Ah, Pitchfork Festival. This is our favorite fest – it books many of the bands that speak to us the most. I have to admit, I was slow for press bookings this year…I did not secure many interviews, but the one I did get…. boy it was a good one. One of my favorite bands as of late, BRONCHO, was playing an aftershow at Subterranean.

While driving up the west coast on her latest tour, Little Scream’s Laurel Sprengelmeyer took some time to talk to the Minimal Beat.

Internationally lauded Chillwave originator and indie darling Ramona Gonzalez aka Nite Jewel, returns with her first album in four years.

The Minimal Beat spoke with Blake Babies drummer, author, and Northwestern University faculty member, Freda Love Smith about how this whole reunion business got reignited, and also what may lie ahead. So without further adieu…we present…10ish Questions with Freda Love Smith:

laying one night at Thalia Hall with Hop Along, Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis’ was kind enough to talk to us about music, birds, mixtapes, and Pavement.

A sonic force to be reckoned with, Britta Phillips talks to TMB and gets the scoop on her new album as well as Luna and her other projects.

Our interview with Jack Tatum from Wild Nothing at Thaila Hall.

TMB sits down with Ben Cooper of Radical Face and discusses the ups and downs of touring and reaching fans across generations.

Before hitting the stage at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, Gaz Coombes of brit-pop powerhouse Supergrass sat down with The Minimal Beat and talked about his solo album, Matador, released on his record label Hot Fruit Recordings.

Currently on tour for her new record Promise, Emily Wells came through Chicago’s Beat Kitchen to play a fun and memorable show. I sat down and spoke with her about her new record, mix tapes, and feminism’s role in the music industry, among other things.

We sat down with Ricky Dover Jr. from Nashville’s rock n roll pretty boys The Tip as they just ended their ‘South In Your Mouth Summer Tour’ which they conquered 7 cities in 22 days.

We interviewed Ignacio Gonzalez of LA’s psych group, the Mystic Braves. The band is releasing their third LP ‘Days of Yesteryear’ this fall on Lolipop Records.

Nashville’s voodoo-witchy woman, Kim Logan is back in the studio again working on her second chapter of recordings with Vance Powell, the wizard behind the mixing board for Jack White, Third Man Records, Buddy Guy, Chris Stapleton, and many more.

Courtney Barnett has been the up and coming darling of the indie rock scene, and was arguably one of the highlights of Pitchfork 2015.

Houston-bred New Yorker Matt Johnson has played on some of the most critically acclaimed records in almost everyone’s collections.

TMB contributor Patrick Tsotsos had a chance to hang out with Chicago band Holy Motors for the day and they talked about possible touring, the new EP, Myspace, Oprah, gear,recording and Martha Stewart…

For years Tennis has been making lovely indie pop that harkens back to the groovy times of the 60’s and 70’s, but rather than focusing on psychedelic jam outs Tennis has brought us beautiful songs with melodies that caress the heart and soothe the soul.

We reached out to friend and local musician Patrick Tsotsos and asked him what kind of stuff he is listening to at the moment. He quickly responded; The Frowning Clouds from Geelong, Australia! So we checked them out and really liked what we heard. We then set up a interview for Patrick with Nick, Zak, Daff, Jake and Jamie of the band and here is what was said…