(Photo by Emily Hunt)
Our Artists on Trial series will be featuring bands that will be playing Apocalypse Meow, Midwest Music Foundation‘s big annual benefit for musician health care. We will be featuring more on Apocalypse Meow in the weeks before the show, which is November 3 at The Beaumont Club. The Empty Spaces will be one of the bands playing the event.
The Deli: Gun to your head, 1 sentence to describe your music. What is it?
The Empty Spaces: Missouri River serf rock.
The Deli: Let’s talk about what you have coming up or have released lately. What can we expect?
TES: Our music video for "Holidays Are Nice And Warm" just came out and has gotten a lot of positive attention. We will be playing Apocalypse Meow at The Beaumont Club on Nov 3. We are also opening up for Broncho on Nov 30 at Czar. At the same time we are getting new songs put together and will be starting to record our third studio album at the start of 2013.
The Deli: What does "supporting local music" mean to you?
TES: Our favorite way to support local music is by making local music. We are also very proud to be a part of Golden Sound Records. It also helps to go out to local shows and sometimes even pay to get into them!
The Deli: Who are your favorite "local" musicians right now?
TES: Mat: Shy Boys.
Ross: The ACB’s.
Will: The Architects.
The Deli: What bands are you most excited to see at Meow?
TES: We are very excited to see the great crowd supporting MMF. They are an amazing organization for Kansas City. We’re also very excited to be playing with bands like Deco Auto and The Architects.
The Deli: Who are your favorite not-so-local musicians right now?
TES: Mat: Ty Segall.
Ross: Django Django.
Will: The new Murder By Death album kicks ass.
The Deli: What is your ultimate fantasy concert bill to play on?
TES: Roger Miller opens up. Followed by The Ventures. Then us, of course. Fela Kuti closes the night.
The Deli: Would you rather spend the rest of your life on stage or in the recording studio?
TES: Mat: Studio.
Ross: I don’t know, man.
Will: Stage.
The Deli: A music-themed Mount Rushmore. What four faces are you putting up there and why?
TES: Joe Strummer, Neil Young because he’s Canadian, Harry Nilsson, and let’s keep George Washington up there so they don’t have to do so much renovation.
The Deli: All right, give us the rundown. Where all on this big crazy web can you be found?
TES: theemptyspaces.com
http://facebook.com/TheEmptySpaces
Twitter: @tesband
Instagram!: TheEmptySpaces
The Deli: Always go out on a high note. Any last words of wisdom for the Deli audience?
TES: Party! And don’t drink the cheap stuff.
The Empty Spaces are:
Mat Shoare: guitar, lead vox
William Brent Wright: bass
Ross Brown: drums
The Empty Spaces seem to keep themselves pretty busy. As mentioned, they will be playing Apocalypse Meow on Saturday, November 3 at Beaumont, taking the stage around 9 pm. Don’t miss them!
–Michelle Bacon
| Michelle is editor-in-chief of The Deli – Kansas City. She also has a weekly column with The Kansas City Star and reviews music for Ink. She plays with Deco Auto, Drew Black and Dirty Electric, and Dolls on Fire. She was voted by readers of The Pitch as Kansas City’s "Best Sexy Musician." That’s not even a joke, but she feels it should be. |