Category: Music

“I reached out to Jesse [Malin] and said, ‘Jonesy is toasting you a lot with this song and we are putting out a new version, and would you like to be a part of it?’ He wrote back immediately that he was in.”

“I have a bit of imposter syndrome, and I still don’t consider myself a singer in a band, which is insane because I have been doing this for 20 years. But I don’t. Part of that is what keeps making me write music.”

The Australian indie artist come to the NJ area Sept 28 and 30.

“We definitely wanted to keep the fun aspect because hardcore had gotten so hard at that point. It was a little too much machismo and violence, people flexing their muscles at shows, and that really wasn’t why any of us got into punk rock in the first place, you know?”

Hosted by Fred Armisen, the one-day show blocks away from the beach in Atlantic City also features Snail Mail, Rocket from the Crypt, Murder City Devils and more, with an opening night show featuring The Ergs on Friday.

The Ergs! are set to play ahead of the Frantic City festival in AC later this month, which features a stacked lineup including Yo La Tengo, The Bouncing Souls, Murder City Devils and more.

“The only measure of success with being in a band and being able to play music with your friends and peers is having fun with it, and having it be a fulfilling and amazing experience.”

“It was pretty natural once it was the two of us. Once we had the baritone [guitar], it kind of defined what we sound like pretty quickly.” 

“I had a gut feeling, and if it scares me I probably have to do it, and get out of my comfort zone. The reason why I stayed away from music was because I was afraid of it, so I had to face my fears.”

“Every time I tune my guitar to drop D I’m like, ‘Yeah, fuck you.’’’

“The ones we’ve played have really been proving themselves, which isn’t always the case. Translating a song to the live set after recording it can be a challenge. They’re hard, but we like that. We’re all at our limits playing and singing this music.”

“As long as we’re growing, then I’m happy, and that’s what we’re about. I did this to put together a cool indie rock record label that puts out music I want to listen to.”