One of my favorite records from last year was The Everymen's New Jersey Hardcore. As much as I love dream-pop, pop punk, surf rock, jangle pop, shoegaze, psychedelic rock, electro pop, americana folk punk, or whatever, I think we're all programmed to have a soft spot for pure, unadulterated rock and roll. Nobody is doing that better right now than Tuckerton, NJ's The Everymen.
The Everymen's fearless leader, Mike V, answered some questions for me just as the band were preparing for their inaugural tour through the American South that will take them down to South By Southwest. Topics ranged from New Jersey to The Everymen's musical philosophy to Superstorm Sandy to Jonathan Richman, the subject of The Everymen's upcoming tribute EP.
Mike V on New Jersey bands:
"...the one thing that is inherent about Jersey bands is our blue collaredness. Our work ethic is unmatched. You can probably find bands better than Jersey bands. You can probably find bands sexier than Jersey bands. But you will be hard pressed to find a band who can outwork a Jersey band."
The Everymen live that philosophy, producing a constant stream of recordings, touring relentlessly, and leaving it all on the stage when they play live.
The rest of the interview should be up in the CoolDad Music section of Speak Into My Good Eye just in time for The Everymen's arrival in Austin. If you'd like to read more about the passion that Mike V has for music, life, and his home state, delivered in his own unmistakable style, then you will not want to miss it.
I think I could get used to this just writing up a bunch of questions and letting some really interesting people do the rest of the work for me.
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