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3×3: Tameca Jones on Ravenous Applause, Graphic Design, and Potential Touring Essentials

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Artist: Tameca Jones
Hometown: Austin, TX
Latest Album: Naked
Personal Nicknames: Meek Meek

 

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Your house is burning down and you can grab only one thing — what would you save? 
Anything that's living. Everything else is meaningless. 

If you weren't a musician, what would you be?
A graphic template designer 

If a song started playing every time you entered the room, what would you want it to be? 
That would be really annoying to have music constantly played when I entered rooms. I'd rather have a canned track of ravenous applause and cheering played. 

 

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What is the one thing you can’t survive without on tour? 
I've never been on tour but, when I eventually go on tour, I wouldn't survive without my narcolepsy medicine and maybe a dildo.

If you were a car, what car would you be?
I have no idea. I'm not into cars. 

Which King is your favorite: B.B., Billie Jean, Martin Luther? 
Martin Luther, obviously, because I'm Black and he fought for my rights.

Vinyl or digital? 
Vinyl

Who is your favorite superhero?
My mom

Summer or Winter?
Spring

LISTEN: Reed Turner, ‘Swim or Drown (Let the Lord Decide)’

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Artist: Reed Turner
Hometown: Austin, TX
Song: "Swim or Drown (Let the Lord Decide)"
Album: Native Tongue EP
Release Date: January 22

In Their Words: "This was one of my favorite songs to track — the groove is just so thick. I sent out a rough demo to the guys, and when Pat walked into rehearsal with that bass line, everything fell perfectly into place. It reminds me of that great Tom Waits quote: 'I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.' When we play it live and the crowd starts moving, I can’t help but smile and think, 'Do they know what they’re dancing to?'" — Reed Turner

Photo credit: Nicola Gell

LISTEN: Matt the Electrician, ‘The Bear’

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Artist: Matt the Electrician
Hometown: Austin, TX
Song: "The Bear"
Album: 7" series
Release Date: October 23

In Their Words: "An old family friend wrote to me about my sister's vineyard in Oregon, which is quite picturesque, and in describing it from a remembrance of my sister's wedding day, she said, 'I imagine that must be what heaven is like.' Those words really stuck in my head, and became the foundation for the song, which I think is about growing old, feeling disconnected, and maybe being so separate from the people around you that you almost feel like a different species altogether." — Matt the Electrician

Instructions: Ramble along with this one and you might just wind up in your happy place.

Photo credit: Katherine O'Brien