Mics on electric guitars? Running two guitars into one amp? Solos that sound like “malfunctioning fax machines� It can only be the work of indie-rock lifers John Dieterich and Ed Rodriguez
Recorded in single takes with minimal overdubs, the San Francisco band’s latest album its first sung entirely in Satomi Matsuzaki’s native Japanese is a confident set of small epiphanies.
Could the celebrated standup knock out an album of his own tunes? Yes, he says, with the aid of a dusty old drum kit, 40 musicians – and a novelty animal costume