The Unicorns - We Were Dead or Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West

When/where/what was the best concert of your life?

Fennesz at Benaroya Hall in Seattle for Decibel Festival 2010 (september 2010)

What's the most obscure group/artist you know of? and a brief description of what they are

Senmuth. A russian multi instrumentalist, it's like folky, doomy, electronic ambient stuff. He puts out about 15 albums a year.

Who's your fav artist played on the radio?

A. Rihanna

Q. Which artist would you rather they not play on the radio?

A: Bon Jovi and Motley Crue come to mind first

Q: Who do you consider the first punk artist/band?

A: The Stooges. "Punk" might have been commodified by Malcolm MacLaren but it was played long before embarrassing fashion trends became the fad en masse.

Q: In a battle between extremely prolific, albeit spotty releases or intermittent but fantastic albums, which would you prefer you favorite artist to lean towards?

A. I suppose better quality control would win out.

Q. Your thoughts about prog-folk?

because the genre is highly attached to the political movement, my opinion on the music is strongly attached to my political and social beliefs. i don't think contemporary prog folk artist (if there is anyone who truly is) understands what it really stands for. i don't think no one kicks it like the old ones, Prine and even Dylan and the likes.

required to co-write with someone for your first single, who would you want to write with?

A: Elton John or George Harrison. It's dead even for me.

Q: If/When aliens come down to Earth, what would be the first piece of music you would play them?

Metallica - St Anger

What is your rapture soundtrack?