In the opening chapter of the story we join band members Pete Swanson and Gabriel Saloman at the turn of the century as their musical paths converge in Portland, Oregon. Rotating around the creative hub that was promoter Todd Patrick’s 17 Nautical Miles, Saloman and Swanson were joined on the scene by fellow luminaries such as Paul Dickow, George Chen, Ethan Swan and Paul Costuros.
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Guest Playlist #06: Matt Bower of Wizards Tell Lies
By Steve Dewhurst
“When I started buying films on VHS, I would record the sound onto tape so I could take the film with me on journeys.”
Pete Swanson
Enough Dark Intensity: An Interview with Jimmy Lacy of SiP
By Jason Cabaniss
"I like the idea of “cocktail music.” Something intentionally light and pleasant. I’m always trying to write music that communicates some type of positive mood and when I’m playing, trying to focus my energy there"
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Clean is Dirty: An Interview with Flowertown
By Lindsay Oxford
The birth of San Francisco’s Flowertown makes for a good story: longtime Bay Area scene compatriots Karina Gill (Cindy) and Mike Ramos (Tony Jay) compose a song together for an upcoming show in later winter 2020, and the day before they’re slated to play it, the world stopped.
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Needles and Pins: Derek Piotr's Journey to the Heart of Britain's Folklands
By Steve Dewhurst
“Yorkshire is not so dissimilar to my home in the Northeast of America,” Derek Piotr tells me from York, the latest stop on his great British journey. “Connecticut is part of New England, so that makes sense.”
