This week's feature/interview with His Name Is Alive is up (read it here). Warn Defever talks about how he copes playing in stinkholes (like O'Leaver's), his 4AD experience, his style, and NOMO, an afro-beat band whose recordings he's produced and who is touring with His Name Is Alive. Here's the story's lead:

As I said Monday, this could wind up being one of the best shows of the year, depending on the vibe at O'Leaver's tomorrow night. Will anyone show up? Most people around here never heard of His Name Is Alive except for avid vans of the band and followers of 4AD, a label whose heyday was in the mid-'90s, sporting a roster that included Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil, Red House Painters, Pixies, Throwing Muses, Cocteau Twins, Air Miami, Lush, and on and on. Defever said his band puts on an interactive show. He's not kidding when he says show up wearing a costume. "We involve people," he said. "We pass stuff into the audience, we hand out awards. It's a very collaborative process. Last night in San Francisco one lady gave Andy her costume and she's been wearing it all day. She's a devil." Then there's NOMO, the 10-piece ensemble which by itself will overwhelm O'Leaver's tight confines. You can check out a couple of their songs on their website (they apparently don't have a myspace account). A few members of NOMO will join Defever and vocalist Andy FM to make up His Name Is Alive. It's the most fun you'll ever have for $7.

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