Category: Interviews

Over his long and impressive career as a singer/songwriter, Votolato has had his share of personal peaks and valleys. But when it came time to write 2010’s “True Devotion,” he was pretty much at rock bottom.

“Getting the audience horny is definitely an important part of the type of music we play,” says guitarist/singer Ryan Perras. The Atom Age, however, is not what you’d call a gentle lover.

Vic Victor can trace his rockabilly roots back to the most enlightened intellectuals of the ’90s: Beavis and Butt-Head. He was watching the show when he saw the video for Reverend Horton Heat’s ‘Psychobilly Freakout.’ “I thought it was just really cool,” Victor recalls. “The video was weird and the guy played a big violin.”

The DJ duo specializes is mashups between indie bands and hip-hop artists. I checked out a few of their mixtapes and was instantly impressed. So I reached out to them about an interview.

On record, he’s gruff. His raspy growl is filled with aggression and anger. But on the telephone, Polar Bear Club frontman Jimmy Stadt is soft-spoken, polite, and thoughtful.