Stereogum Interviews the morning benders, Wye Oak & Dominique Young Unique Plus Highlights Of Range Life

As you likely surmised after watching Ben Gibbard cover the Magnetic Fields, our show's sponsor Samsung kindly hired a a video crew to memorialize the good times at Range Life. As a result I found myself with a mic in my hand having a chat with the morning benders' Chris Chu. 1PM on day last of SXSW isn't the ideal time to not look like a bleary eyed fool, let alone conduct a coherent interview, but Chris is smart and did the heavy lifting, talking about Austin and Big Echo and how it felt for us to sit really close to each other. I hope it makes sense! We talked a bit about our relationship with Alex Chilton, too, though that doesn't make the cut here. Ask me about it next time I see you. (During their set, the benders would cover Big Star's "I'm In Love With A Girl"; later that day, many artists would cover many Big Star songs.) In addition, we enlisted our friend Mallory Blair to Q&A her way through a few minutes with Wye Oak and Dominique Young Unique, who closed Range Life with an unexpected party-ending (though effectively, evening-party-starting) set that inspired many to ask me the same question: "She's going to be huge but tell me ... who is she?" That's what this interview's for. Dominique sets the record straight on her relationship with Yo Majesty, her age, and watching it gives you a sense for how her mind works. Once you get through that, then watch this. OK guys, that's it -- last post on our party. Until next year. You're invited already.

Amrit Interviews the morning benders

Mallory Interviews Dominique Young Unique

Mallory Interviews Wye Oak

Highlights From Range Life