Friday, September 3, 2010

"Daytrotter's genuinely hip. Like, "Jack Kerouac" hip": Arts Awards for Music Website



Sean Moeller and Daytrotter have made many sessions with contemporary touring bands inching their way across the states. They just got awarded grants from Iowa Arts Council and the National Endownment for the Arts to finish off what promises to be a beautiful document of an historical moment in music: when a website in Rock Island, Illinois began producing studio sessions for the Pitchfork generation. Except that Moeller and his crew avoid becoming Pitchfork. Daytrotter listens rather than pontificates, recording emerging and established musicians thoughtfully, carefully. I can't wait to see it when it's finished.

And, very excited that a Suckers drum solo begins the trailer!