have been making powerful indie rock from the UK for six years now, and they recently came to America for the first time on a tour with their labelmates Native. Inforty.com writer Matt Sokol and radio station 88.7 WHNU DJ Jon Scranton interviewed the band before the show and got them talking about writing their first album, why song names don’t matter, and capturing their current bassist with a giant net out of the ocean. Check it out after the jump: (more…)

Native have only been around for three years, but they’ve already developed a name for themselves with their unique blend of hardcore music and an indie aesthetic. Inforty’s own Matt Sokol teamed up with Jon Scranton of the college radio station WHNU to interview the band in Boston during their ongoing tour with This Town Needs Guns. (more…)

Indiana’s Murder By Death are a restless bunch. A decade together has seen the band roam genres from folksy indie to post-rock to americana to vaudeville to barroom ruckus, as well as album-length concepts like sin and redemption or the devil taking over a small Mexican border town. April saw the release of their fifth full-length, Good Morning, Magpie on Vagrant Records. Inforty caught up with singer and guitarist Adam Turla to find out more. (more…)

With their melancholy and desolately beautiful brand of folk, Toronto-based Picastro have been unnerving listeners for three records’ time now, with their fourth effort Become Secret due for release this March. Inforty caught up with frontwoman and songwriter Liz Hysen to find out more:

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