Recently I had the great good fortune to interview Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, the ladies behind Garfunkel and Oates, when they came to Chicago to play a few shows at the Mayne Stage in Rogers Park. I would highly recommend checking them out, if you haven't already. In concert, they're witty and profane, in person they're witty and beyond kind to student journalists.
The duo started posting videos to Youtube in 2009, but didn't start playing concerts out together until about six months after the videos were posted. Their song "F*ck you" appeared on Scrubs prior to them playing out as well, though with a sanitized name. Lindhome said she voted for "Nail you", but the producers ultimately went with the apparently less offensive "Screw you".
They're working on a show for HBO ("Glee with dick jokes," as Lindhome describes it) and their album, "All Over Your Face", is available on iTunes (and Amazon, which is easier to link to). Trivia I learned at their concert: that really odd picture they used for their album cover was picked because it was so unattractive. The photographer was taking pictures of them jumping and somehow snapped that one of them right after they landed, leading to the frowny faces and hunched over posture. How could they pick any other photo?
Below is an audio piece I created from the interview. Enjoy at your leisure. If G&O comes to a city near you, go see them. They're hilarious and it's sweet to see performers with such evident affection for each other.
