May 26, 2011
By Matt Fink
#36 - Music vs. Comedy
The late Andy Kaufman once bristled at the suggestion that he was a comedian, contending that comedians told jokes while he was simply an entertainer, an artist who would use whatever he had—songs, props, characters—to make you laugh. As the 2006 winner of “The Andy Kaufman Award,” Reggie Watts is also an entertainer for whom the word “comedian” seems insufficient. More
May 25, 2011
By Matt Fink
Web Exclusive
As indie bands and comedians have been sharing bills long enough that it’s no longer a novelty, the question of whether they should is rarely asked. But Michael Ian Black has always been the inquisitive sort, and after years of sharing stages with music acts, he has some questions. More
May 24, 2011
By Kyle Lemmon
Josh T. Pearson
Country-folk singer/songwriter Josh T. Pearson (ex-Lift to Experience) slurs his words like a true Texan. This spring he is back from wandering the wilderness with his first suite of songs in 10 years, Last of the Country Gentleman. The record touches on such old pop music themes as love, despair, and regret, but the 37-year-old artist’s delivery is labyrinth-like and truly haunting. It’s a spartan record that stays with you for quite some time. As such, we called up the son of a preacher man about his life over the past decade and trying to surmount past woes through cathartic music. More
May 23, 2011
By Matt Fink
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It’s hard to say exactly what it is that makes Eugene Mirman such an obvious fit for indie rock listeners—his distinctly absurdist outsider perspective, his understatedly shrugging demeanor, his full embrace of non-mainstream media—but few comedians have been as widely embraced by fans of underground music. More
May 20, 2011
By Matt Fink
Superchunk
As one of the few artists who can legitimately claim dual citizenship in both the music and comedy worlds, Jon Wurster has witnessed firsthand the evolution of the relationship between the two scenes. Having kicked around the indie rock scene for nearly three decades now, ending up with fulltime gigs drumming with both Superchunk and Mountain Goats, he is also one-half of the team behind The Best Show on WFMU, the long-running radio program hosted by writer and comedian Tom Scharpling. More
