Nate Gangelhoff (Banner Pilot/Partial Traces/Gateway District)
1. What are your top five albums that were released in 2015? (In order 1-5)
- Bully - Feels Like
- Sleater Kinney - No Cities to Love
- Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
- Desaparecidos - Payola
- Beach Slang - The Things We Do To Find People Who Like Us
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 mean, I wouldn’t say they literally had an impact on my life, but Bully is a great new band with a super strong debut album. Ditto for Beach Slang.
3. How will you remember 2015? (In terms of music)
Lots of good records and fun festivals. We got to play what are, in my opinion, the two best music festivals on the planet: The Fest and Groezrock. So that was a definite highlight.
4. What can we look forward to from you in 2016?
At least a couple recordings by a new band I’m in called Partial Traces. We have one 2-song thing recorded and a bunch of other songs we’re fleshing out and hoping to record within the next few months.
5. What records are you looking forward to most in 2016?
I have to admit, I’m not even aware of any upcoming releases, top of my head. I guess I’ll just hope some of my favorite bands are due for a new one in 2016: Joyce Manor, Cloud Nothings, Johnny Foreigner, Los Campesinos, etc.
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?
There’s still a healthy amount of people who buy albums on vinyl, and to a lesser extent CD, and I don’t really see that changing much. I mean, I can’t imagine it will decrease much more than it already has from the peak of 2000 or thereabouts. I think in 2016 we might see more bands opt out of the streaming services and instead try to sell digital copies directly to fans.
