Coachella 2008 Festival Friday Main Stage Photo Gallery: The Raconteurs, Tegan and Sara and The Breeders

Coachella 2008 Festival Friday Photo Gallery: Vampire Weekend, Battles, The Black Lips and Datarock

The Giraffes
Interview and photos by Brian Romero – March, 23 2008

You guys are about halfway through your cross-country tour, how’s it going so far?

Damien: So you’re lobbing softballs huh?
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The Vacation
Ben and Steve Tegel

Interview and photos by Brian Romero – February 7, 2008

Hollywood is filled with rock bands who look the part but fail to deliver the goods. The Vacation is not one of them. They continue to craft primal, sleaze-tinged songs that consistently bring the audience to a writhing frenzy. Brothers Ben and Steve Tegel talk about the band’s upcoming album and shows at the Viper Room.

Ben, you gave me a CD with rough mixes of the new album late last year. Is it all done?

Steve: It’s all done on the recording side of it. We just have to figure out how we’re going to release it. We’re talking to some small labels now and if it doesn’t work out we’ll release it ourselves.

Ben: We actually have way more songs that I haven’t given to you yet. There’s at least twice as many. Maybe even more than that.

Are those songs going to be released down the road?
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