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3X3: Diego Davidenko on Loving Ice Cream, Hating Kombucha, and Reliving Life

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Artist: Diego Davidenko
Hometown: All over. Currently L.A.
Latest Album: In an Empty House
Personal Nicknames: Deegs, Double-D

What song do you wish you had written?

“The Stars of Track and Field” by Belle and Sebastian

Who would be in your dream songwriter round?

Woody Guthrie, Elliott Smith, Lisa Germano

If you could only listen to one artist’s discography for the rest of your life, whose would you choose?

Conor Oberst

 

Playing here at 7 — come on down folks. #scarfweather

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How often do you do laundry?

When I’m out of clean underpants.

What was the last movie that you really loved?

Sweet Bean

If you could re-live one year of your life, which would it be and why?

This one. It’s so full of adventure and love.

What’s your go-to comfort food?

Ice cream with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

Kombucha — love it or hate it?

Hate it

Mustard or mayo?

Mustard. Pretty much anything over mayo.

3×3: Lauren Ruth Ward on Mirah, Myers, and Moving

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Artist: Lauren Ruth Ward
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Latest Album: Lauren Ruth Ward
Personal Nicknames: Family calls me Bug. Band called me Mom.

What song do you wish you had written?

Courtney Barnett — “Pedestrian at Best”

Who would be in your dream songwriter round?

John Lennon, Elliott Smith, and Mirah

If the After-Life exists, what song will be playing when you arrive?

“Build Me Up” — The Foundations

 

Famous people.  @zsssss

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How often do you do laundry?

When I run out of underwear.

What was the last movie that you really loved?

I’m so bad with watching movies. I’ve become obsessed with a 37-minute documentary about Vali Myers on YouTube. She. Is. Everything.

If you could re-live one year of your life, which would it be and why?

This past year, I learned about myself musically: what kind of music I want to write, who I want to write it with, and how to harness and share that power. I moved to L.A. in 2015. I was lost in a beautiful way. I was on to something, but so much of my life I had changed, it was hard to know exactly what I was “on to.” 2016 made sense of my confusion.

 

We got buttons thanks to @bummerpopsicle. Bout to try out this IG live. Stay tuned.

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What’s your favorite culinary spice?

So many … curry, old bay, cinnamon, cayenne, and truffle salt (not a spice but the best).

Morning person or night owl?

Both

Mustard or mayo?

Both

WATCH: Distant Cousins​, ‘For a Moment’

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Artist:​ Distant Cousins​
Hometown:​ Los Angeles​, CA
Song:​ "For a Moment​"
Album:​ Distant Cousins​
Release Date:​ October 16​
Label:​ Family First Records​

In Their Words: "The recording of this song was something special for us. We usually track everything ourselves out of our backhouse studio, but for this type of intimate song, we wanted to record it live and just be the band at its purest. We went to New Monkey studio, where Elliott Smith recorded a lot, and we truly felt his energy in the room with us. We're grateful that some magic was captured that day." — Dov Rosenblatt

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Photo credit:​ Jon Danovic​