Duck & Cover :: Indie rock music writing from Arcade Fire to the Zygotic Minci

In an update to last week's review of Light Pollution's enjoyable new EP, we, the editors of Duck & Cover Music, asked the band the hard-hitting questions. Read on: D&C: Do you have a favorite pair of shoes? LP: Boots! D&C: Is there a song you never get tired of hearing? LP: Evil Woman by ELO D&C: Were any of Light Pollution in the high school marching band? LP: Matt (our drummer) was in the marching band. Heather (viola) was in Orchestra, but that's not as cool. D&C: Any plans to play out west (specifically Seattle/Vancouver)? LP: We've been to Seattle, but never to Vancouver. We would love to go in the near future. So there you have it. Big thanks to Light Pollution, and to Brooke for getting us in touch with them.

Just when you thought modern music had lost its soul . . . While New York City churns out dance pop, Seattle cries tears of indie rock goodness, and Los Angeles provides us with all our Garage Punk needs, Chicago keeps relatively to itself: an introspective tinkerer, dabbling in the dazzling. From Chicago we get Steve Albini, Touch and Go Records, Cap'n Jazz, and now Light Pollution. The press release I received states that Light Pollution is, "never stagnant, and constantly expanding their musical horizons. [The] music is a kaleidoscope of sound, encompassing everything from backward tapes to dissonant piano rolls to even crunching leaves." In short, a band that is doing something interesting. And we like that. We receive a lot of music here at Duck & Cover, but Light Pollution stood out. As it played through we all sat back on the couch, put our hands behind our heads, and someone muttered, "Ah. Real musicians playing real music. So rare these days." Indee...