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Chris Thile is a human being. He is not an alien nor is he a mutant—he’s just really, really great at playing the mandolin…and singing…and composing…and performing…and…ok, we’re not entirely convinced either but he makes up 1/5th of the band people who know about music love:Punch Brothers.
Now located in New York City, each member of the band is well-regarded in his own right for being unnervingly brilliant with their respective musical instruments (see banjo-player Noam Pikelny school Steve Martin here for proof) and they’re everywhere these days. They’ve appeared on Letterman twice in the last six months, toured with Paul Simon, they have a song on The Hunger Games soundtrack (OMG!), they just released a new album, Who’s Feeling Young Now?, to glowing reviews, and they’re here in town to play at Antone’s tonight (anyone get to see their ACL Live taping last night? As we said: they’re everywhere).
We were able to get Chris on the phone to chat a bit about music, the glories of obsessive researching, and a fist fight everyone would love to see.
Chris Thile is Human...Probably: An Interview with the Punch Brother's Frontman
Breaking News: Pitchfork Will Stream Fun Fun Fun Fest Live
Maybe you won't be able to get out of the prior obligation/office/full-body cast that you'll inevitably find yourself in during Fun Fun Fun Fest. Instead of crying tears of rage about it or being forced into listening to your pal's long-winded descriptions on how 'fresh' the tUnE-yArDs set was, you can, thanks to Pitchfork, be able to stream the whole thing live.
Video: Explosions in the Sky "Last Known Surroundings"
This is somehow their very first video? Seriously? You might have guessed, but the video is over eight minutes and is a space odyssey journey type-thing. Seriously though, it's really well-done. Enjoy!
SX Preview - Pitchfork and Windish Agency present Pitchfork Invades Austin
Pitchfork is coming to Austin, and they're working with the Windish Agency to once again throw a big, freakin' free party at Emo's.
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Dinner, Crime, Disease and the Holidays! [Extra Extra]
- Doh! Don’t rob the mayor of a small town! He won’t be happy about it, and he’ll really want the cops to catch you.
- Do you know a real, no-nonsense girl who rides horses, and who is between the ages of 12 and 16? If so, you might want to tell her about this casting call for the lead role in a Coen Brothers movie. Squee!
- Pitchfork covers Fun Fun Fun Fest! (They liked it, they really liked it!)
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Texas Tragedy in a Changing World [Extra Extra]
- This is the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the event that signaled the end of the Cold War. The “Wall of Change” project at UT marks this historic moment.
- President Obama to attend a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday.
- The New York Times has a detailed story about the background of the Fort Hood shooter. It’s part of their larger package on the tragedy.
OMFG: My Bloody Valentine Playing Austin Music Hall in April
My Bloody Valentine announced their tour this morning on a finally not-so-'90s-looking Pitchfork. The tour includes a date in Austin, at the Austin Music Hall, on April 21.
Austinist Previews SXSW: Pitchforkmedia/Windish Agency & Soundcheck Party
Another day, another long list of long list of web-darling music acts and their attendant corporate sponsors.
Hots On: OiNK R.I.P.
If you comb through news aggregate websites every morning waiting for your coffee to kick in like I do, you may have come across an odd little story about the recent demise of OiNK, an invite-only torrent site that put links to thousands of music files at one’s fingertips. It was a sprawling, cluttered site that demanded small download-to-upload ratios (1:1 was emphasized) and gave special privileges to users who donated to the site’s administrator,...
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