If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time because the Beatles were the best. I think it's far better to give new records a try.
Stephen MalkmusBut, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there will always be some real good new bands.
Stephen MalkmusThat's why you go to a nice studio. You can get a magic take. You don't really have to do anything to it.
Stephen MalkmusBerlin is just an affordable European city that's supposed to be cool. There's nothing too deep about it.
Stephen MalkmusWhat we're doing now, it's usually more based on records that I've bought or a projection of what I can do well now and the inner dynamics of playing with the people I'm playing with, Janet Weiss and Joanna Bolme, what we come up with. What works for us doesn't, like, have that much relation to the past.
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