STEREOGUM: I remember reading old zines - Pathetic Life, some others - where folks sold things on the street and had this entire community around it. I actually met Courtney Blood when she dug through my crates and picked out the best shit, and I said to myself, вЂњWho is this cool girl with great taste in music?вЂќ Within a few months she was one of my best friends. Everyone there and their granny is a DJ or collector. MIGGIE LITTLETON: I try to sell on Sunday afternoon for a few hours on Bedford Ave and N 7th, in the hipster mecca of Williamsburg. STEREOGUM: Do you have a regular spot on the street you use? One day way back when, it was snowing and I was walking with my White Magic friends and these kids said, вЂњHey arenвЂ™t you that guy who has a record store thatвЂ™s only open when the weatherвЂ™s bad?вЂќ MIGGIE LITTLETON: I used to have a store in Brooklyn for a few years called Big Deal, and the only time I made a flyer, I listed the hours as Thursday-Sunday 1-6, with the clause of being OPEN BY CHANCE. STEREOGUM: How many days a week do you need to sell records? And I noticed RCRD LBL has the bratty Brad-fronted squealer вЂњ Sorry Sorry Sarah.вЂќ For a sweet change of pace, take a listen to the chilled Courtney-sung вЂњLightning SongвЂќ after the Q&A. Turns out drummer Miggie Littleton - the only member left in NYC - sells records on the streets of Brooklyn, BradвЂ™s doing double duty between a record store and bar in Kansas, and CourtneyвЂ™s selling clothes at Built By Wendy in Los Angeles.ДЄs far as a soundtrack, we posted Liferz roaring opener вЂњ HibernationвЂќ some time ago. I knew she and her brother, guitarist/vocal Brad, used to run a store called Rejoice, and that they might have some new enterprises. I also realized they were great people.ДЄ couple weeks ago I dropped bassist/vocalist Courtney Shanks a line, asking her what the band was doing for daytime work. Watching them up close across a couple takes made me realize that while BOTW sound exploded, theyвЂ™re incredibly tight in their noisy shredding.

A couple years ago, I carried a tiny, borrowed mini-disc recorder to their Greenpoint practice space and recorded an in-the-red (literally) version of вЂњJunkeeeвЂ¦JulieeeвЂ¦вЂќ for a CD I was co-curating for The Believer (the tune shows up in better recorded form on Liferz). From their self-titled debut to 2005вЂ™s Awesomer and the even, yes, awesomer Liferz the trioвЂ™s managed a scowling Mudhoney rock explosion that feels on the verge of tearing its seams until you notice it never had those annoying hemmed spots in the first place. I wonвЂ™t pull punches: I love Blood On The Wall.

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