Who knew the monotone newsman had some soul? Nightly News anchor Brian Williams is taking a stab in the music world with a new web series unabashedly titled “BriTunes,” a name he claims wasn’t his idea. (Bonus point for being defensive–see how he’s trying to establish street cred?).
The title makes him sound like a blatant corporate shill and an uptight yet corny bro, but we bet his interview subjects don’t mind. Williams chats it up with Rhode Island-raised, now Brooklyn-based Deer Tick in the inaugural webisode that runs just under four minutes long and explores their forthcoming album Born On Flag Day, out June 23.
Williams calls it a “great time to be alive” because of the incredible access fans have to new music (via iTunes!), and fashions the band as the next to blow up, due in part to their song “Dirty Dishes.” Deer Tick handle it cooly, with vocalist John McCauley stating he feels the release of the new album is when things are really going to “start poppin.’”
And to further show he’s a musician’s musician and not at Rockefeller Center for an autograph, he tells Williams he’ll know the band has made it when the ladies start calling with the news most men can expect at least once in their lives. Huzzah!
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