52. The Black Tones

Portrait painted by Nathan Berko-Gibson

Live Audio Engineering by Robin Camosino and Finn Foley.

Cameras by Hannah Byrd, Bryce Aguirre and Kefa Crow.

Video editing by Andrew Ebright.

This program's featured artist is Seattle's The Black Tones. Founded about a decade ago, The Black Tones members Eva Walker (guitar and vocals), Cedric Walker (Drums), and Jake Iuti (bass) talk about their formative years as musical twins leading up to the realization of the band, the inspirations behind their 8-bit video game, sharing the stage with Mavis Staples, performing for a packed crowd at a Seattle Sounders game, and their new 45rpm single "The End of Everything," out now on Sub Pop records. They also perform the b-side from that single, “Mr. Mines” and a few other songs in an exclusive live-in-studio session. This episode is also watchable, being the second installment of the new Low Profile TV series on Thurston Community Media (channel 22). There, you can view the interview and performance complete with multiple camera angles and dogs in diapers.

The Black Tones describe their sound as a mixture of Cobain and Cornbread, which is also the name of their debut LP:

Learn more at The Black Tones’ official website.

You can order their new 45rpm single The End of Everything b/w Mr. Mines from Sub Pop.