littlefoot (Boston, MA)

Wes (The Channels) posed questions last week for Erica Sutherland of littlefoot

Wes Kaplan: What is your music’s relationship with folk idioms (such as blues, country, celtic, what have you)? Is this relationship incidental or intentional?

Erica Sutherland: I don’t think [littlefoot] is any of those things. If we had to label our influences I would go with oldies and 50s and 60s rock, American girl groups like the Ronettes and the Shirelles.

WK: Do you keep up with mainstream music? What about “alternative” music? Anything recent you’re excited about?

ES: I think my favorite band that’s considered mainstream now would be Beach House. I really like Mac Demarco, Frankie Rose, Frankie Cosmos…all the Frankies. I feel like most of the music I listen to is old or my friends’ bands like Roses and Way Out, I like keeping up with them. I was really excited about Free Pizza’s tape that came out.

WK: Any thoughts on why Boston punks are so adverse to dental hygiene?

ES: As someone who has smooched a couple of Boston punks, I can say, they are not all like that.