New Yorker Adam Green started out his career as one half the Moldy Peaches, who had a surprise retroactive hit thanks to 2007 film Juno. But by that time, Green was already a well-established solo artist, veering away from his old band’s endearing anti-folk territory with a style characterized by vulgar and cheeky lyrics while keeping listeners at an arm’s length. That’s not to say Green’s music (and life) hasn’t undergone its fair share of turbulence and change in the ensuing years, however. And he is certainly in a different place from the last time we spoke with him, as evidenced by his sixth solo album, Minor Love, released in February on Fat Possum. Recorded while living in an L.A. pool house in near-isolation, Minor Love shows us a more stripped-down, intimate side of the singer/songwriter. Green will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Q&A with him.
Green: There is a war between jazz and punk. People say that there are approximately 22 million jazz songs in the world, but as of 2010, it is considered fact that there are 23 million punk songs! So the crust punks say that the jazz songs are easier to write because the jazzers just make them up on the spot. But the jazzbos will quickly retort that the punk songs take no skill or talent to write. Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TesEEKKAD3Y
