American band Manchester Orchestra chat with Braden to talk about 'Simple Math' being complicated, being out of tune at Leeds and Stone Cold Steve Austin in lyric videos... "I've been playing it to literally anyone who's taken an interest," begins Andy Hull, "like, if someone in the pharmacy said they liked my music, I'd want to take them out to my car and get them to listen as some sort of validation." The Manchester Orchestra frontman is quite excited, and [...]

He's quite a talented young guy, this Robert McDowell. He has been the lead guitarist for the band Manchester Orchestra since 2005, and this year released his solo project called Gobotron. I remember when the kid started his own MySpace page with this same name in '08, and I wondered for a little while. But he didn't tell anyone about it until he finished the album. So of course Jeremiah Edmond, whom up until recently was the amazing drummer for Manchester Orchestra but gave that up in order to [...]

• Gobotron - Never Turn Around

Manchester Orchestra guitarist Robert McDowell's side project Gobotron has released its new album "On Your Mark, Get Set...," and GSL has the debut single "Never Turn Around."

Good news for fans of angsty indie rock, especially those east of the Mississippi: as reported by The Audio Perv Wednesday, Manchester Orchestra has announced a second leg of tour dates on the Atlanta outfit's upcoming North American tour. March 19th will see the band heading to Kansas City, followed by a short Midwest stay. The guys will then go on a healthy Northeast run through New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Ontario before finishing things off in the South April 9th. Along with Manchester Orchestra on the trip will be The Features and O'Brother, [...]

I was lucky enough to catch up with Chris Freeman , keyboard player and part time vocalist of the Atlanta, Georgia based Manchester Orchestra . Manchester Orchestra is currently touring the US with Kevin Devine , Dead Confederate and All Get Out . Joshua Hammond, Popwreckoning: I'm told that you guys created an album called Nobody Sings Anymore which was never released due to an extreme shift in the band's sound. What differed in that sound that the current [...]