TAS Interview: Codeine Velvet Club

While The Fratellis are on an indefinite break, frontman Jon Lawler is focusing on his latest venture, Codeine Velvet Club, with singer Lou Hickey. The duo just officially released their ebullient, eponymous debut album in the States last week. The Alternate Side caught up with Lawler and Hickey at SXSW where they chatted about the genesis of Codeine Velvet Club, the conundrum of admiring the music of a convicted murderer, and the horror of embarrassing yourself in front of drummer Max Weinberg.

SXSW 2010 Report: Broken Bells, Codeine Velvet Club, Chew Lips, The Morning Benders And More

The confluence of St. Patrick's Day and beginning of the SXSW music festival made things a little more wild than usual (forget about getting into any Irish pub to see any Irish band), but The Alternate Side managed to catch Spoon, Codeine Velvet Club, Broken Bells, Everything, Everything, The Morning Benders, Chew Lips, The Walkmen and more on Wednesday night.

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