Low on Fresh Air
Everyone’s favorite Duluth, slow-core, Mormon, husband-and-wife duo Low were interviewed last week on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Alan and Mimi thoughtfully talk about the intellectual origins of the band’s sound, Alan’s recent emotional instabilities, and their family relationship. It’s an interesting interview, but Terry (arguably radio’s greatest interviewer) lacks her typically deep preparedness.
NPR has been steadily ramping up their coverage of indie rock over the past year. For me, the strangest show still had to be Wilco’s appearance on the daily phone-in show, Talk of the Nation.