I live a fair distance from Backwords HQ – a townhouse halfway down a quiet street just east of Prospect Park, in Brooklyn — but I was in the mood for a walk and so threw on a warm...

I first met Paddy in a pub on Westborne Grove and the first time we went to see them play after we were running terribly behind and got there just exactly in time to watch them pack up there...

One of the cover chains started with Matt from Delta Spirit hooking us up with Deer Tick’s John McCauley who did an incredible version the Shivers “L.I.E.”, then The Shivers doing Cameron’s “Wish So Bad” and we all sat...

Taking the baton from Deer Tick’s John McCauley who had done “L.I.E.” for us just a week before backstage at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Keith and Jo decided to pass it to their friend, NYC based Cameron Hull with...

After shooting Matt from Delta Spirit who’d been playing out with Deer Tick, we were really excited to have John McCauley be a part of the project. The band was playing a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg but...

Delta Spirit’s Matt Vasquez came through town to play a show at Webster Hall with Deer Tick and said he’d be down for doing an episode. We caught up with him and his friends from Mast Brothers Chocolate where...

Another from that amazing night at the Roosevelt in LA – Thom Yorke’s DJing was out of control, and here the LA Ladies Choir, Arure Ray’s Maria Taylor, and our own Chris Holmes join in with Orenda and Cedric...

In terms of passing the music and the message along this one’s about as direct as you can get with Orenda and Cedric from O+S standing right off camera (love when Maria turns to Orenda and checks the name...

Sometimes we think about The Voice Project as a game of whisper, the message of mothers calling their children home from war that started in the small villages of Northern Uganda changes, transforms with artist we come in contact...

“Back in 1999 Sean Tillmann (a.k.a. Har Mar Superstar) and the Strokes fortuitously crossed paths after a Strokes gig in Lawrence, KS. Through sheer accident they ended up at the same house party. Har Mar and Julian ended up...