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“We did a show at the Powerhouse a little while ago with a fourteen-piece orchestra and since we’ve done that we don’t ever want to go back to being a four-piece band, basically. It’s opened up a massive can of worms.”

“I reached a point where I really wanted to strip any sound to just the barest of bones; to make music as simply as I could, without any tricks or overdubs. And solo guitar seemed like the simplest expression of that.”

"We ended up, I think, playing ten shows that week at CMJ. Some of those shows were, like, lunchtime shows to two people, but some of the shows, The Strokes were there, Danger Mouse was there.”

“I tell you what – if there was an off the record poll that you could take with policemen I bet that a good third or fourth of them are actually marijuana smokers themselves, but they can’t do it or can’t admit it because of their job and the drug testing and what not."

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The upcoming release from LA's Wavves is almost here! 'Afraid Of Heights' will drop via Pod on 22nd March.

In terms of respect, Sacramento stalwarts Deftones are near peerless. Boasting an impressive career, Deftones are a band at the top of their game. Last year’s impressive ‘Koi No Yokan’ picked up from where predecessor ‘Diamond Eyes’ left off. With a string of sold-out Australian shows coming up in May, Killyourstereo.com caught up with one of rock’s true gentlemen, Sergio Vega to talk about writing music, touring with your friends and Australian coffee.

“I guess with any record that you make, as time passes you kinda wish that you’d done some things differently, but I think all in all it turned out pretty good – we’re happy with it.”

“I’m not one of those people that churns out a song a day. I do write a lot but the majority of it is total shit!"

"We wanted to walk in with more material under our belts and firmer idea of our direction… I mean, you never really know what you’re aiming for, but we wanted to have some kind of ballpark area in mind for this album.”

“I’m a very intuitive writer, so I didn’t need to go to school; I could’ve happily gone off and written music by myself."