Brian Gorsegner (Night Birds - vocals)
1. What are your top five albums that were released in 2013? (In order 1-5)
- Vacation - Candy Waves (Don Giovanni)
- Rough Kids - The State I'm In 12" (Sorry State)
- Big Eyes - Almost Famous 12" (Grave Mistake)
- Nuclear Santa Claust - Order of the New Age 12" (Don Giovanni)
- Nervosas - s/t 12" (LET'S PRETEND)
2. What band did you discover in 2013 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? What made them significant?
I had never heard of DEATH before, as in the 3 brothers from Detroit whom had the documentary made about them. I suppose the impact being the fact that after 30 years there can still be incredible hidden gems out there, even in the age of downloading and blogs and stuff...Never stop digging through those record boxes!
3. How will you remember 2013? (In terms of music)
For one thing, 2013 had the most new music that I purchased and enjoyed in I don't even know how long. Putting together a top 5 this year is near impossible with so many killer records.
Great stuff from Steve Adamyk Band, California X, LIVIDS, The Novice, Culo, Neighborhood Brats, Kurt Vile, Criminal Damage, Iron Reagan...the list goes on. I had like 4 records I liked in 2012!
4. What can we look forward to from you in 2014?
Night Birds put out two records in 2013 and my wife and I had a baby, both of which kept Night Birds from touring as much as we usually would, so 2014 will be about hitting the road for us.
5. What records are you looking forward to most in 2014?
A new album from Washington DC's GIVE and two new albums from Wisconsin's TENEMENT.
6. There is a lot of debate over streaming sites and royalties, namely with Spotify. What is your stance on the economic policies behind the current streaming services? Do you have a preferred one?
I don't care, download away. I work 9-5 to pay my bills. Music is what I do for fun. I guess if it's what I did for a living it might get my knickers in a knot, but it's not, so steal away! I don't have a preference, I did however use iTunes for the first time this year to purchase the Dwarves' Are Young and Good Looking so that was pretty cool.
