Grooveshark Artists

Last Halloween, we had the opportunity to meet & mingle with several artists during the Fest 9 and our first annual “Grooveshark Sessions”. Around 17 artists met up with us at Medusa Studios to record one live, acoustic track and an interview to be exclusively released via Grooveshark. After months of unwinding, editing, mixing, mastering, etc. - the tracks and interviews are here!

Up next is Big Eyes, a female-fronted garage group from Brooklyn or New Brunswick - depending on where there’s space for them to practice (in true garage fashion). Since many of us here at Groovesark are huge garage fans, it only felt appropriate to rope in the talented Big Eyes for a session. Check out the resulting interview and track recorded below:

Where are you guys from?

Kaitlyn: We’re from New York, but I’m from New Jersey. We kind of switch where we’re based out of depending on who’s living at a house with a practice space.

CJ: We’ve kind of claimed Brooklyn as a middle ground because we started the band there and have been practicing there for a long time. 

So that’s kind of your scene?

CJ: Yeah - Brooklyn and New Brunswick, NJ

Same as The Measure (SA)!

CJ: Yeah!

Are you guys mostly on the road or do you play a lot of shows in Brooklyn?

K: We definitely play a lot of local stuff. CJ goes to school and works full time, and me and Mark are both… hanging out full time. Me and Mark have nothing to do, and CJ has everything to do. It’s a combination. At least every couple of months we’re out for a little bit.

What’s your favorite city to play in?

M: I really like Oakland, but I think I just really like it because there’s so many bands and it’s a really grimy place.

CJ:  I tend to like smaller places than bigger cities. They’re just a little more warm. My favorite city is Appleton, WI. I really, really love it there. It’s like living in The Wonder Years, the TV show.

Aw nice! Does it have a good music scene?

CJ: Well, all the bands there are awesome – they have great punk bands and great hardcore bands and kind of like, weird –

K: There’s a lot of crust, and then also a lot of power pop.

Any bands from Appleton come to mind for the people listening to this to check out?

K: Tenement.

CJ: Yeah, Tenement and Bored Straight - 

Mark: Bored Straight!

CJ: And Technicolor Teeth. We played with those bands last summer, and I just did a show with Bored Straight in New Jersey. They’re all really awesome.

How many times have you guys played the Fest?

K: This is our first year actually – we’ve only been a band for about 10 months.

CJ: Our first band practice was in the hotel room at last years Fest! So this is kind of like the one-year anniversary of our band, almost.

That’s Fest for you.

G: We’ve all played at the Fest before in other bands, though.  My old bands are called Chikie and Used Kids.

M: I played the Fest with a band called ANS, and I also play in a hardcore band called Seasick, and another band called Kicking Spit.

CJ: I was in Used Kids.

Well check those out everybody! I think that’s all we have time for – thanks for participating in the Gainesville Fest Sessions!