Dead Confederate caught up with the folks of Uncensored Interview at this year's SXSW, and, among other things, explained why being hung over and getting whupped by your girlfriend does wonders for songwriting. Learn more after the break!

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You may have heard that James Taylor and Carly Simon have a son, named Ben, who has a new album out called The Legend of Kung Folk. What you may not know is that he dropped out of high school to actually practice kung fu and Buddhism in China and remained celibate the entire time. Curious for more? Check the interview clips after the break!

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For our special pre-release of the fantastic new Walkmen album, we spoke to bassist Peter Bauer about the recording process, their feelings on music criticism, and why they chose Sloan-Kettering for the charity proceeds. Read it all after the fold, and find one of the best blogs we've seen this year!

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Today's Uncensored Interview is with Raine Maida, the frontman of Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace. Find his thoughts on writing songs for pop stars, why he engineered his solo debut on his own, and his biggest musical influences after the break!

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Today we're posting the first in a series of offbeat interviews done by the folks at Uncensored Interview, a group whose mission is to give us "a voyeuristic glimpse into the indie music world." Check out their session with Ungdomskulen, the manic Norwegian prog-punkers who discuss what's in a name, the best local sheep stew, and a couple tips for "safe living," all after the break!

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To celebrate the release of their long-awaited debut, we had a quick chat with the members of Jukebox the Ghost... Always wondered where they got the name, or why they want to hang out with Rosie O'Donnell and Sinbad, or what it is about D.C. that makes all these great bands? Find out after the break!

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In December of 2004, Brooke moved to Ontario and got married in 2005. "My life in love and music really began then." It's a comment like this, paired with the music she makes, that gives an audience the impression that Brooke Miller lives a life less earthbound. She's adrift in music, in ancestral channels. "Don and I have a wonderful musical relationship," Brooke says. "It was pretty much that way right off the bat." Together with producer Peter Lubin they create You Can See Everything in an old converted church in Ontario, rented for eleven days from friends. They set the rooms up for different instrumentations. The organ was placed in the living room with thirty foot ceilings, bass in the kitchen, drums in the basement, guitar and vocals in one of the bedrooms. The album was engineered in another bedroom in front of a twenty-five foot stained glass window. The title track, You Can See Everything , Brooke wrote for her husband. "I had tied up most of the loose ends of the songs and was almost ready to start pre-production for recording," Brooke says. "However, when Don and I got together and we discovered we simply needed to be together, I found myself wanting to bring the record full circle somehow... That's when 'You Can See Everything' pretty much wrote itself."

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So what's new for the Presidents? You guys obviously have more laurels to rest on than most, but, after breaking up and then getting back together again in 2004, there's obviously a purpose.

Well, we'd been working pretty steady since our Last album

came out in late 2004. So, we had specific plans to take 2007 off as much as possible. I don't know whether any laurels were involved, but we did indeed manage to get through the last 10 months only playing a couple of shows. Yay us. It's nice to have some time to re-stoke the fires of inspiration! Extra important because next year will see us unleashing the new album we've been working on all summer.

We're lucky to have 2 of your albums on Amie Street including the ridiculously popular multi-platinum self-titled debut. But isn't there something interesting about that first album, other than just how much it sold?

Yeah, we got the masters back from Columbia in 2003 or so. I don't know if that's interesting though. Interesting would be something like the fact that one night at the Fillmore in SF many years ago, Sammy Hagar told me I had a LIFETIME INVITATION to CABO WABO. Awesome! Less awesome but also interesting: at the next table was Mere Winningham, of St. Elmo's Fire fame.

But yes, we do own the record.

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[Exclamation] Point Made!

The mere presence of an exclamation point immediately catches your eye, doesn't it? Hitting you hard in a similar fashion is the album,

, by the band Jonny Lives! Hailed by Blender, SPIN, and the NY Daily News the album is like a midnight train out of hell: fast, thrilling, and a sheer rock n' roll joy, interspersed with the occasional acoustic serenity and just enough pop sheen to smooth out the ride. The four-piece band includes leader Jonny Dubowsky, Christian Langdon (guitar/vocals), Tommy USA (bass), and Jon Weber (drums). I had a chance to chat with, Dubowsky, about his biggest career mistake, Tommy Lee and Kid Rock's MTV Video Music Awards fight, opening for Stevie Wonder, and life on New York City's Lower East Side. However, not only is Dubowsky a man of rock, but he's a man of action as he talked about what really gets him in a rocking mood: his non-profit organization, Rock n' Renew, which focuses on sustainability and renewable energy. Check it all out after the jump to see why Jonny Lives! has more than enough credibility to employ the use of punctuation as hype.

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Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings are blowing up and Amie Street is bringin' you the world premiere of their funky new album,

, which features the signature, retro sounds that attracted Amy Winehouse and Kanye West to the band. We're also very excited to bring you an exclusive interview with Ms. Sharon Jones herself! The Queen of Funk told us about her favorite tracks from the new album, her aspirations to collaborate with Justin Timberlake, and what it was like to work on a movie with Denzel Washington.

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