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PART 2 :: Get Off the Coast (22nd May 2011)

For Part 2 of our new ‘Friendswithtapes’ guest post feature we caught up with the wonder that is Jheri Evans of Get Off the Coast to talk art, mixtapes, underwater hideouts, Lil Wayne and giant giraffes…

Get Off the Coast is…

a product of DoFuDyn. It’s available for free with the purchase of any of DoFuDyn’s luxurious space craft, designed to fit up to four familes for the ultimate vacation time.

Five artists you’ve got on repeat at the minute are…

Spaceghostpurrp, Konnichiwa, Dylan Ettinger, Magic Fades and Xander Harris

A typical day in the life of Jheri Evans usually starts with…

Weed

…and ends up with…

Weed

Favourite mixtape of the year so far…

Fragments of the Future (Just Another birthday) - stream / download

If Get Off the Coast created a tropical underwater hideout, the décor would probably consist of…

This is a fucking awesome question… Various bongs and bowl pieces, with a wall of containers full of different kinds of weed. I really like to keep the flavors mixed so I don’t get bored of any one type. Hanging long grass instead of doors. Walls made of bamboo. Cutlery made of bamboo. Furniture made of bamboo with cracked leather cushions. All orange and yellow and brown in the living room. Huge ass entertainment system, all wireless, with all the musical works. Hook that shit up to my computer. Light greens in the kitchen, even the plates and shit. Black fridge though. That’s important. Lot’s of bold coffees. A dark blue offset by various light blues in the bedroom. A bed shaped like a cross, inverted angle from the doorway. I’d prbably collage all over the walls. Big TV that will typically be playing Pulp Fiction, on mute cause I already know what they’re saying and I’ll have music on no doubt. Idk what else. I got some interior decorating in me, I think.

The best thing about being a music blogger is…

Developing personal relationships with artists I love.

Get Off the Coast is also known for creating some of the best cover art we’ve seen recently, but which one’s your personal fave?

Out of just the ones I did for album art? Definitely the Blackbird Blackbird piece for Summer Heart, even though it was never really used as intended.

Blackbird Blackbird ‘Summer Heart’ (Artwork by Jheri Evans)

Favourite album of the year so far…

Probably Matthewdavid’s Outmind. That record is fucking brilliant. (Listen)

Five things on the Get Off the Coast bucket list are…

Smoke weed with Lil Wayne, get rappers to start putting mixtapes out on actual cassette, get people to think Crash Symbols is as cool as I think NNF is, destroy an important building without anyone knowing it was me, and write a couple books.

Favourite new label…

SILK

Best show of the year so far was probably…

Odd Future. Everyone sees the energy they bring just in YouTube clips. Being there is pretty fucking awesome. (Odd Future on Tumblr)

The best piece of hidden treasure you’ve uncovered in the Get Off the Coast inbox is…

Emily Reo (Bandcamp)

Favourite Jack Nicolson movie…

Who the fuck is that? [ed. after asking the 'Bucket List' question, we definitely pushed our luck with this one - good job we had a back-up plan already in place - we thought we'd fill the space with a giant picture of a Get Off the Coast giraffe instead]

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Check out the awesome Get Off the Coast blog over here

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Check out Jheri’s artwork over at http://www.jherievans.com/

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PART 1 :: Stadiums & Shrines (5th April 2011)

For the first in our brand shiny new ‘Friendswithtapes’ guest post features, we caught up with Brooklyn’s Dave Sutton of Stadiums & Shrines to talk old stuff, new stuff, b-sides and SXSW.

Stadiums & Shrines is…

A sanctuary for those who dig how Sound & Vision connect. It runs on currents—whatever strikes my ears or Victoria’s eyes.

Stadiums & Shrines started when…

Michael Jackson performed at the Superbowl.

Five artists you’re listening to at the minute are…

Ela Orleans, Starling Murmurations, Two Bicycles, Dustin Wong, and Raw Thrills.

Any older stuff?

Taj Mahal’s Happy Just to Be Like I Am is the record right now. Also Histoire de Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg, and Joni Mitchell’s Blue—cuz I’m missing California.

If Stadiums & Shrines created a time machine made-up from old vinyl and cassettes what year would it take people back to?

Maybe a selfish detour through France/West Berlin 1976 to be a fly on the studio wall while David Bowie and Brian Eno recorded Low. Then we could just land in 1966 and hang for the rest of the decade.

Best show so far this year…

The Pop Montreal/Gorilla Vs. Bear party on the last night of SXSW. Sean Nicholas Savage, Grimes, Colin Stetson, BRAIDS… that was special, everyone was exhausted but had these glowing smiles the entire night. It felt like friends collectively staying awake and getting high on music.

Favourite remix of the year so far…

Two done by Landon Speers for BRAIDS. “Lemonparty Bliss Out” happened the other day. The second one should soon. He does what I look for in remixes, pretty much a complete rebuild (picturing that scene in Terminator 2 when the dude explodes and his metal pieces like regenerate across the floor into a puddle). There’s an entirely different feeling to it, but enough DNA to trace back and compliment the original.

Favourite b-side of the year so far…

Hmm let’s go with “Young Dreams”

What do you think the future holds for music blogger folks?

It’s wide open. A lot of the things we’re doing now (hosting shows, working directly with artists, supporting/starting labels, collaborating with each other) weren’t really in our minds when we started doing this. #MEGABLAAG at SXSW definitely captured a growing energy and took it to new, physical levels. It was a reminder that we’re all people after all—that’s an empowering notion for us Internet folks. Vibes are headed in good directions, especially with communal things like the FMLY, and all the projects that blogs have been coming together on lately.

Favourite album of the year so far…

The Magic Place by Julianna Barwick. It’s just really soothing. I’m drawn to it daily.

Do you have your own personal favourite post on Stadiums & Shrines?

The visual mixtape we did with Flashlight Tag. Working with all those talented people, and the end result… it was a dream.

What’s the best discovery you found in the Stadiums & Shrines inbox?

Gobble Gobble. Cecil Frena sent me the most sincere and entertaining email submission ever. It turned into a thread that went 20 messages deep, trading weird YouTube videos. And now like a year later, I can’t even begin to quantify all the great people and times that have spawned from knowing Cecil. Not to mention the Gobble guys have gone on to do incredible things, both online, and on tour.

Favourite black & white movie…

It’s A Wonderful Life.

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Check out the wonder that is the Stadiums & Shrines blog over here

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