Cut Copy at Grand Central September 29 and 30

I guess that's the sort of thing that keeps it exciting for us. Some tracks may start off with a drum machine or synthesizer, while another may start out with a guitar. On the last record, we did a lot of jamming when we had a warehouse space just for the purpose of making Zonoscope.

In Ghost Colours was arguably a success. But the Billboard charts probably don't reflect that. What do you think that says about the record industry today and how success is defined?

Timothy Saccenti

It's time for a two-night stand with Cut Copy.

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Grand Central

697 N. Miami Ave.
Miami, FL 33136

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Downtown/Overtown

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Cut Copy: With Washed Out and Midnight Magic. 10 p.m. Thursday, September 29, and Friday, September 30, at Grand Central, 697 N. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-377-2277; grandcentralmiami.com. Tickets cost $35 plus fees via fla.vor.us.

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It's kind of interesting. It's hard for me to compare to other eras because I can only really comment on the one we exist in. But it seems like a huge amount of music, like the stuff Pitchfork writes about, doesn't exist in the mainstream charts but obviously has a huge following and headlines festivals without necessarily having the physical record sales to back it up.

The opportunity to play in front of thousands of people live, I guess, gives us an indication of our popularity. But it's good to know you can have a career without having to sell a million records. We are able to live comfortably and do our thing and make more records without the pressure to sell.

You started out as a DJ, correct?

Well, I guess. I started out DJing and experimenting with making music at the same time. I've been a DJ for as long as Cut Copy has existed.

Did Cut Copy grow organically from that?

Yeah, I think so. If anything, it grew out of being fanatically obsessed with music. I wasn't obsessed in my early teens. But later on, I became passionate about it. My interest went from buying records to DJing, and I did a radio show for a while and it led to DJing at clubs.

From that point, the logical next step was trying to make music. A few years later, it went from making music to becoming a band. From the beginning, it came from being a fan of music and all types of music, really. It's celebrating all the music we like as a band. That's what Cut Copy is, a reflection of all these different types of music that we love.