Qlowski: "We Experience So Much Pain as People and as a Society, and We're Left With the Wound and Have To Learn How To Deal With It"

Added Dimensions: "I Think It's Important To Have a Live Version of a Band Anyway That Sounds Different From the Recordings. It Helps Put It All in Context Once You See a Band Play In-Person"

PYPY: "The Presence of Synthesizers Sets This Record Apart From Our First One. I'm Curious To See How People Will Appreciate the Mix of Electronic Elements With Garage Music"

Dead Finks: "Lyrically, Our Songs Usually Fall into One of Two Themes; Total Uncertainty to the Point of Near-Dissociation, or Total Certainty to the Point of Near-Delusion"

Tropical Fuck Storm: "Everyone Just Conforms Without Knowing They're Doing It. It's Not in My DNA to Do That"

The Submissives: "Always Play the Long Game and Choose Honest Artistic Expression Over Fame and Money. Getting Reviewed and Talked About Is Fleeting and Meaningless"

Mordecai: "Part of Our Sound Is That We Play Very 'Loose' So We Don't Need Too Much Rehearsal"

New Math: "I Think We Just Were Like Lots of Kids. You Just Tried to Mimic Your Favorite Band at the Time, or Your Favorite Sort of Moment in Music"

Fake Fruit: "Every Time We Write a New Song I'm Amazed With How Quickly It Comes Together and How in Tune We Are to Each Other's Nonverbal Cues and Playing Styles. We Call It the Hive Mind"

Plexi Stad: "We Wanted To Break the Novelty Surrounding 'Probation Baby' and Followed Our Musical Language Which Appeared to Shift Towards a More Angular Sound"

Artificial Go: "Playing Music Together Has Felt Like Playing Hopscotch on a Sunny Day"

The Sheaves: An Ear-Scorching and Earthshakingly Spectacle

From Suicidal Actresses to The Thames, Here's Marcel Wave!

The Strangely Addictive and Abrasive Sounds of Ismatic Guru

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!"

Self Improvement: Danceable but a Caustic Force

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

Geo: "I Believe We All Find Beauty in Imperfections, Things That Aren't Right, That Don't Fit, It's Life"

Vacation: "Most Bands Break Up or Change Names A Few Years into the Game, But I Think With Us, a Listener Gets a Key to the Time Capsule That is Our Band"