Matt Scifres (Not Half Bad-vocals/guitar)
1. What are your top five albums that were released in 2015? (In order 1-5)
In no particular order. It's too hard to choose.
- Oso Oso - Real Stories of True People Who Kind Of Looked Like Monsters
- Gentlemen Prefer Blood - Used Books and Guns
- Girlpool - Before The World Was Big
- Radioactivity - Silent Kill
- Spraynard - Mable
2. What band did you discover in 2015 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? What made them significant?
I heard "Queer Salutations" by Teenage Cool Kids this year and became obsessed. I was just a couple years too young to see them in their heyday here, in Denton, so I was kind of bummed to know that I missed it so narrowly. Honestly, this band was way ahead of their time and this may be one of the best ever indie pop punk ish, whatever albums of all time. I literally hounded every record store in Dallas-Fort Worth, their label and at least one of their members for a copy before I ended up paying $100 bucks for one that skips on the first track. The singer is now in Parquet Courts, but this is what I fell in love with.
3. How will you remember 2015? (In terms of music)
A lot of lofi punk, cigarettes and hangovers. Basically, the year I listened to nothing but Dirtnap Records bands.
4. What can we look forward to from you in 2016?
A couple splits. Maybe a new record. Maybe a few tours. We commit to nothing.
5. What records are you looking forward to most in 2016?
Anything from Hard Girls. OH! and the Tender Defender LP! Either of those are going to rule.
6. How relevant is the physical format record/cd/tape in 2015 and going into 2016? What do you see changing in terms of physical vs. digital discussions?
Records do and will continue to rule all other formats forever.
