Given the seemingly endless number of “indie” artists in existence today, how do you think you set yourself apart from the crowd?
JH: "By quitting!"
Find out who Juliana would 'go gay' for in a small 'Ask A Straight Girl' Q&A at The New Gay. Admit it, you want to know.
“Honestly, I don’t think it’s something we’re going to do indefinitely,” Hatfield says. “We may do a few shows on the West Coast or maybe even go to Europe for a week or two, but after that I just don’t want to be on the road."
Ooh. The Juliana & Evan roadshow might cross the Atlantic. More on this and the possibility of an electric Peace & Love in an interview with New Haven Advocate.
There's also an interview with Evan at Connecticut Post.
Juliana's official site mentions that Juliana and Evan are interviewed with Jenny and Johnny in the latest issue of Lula Magazine. There is no online edition of this UK based fashion magazine which is a bit exclusive and only comes out twice a year.
Dando: "We never did anything 50/50, like a band, a duo. We helped each other out on our albums. We’ve never written together, but we’re going to try. We should really make up a name up for it, but I guess Juliana & Evan is good enough."
It's becoming clear from the recent run of interviews with Juliana and Evan that there is more to it than just a few low key acoustic shows from the pair. They have a positive influence on each other and appear to be at the embryonic stages of a new project, if not a fully fledged musical duo for the future. Yay.
The latest feature can be found at the Boston Herald.
"I didn't know what to expect after not seeing him for a long time — you never know if you're going to get the up Evan or the down Evan. When I wrote about 'shafts of light that dart down between the trees,' that's the part of Evan I was describing. Being his friend can be hard, and it's only lately that I've come to accept him as he is and not want to change him."
From a feature in the Boston Phoenix - 'Dando & Hatfield rekindle a musical courtship'
Hatfield laughs and rolls her eyes. “Have you ever seen that movie Leaving Las Vegas?” she asks. “Evan and I are kind of like Elisabeth Shue and Nicolas Cage.” Dando nods, then asks, “Wait, are you a hooker?”
Juliana and Evan interviewed inbetween their recent New York shows in an article at New York Magazine.
"Rather than a reunion, I think it's an experiment, trying to unify the two of us.Or an experiment in trying to blend the two of us, which is kind of a new thing. "
Juliana talks about the shows with Evan, plans to go to school, and using julianalogic explains why rock 'n' roll is dead to her in an interview with QRO Magazine.
The most elongated series of audio interviews in internet history has now come to an end. Part 4 of Juliana's interview with Gearwire is now online and includes a discussion on her Martin HD-28V acoustic guitar.
Thanks to Carlos for the link.
Q: Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?
JH: Here. Still here.
Read a new Q&A with Juliana at Tuned-Out.
Juliana talks about Gibson guitars and raises the possibility of future live electric shows in the third part of Gearwire's audio interview.
Motown based music site Tuned-Out is due to interview Juliana:
Questions can be submitted via their site or at Facebook and Twitter. 'When will you be playing a show in my backyard?' themed questions should probably be avoided. Thoughts on crimes against confectionary less so.
Update
on 2010-05-08 16:55 by Craig
The interview is now available at Tuned-Out.
Part 2 of an audio interview, titled "Juliana Hatfield On Vocals, Recording, And Musical Education Of The Higher Sort", is now available to listen at Gearwire.
If you missed Part 1, it's here.
"Every time, I write a song about a break-up, I can’t believe I’m writing about it again. It’s like shut up already. But I think it’s a universal experience and it never gets old."
Juliana talks about Peace & Love, her career and voice, and names her price for a Blake Babies reunion in a Q&A interview at Hear/Say.
Thanks to Allison for sharing this link.
"I don't know what happened with the guitar solo in 'What Is Wrong', I just sort of plugged in and in about three seconds got a kind of nasty sound happening. I pressed 'record' and this gnarly blast fell out. Listening back, I was very amused with myself."
Read more comments from Juliana in a feature on Groupee.
"When CDs came out I thought they sounded like crap. And now, I think MP3s sound like crap and MP3s make CDs sound better."
Read Juliana's thoughts on music technology, the crappiness of mp3, why Twitter is a distraction and her future book writing projects in a nice interview at Sounds Good Ink.
“The music business is so complicated. I want a really simple life. …The theme of the past few years [has been] a process of reclaiming my freedom and independence and being totally self sufficient.”
"my lack of technical expertise is, I think, an aesthetic of sorts"
Juliana talks about the recording process of Peace & Love in an interview with Patrick Ogle for Gearwire. Listen to it at gearwire.com.
It looks like there's more to come as according to Patrick's twitter post this is Part 1.
Part 2 is now available at Gearwire.
“I needed some calm because the year was very turbulent. The easiest way for me to feel calm was to be alone. I couldn’t handle the idea of going into a big studio with a bunch of people. I just wanted to stay home and make this very personal and quiet record.”
Some quotes from Juliana on Peace & Love, her withdrawal from social media and more in an article at The Patriot Ledger.
