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Label Q&A: Doomtree

[Chromatic, our 400-page exploration of musicians and color, is out now. Order here!] Doomtree: No Kings (Doomtree, 11/22/11) Doomtree: "The…

Q&A: Serengeti

Serengeti: Family and Friends (Anticon, 7/19/11) Serengeti: "Ha-Ha" (f. Otouto) [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/04_Ha-Ha.mp3|titles=Serengeti: "Ha-Ha" (f. Otouto)] In July, Chicago local David Cohn,…

Q&A: Boom Bip

Boom Bip: Zig Zaj (Lex, 9/27/11) Boom Bip: "All Hands" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Boom_Bip_All_Hands.mp3|titles=Boom Bip: "All Hands"] Ever since his loop-based beginnings, Bryan…

Q&A: The Dirt Daubers

The Dirt Daubers: Wake Up, Sinners! (Colonial Knowledge / Thirty Tigers, 9/13/11) The Dirt Daubers: "Wake Up, Sinners!" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/The_Dirt_Daubers_Wake_Up_Sinners.mp3|titles=The Dirt…

Q&A: Sole & The Skyrider Band

Sole & The Skyrider Band: Hello, Cruel World (Fake Four Inc., 7/19/11) Sole & The Skyrider Band: "Hello, Cruel World" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Sole__the_Skyrider_Band_Hello_Cruel_World.mp3|titles=Sole…

Label Q&A: Fieldwerk Recordings

Fieldwerk Recordings Location: Chicago, IL Year founded: 2009 Releases to date: 8 Website: www.fieldwerk.com Maker & Joe Beats: Falcon by…

Q&A: Isis

Isis: "Grinning Mouths" from Clearing the Eye live DVD (Ipecac, 9/26/06) In June of 2010, post-metal quintet Isis called it…