Artist Interviews KEN mode

Blake Burkhart met up with KEN mode at the 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival. They talked about playing hardcore sludge-rock outside during the middle of the day, learning how to properly record loud music over the course of a decade, and laughing at the darkness in the world.

produced by Eugene Cabanban

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Artist Interviews Mountains for Clouds

CHIRP's Katie Owens made a stop in Ravenswood to talk about touring oddities and dark origins with Chicago's own twinkly math rockers Mountains For Clouds.

Mountains For Clouds released their first full length, Maybe it's Already Everywhere, on Count Your Lucky Stars in July.

produced by Brian Szpak

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Artist Interviews White Lung

CHIRP's Blake Burkhart met with White Lung at the 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival. They talked about their punk scene in Vancouver versus other American cities, watching A$AP Rocky watch himself on a laptop, and being more inspired by jazz than Joy Division.

produced by Elizabeth Greiwe

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Artist Interviews Yo La Tengo

Ira Kaplan and James McNew took a few minutes to talk with CHIRP's Dylan Peterson before Yo La Tengo's set at the 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival. They discussed performing Seinfeld's "Chinese Restaurant" live at the Metro, the ambiguity of "I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass," and how comedy has a way of keeping things fresh.

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