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| Jenny & Johnny (Photo credit: Autumn De Wilde) |
and took a break for a quick Q&A with SF Bay Area Concerts.To catch the duo live, be sure to get tickets while you can for: Sept. 2nd or Sept. 3rd
SFBAC: Jenny, you’ve performed a number of times in San Francisco, do you have any interesting stories from any of those performances?
J&J: Once we had an after-hours jam at a certain music hall that is both "american" and "great" with Benji Hughes. Pretty sure that was Will Oldham's gear on stage. We didn't think he would mind his microphone being tickled by the beard of another (beard was Benji's).
SFBAC: Do you have a favorite venue in SF and is there a venue you haven’t yet played in SF that you would love to?
J&J: Love the Fillmore. One of the best in the hemisphere.
SFBAC: Of all the places you've toured in the past, what cities stand out and why?
J&J: I love all cities in Florida. Particularly Wibor City, where I played with M. Ward, who is the Elvis Presely of Wibor City.
SFBAC: Can you describe what you feel has been your biggest ‘break’ so far?
J&J: At a concert in Lake Tahoe, Common, the rapper, jumped up and down on a onyx victorian mourning key that Johnathan gave to me as a gift and I had left onstage, breaking it into three pieces. It was an accident, of course. The pieces have been salvaged and reassembled. No harm done.
SFBAC: You’ve been compared to bands such as Pavement and the Lemonheads. Do you think those comparisons are valid, and who would you say is your music most influenced by?
J&J: Love Dando. Love Malkmus. Can't put ourselves in that lofty company.
SFBAC: What’s currently in rotation on your ipod/phone?
J&J: Band: Harlem. Album's called ‘Hippies
’. Also, "The Umbrella of US Power
" by Noam Chomsky.SFBAC: Of all the artists you’ve worked with over the years, who stands out and why?
J&J: Mike Mogis. He's been there every step of the way. Thanks Man!
SFBAC: What artist(s) would you want to collaborate with in the future (who you haven't already worked with)?
J&J: Burning Dan.
Thanks for your time and good luck on the rest of your tour! We're looking forward to catching you in San Francisco next week!
' a week before kicking off their 2010 tour at the Great American Music Hall last night in San Francisco to a near capacity crowd. Opening for Autolux was This Will Destroy You, a Texan post-rock, instrumental 4-piece very similar to Explosions in the Sky -- both of which have done various TV commercial and soundtrack work over the past few years.
, in 2004 to critical acclaim and have been compared to Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine. Their sound is a low-fi, fuzz pop-rock with lush harmonies interspersed through tommy-gun drum beats.