The Whigs (The Rock Band, Not The Archaic Political Party) On Blogs

Today's Street features an interview with The Whigs, which you can read here.  Not all of it could fit into the magazine, but luckily this blog serves as a repository for excess magazine goodness, much like the deleted scenes on your favorite DVDs.  And now, the interview!

Street:  You've got a nifty blog on your site. What do you think the impact of user-generated content like blogs has had on bands?

The Whigs: We blog; we love all of that. What our blog features the most is places we're going, stuff that we're doing. It talks about some shows, tours that we're on and venues we're excited about, but there's a lot of like random gas stations we walk into. It's just for fun, and I hope people get a kick out of it. As for other people writing blogs — "bloggers" I guess you could say — it sort of gives everyone a voice, people who don't have the finances to maybe start their own magazine or work at one. There are so many bands out there, but it seems like there's just as many blogs out there that enable people to keep up with different niches and spread them around. We're all for it, I guess; it's nice in any shape or form, whether it's a newspaper or a magazine or internet-based, if people want to talk about you and they're enjoying the music.