EARMILK EARMILK
  • NEW MUSIC
    • DANCE
    • ELECTRONIC
    • EXPERIMENTAL
    • HIP-HOP
    • INDIE
    • POP
    • ROCK
  • INDUSTRY NEWS
    • DOCUMENTARIES
    • EVENTS
    • FASHION
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MUSIC GEAR
    • MUSIC INDUSTRY
    • TECHNOLOGY
  • OPINION
  • ALBUM REVIEWS
  • GEAR REVIEWS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • FEATURES
    • FESTIVALS
    • EXCLUSIVES
    • LISTS
    • CONTESTS
    • Photo Journals
  • SERIES
    • Artist to Watch
    • Under The Crust
    • Flashback Friday
    • Suicide Sundaes
    • Daily 2%
    • The Club
    • Weekend Selector
    • Mashup Mondays
    • Artist Remixed
    • Wobble Wednesday
    • Night Rumours
    • Indie Sabbath
    • Straight No Chase
    • Straight From the Teet
  • Jobs
  • About EARMILK
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Music
EARMILK EARMILK
EARMILK EARMILK
  • NEW MUSIC
    • DANCE
    • ELECTRONIC
    • EXPERIMENTAL
    • HIP-HOP
    • INDIE
    • POP
    • ROCK
  • INDUSTRY NEWS
    • DOCUMENTARIES
    • EVENTS
    • FASHION
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MUSIC GEAR
    • MUSIC INDUSTRY
    • TECHNOLOGY
  • OPINION
  • ALBUM REVIEWS
  • GEAR REVIEWS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • FEATURES
    • FESTIVALS
    • EXCLUSIVES
    • LISTS
    • CONTESTS
    • Photo Journals
  • SERIES
    • Artist to Watch
    • Under The Crust
    • Flashback Friday
    • Suicide Sundaes
    • Daily 2%
    • The Club
    • Weekend Selector
    • Mashup Mondays
    • Artist Remixed
    • Wobble Wednesday
    • Night Rumours
    • Indie Sabbath
    • Straight No Chase
    • Straight From the Teet
  • Feature
  • Indie
  • Interviews

EARMILK Interview: Jukebox the Ghost at Shaky Knees Festival 2015

  • May 14, 2015
  • Anna Murphy
Total
0
Shares
0
0

SK2015-0508-135232-3362-PPP

Photo c/o aLIVE Coverage

I got the chance to see DC area three-piece Jukebox the Ghost play live for the first time Friday afternoon at Atlanta's Shaky Knees Festival. I was pleased to note that their energetic power pop ballads were received well by the Day 1 crowd and that they somehow brought even more heat to an already very 'HOTlanta'.

Prior to their performance I got to chat with the guys about their music and what's in store for the year. During the course of our conversation – peppered throughout with their sometimes silly, oftentimes sarcastic answers to our questions – we touched on their self-titled album, band dynamics, and even an embarrassing (or awesome, however you look at it) run-in with summer tour-mate Ingrid Michaelson. Read on for all the juicy details. (Answers from vocalist/pianist Ben Thornewill.)

EARMILK: Tell us how you formed and how you landed on Jukebox the Ghost as a band name.
JUKEBOX THE GHOST: We formed in college at George Washington University and came up with the name by combining an obscure Captain Beefheart lyric with a quote from Nabokov.  
EM: How did your latest, self-titled album come together? 
JTG: There are two songwriters in the band and we typically write separately and then bring the songs together and reconstruct and arrange them as a band. For this record we came in with nearly 50 demos and worked for months on whittling down the list and recrafting them into the versions that are now on the album.
EM: Why did you release “The Great Unknown” as the first single?
JTG: It seemed, initially, like the most singly of singles.
EM: Any tracks that specifically resonate with you? Why?
JTG: I love the song Hollywood. Firstly, because the concept is that people look for highly fictionalized hollywood-ized romance in life but the reality never matches. Secondly, because our drummer Jesse makes his singing debut at the start of the song.  

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5OWwSlBHU4[/youtube]

EM: What do you want people to take away from your music? 
JTG: I want people to take away a feeling of yearning for chocolate. And then I want them to eat lots of chocolate and then use the sugar rush to dance like a crazy person.
EM: What fuels your fire? Who/what influences your sound?
JTG: I don’t actually listen to a lot of music – but lately I’ve been playing through a lot of 1940s /50s sheetmusic.  Also a good cup of coffee helps steer me towards greatness (or atleast a higher state of consciousness).
EM: Any artist collaborations we can look forward to? Is there a dream collab?
JTG: I am of course waiting to hear back from Kanye about our ballads record. But in the meantime we did recently record a cover of "Walk Like An Egyptian" with labelmates Secret Someones that we love.  
EM: Tell us more about what’s in store for this year.
JTG: We just made the music video for "Postcard" and are thrilled about that. And after the Ingrid tour… more touring?

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBk1P0xOn1w[/youtube]

EM: Yes so more about that. This summer you’re touring with Ingrid Michaelson (huge fan here) – what’s she like? 
JTG: I know her band very well and I’ve met her a few times. Notably years ago I crashed on a couch in a room on her roof (I was friends with her roommate) and in the middle of the night we had an awkward exchange in our pajamas because she didn’t know I was staying there and I didn’t know she was going to walk her dog on the roof.
EM: What do you expect Shaky Knees Festival to be like?
JTG: I expect it to be a crazy, wonderful, awesome, music-filled music-fest.
EM: Any favorite ATL spots you always hit up?
JTG: We almost always stay at Tommy’s cousins house. So, that?
EM: Where can we find you on a Saturday afternoon?
JTG: Hiding from the people who are always trying to find me on a Saturday afternoon.  
EM: What are you wearing right now?
JTG: I am wearing 5 tee shirts, 8 hoodies, two jackets and a helicopter cap. I entering a Young Sumo Wrestlers of America competition but I don’t actually weigh enough without the clothes.
EM: Who is your muse? In style, life, or musically.
JTG: Norm Macdonald.
EM: What product can’t you live without?
JTG: Bugles.
EM: Share something funny/random/comically terrible that’s happened recently.
JTG: I learned that while sea monkeys kind of look like shrimp, they sure don’t taste like them.

For real time quirky quotes like the ones above, and news on what these guys are doing and when, you can get social at the links below.

  • Jukebox the Ghost on Facebook
  • Jukebox the Ghost on Twitter
Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Share 0
Share 0
Related Topics
  • jukebox the ghost
  • Shaky Knees Festival
Anna Murphy

Previous Article
  • Contest

EARMILK x Kasum & Synchronice present: "Glorious" remix contest [Exclusive]

  • May 14, 2015
  • Montrey Whittaker
View Article
Next Article
  • Hip-Hop
  • Interviews
  • Jazz Hop

Bishop Nehru talks history, school, and Dilla influences [Interview]

  • May 14, 2015
  • Nick Vukorepa
View Article
You May Also Like
View Article
  • Indie
  • Interviews
  • Music Videos
  • Pop

Marsha Swanson chats new creative music video “Generational Transmission”, her love of Hugo the Hippo, and more [Interview]

  • September 16, 2025
View Article
  • Folk
  • Indie

Redefining Herself: Lila Tristram’s Life-Changing New Album "America”

  • September 16, 2025
View Article
  • Alt-Pop
  • Hip-Hop
  • Rap

Lenny Friday & The Wager and McCoy release versatile single "Good Time"

  • September 16, 2025
View Article
  • Alternative Rock
  • Indie

Poems share emotive new single "Afterparty"

  • September 16, 2025
Will Foulke
View Article
  • Indie
  • Mainstage
  • Pop

Will Foulkes releases a new album, “Charleston Blues”

  • September 16, 2025
ALEXIS
View Article
  • Indie
  • Mainstage
  • Pop

ALEXIS dances on the edge of heartbreak with “HATE IT HERE”

  • September 16, 2025
Elare André
View Article
  • Indie
  • Mainstage
  • Pop

Elare André turns shyness into swagger on new single “What’s Baby’s Name?”

  • September 16, 2025
Christine Sako
View Article
  • Indie
  • Mainstage
  • Pop

Christine Sako returns with an emotionally charged alt-pop, “Catch My Breath”

  • September 15, 2025
Popular Music
  • Marsha Swanson chats new creative music video “Generational Transmission”, her love of Hugo the Hippo, and more [Interview]
    • September 16, 2025
  • Redefining Herself: Lila Tristram’s Life-Changing New Album "America”
    • September 16, 2025
  • Grace Kay shines with shimmering pop single “Rude (The Way You Move)”
    • September 16, 2025
  • Poems share emotive new single "Afterparty"
    • September 16, 2025
  • Lenny Friday & The Wager and McCoy release versatile single "Good Time"
    • September 16, 2025
Recent Scoops
  • Jay Tone is carving out his space with "Puzzles"
    • July 7, 2025
  • Matt Oakley is redefining country music with heart, soul and modernity
    • May 5, 2025
  • Texas’ Blacktop Mojo does rock music the way it should be done
    • April 29, 2025
  • Tha Rapper Haiti blends authentic style with musical passion
    • April 28, 2025
Community Voices
  • From Machismo To Mujeres: Women As The Face Of Reggaeton
    • July 14, 2022
  • Tyler the creator
    4 things I learned on the 'Call Me If You Get Lost' tour
    • March 31, 2022
  • 4 things every artist needs to think about in 2022
    • January 27, 2022
  • The TikTok Takeover of Hip-Hop
    • January 11, 2022

EARMILK EARMILK
  • Jobs
  • About EARMILK
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Music
All Milk. No Duds.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.