Love Banana: "I Think Having Our Differences Is a Great Thing and Keeps Us From Accidentally Sounding Too Derivative, Which Is Easy When You're Young and Excited and Get Obsessed Over Music"

The Strangely Addictive and Abrasive Sounds of Ismatic Guru

Shop Talk: "A Band Is Very Much Like a Polyamorous Marriage and I Am Very Glad To Be in a Happy One"

In The Red Records' Larry Hardy: "I Had The Stooges' 'Raw Power' by Late 1975, Way Before Punk Rock" (Part One)

Answering Machines: "I Started This Band To Have Fun and Do Whatever I Wanted"

Pack Rat: "One Thing That's the Same as the Original Vision of the Band Is That I Still Have No Idea What I'm Doing"

Pop Hysteria: "I Just Wish We Had More Hours in a Day So That We Could Play Together All the Time"

Porta D'Oro: "I Always Had a Problem Sticking with Genres, Even When Playing With Other People, I Always Ended Up Pushing the Boundaries of Whatever Kind of Music We Were Making for Better or Worse!"

Love Fiend: "Our Work in the Past Has Been a Little More Random and Disjointed, so We Wanted To Do the Opposite on This Record"

Self Improvement: Danceable but a Caustic Force

Ménage Détroit: "It Came Into Fruition Very Naturally. Duos Are Also Easy Because We Can Actually Communicate and Schedule Stuff"

The Spatulas: "It's Interesting to See What Develops From Opening Myself up to So Many Different Musicians"