Dark Entries with Charlatan - An Interview

Dark noise wave, algo como o cruzamento em alta velocidade entre Bauhaus e APTBS, esse é Charlatan, diretamente de Seattle, disparando ruídos sintetizados por cima de beats e loops dançantes, que por vezes remetes ao início do Crocodiles.

Só que o Charlatan é mais sombrio, e seu cartão de visitas é o seu debute homônimo de 2013, uma avalanche destruidora de ruído branco em harmonias dançantes.

Certamente, uma ótima trilha sonora para o final dos tempos.

***** Interview with Charlatan *****

Q. When did Charlatan started, tell us about the history...
A: I started writing songs for this project in 2011. It wasn't until November 2013 that I released my first album, after having already been pretty active playing shows in Chicago. Since I have moved to Seattle and played plenty of shows here, I'm about to release my second album later this year. I'd like to be able to put more material out there even faster, but it's hard balancing my schedule when I'm already doing most of the work by myself.

Q: Who are your influences?
A: I have quite a few, but to tack it down to a handful of the most relevant ones, I'd have to say Bauhaus, Crocodiles, The Horrors, and A Place to Bury Strangers.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
A: That's a really tough one, but let's give it a go. In no certain order, they would be:
Nostalgia by HTRK,
Sleep Forever by Crocodiles,
Methodrone by Brian Jonestown Massacre,
Psychocandy by Jesus and Mary Chain,
and Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane.

Q. How do you feel playing live?
A: I always get anxious before shows. Strangely enough, once I'm on the stage, I feel like I'm almost in a trance. All of the nerves wash away and the music carries me through the set. There's often so many things that can and do go wrong, but I love it nonetheless.

Q. How do you describe Charlatan sounds?
A: I'm often asked to categorize myself, which is difficult, but I think noise pop is the best descriptor. At the core, all of my songs are simply pop songs, buried in lots of atmosphere and texture. They're simple, structured, but at the same time, I try to sound as loud and big as I can for a solo act.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
A: I build everything around the rhythm section. It involves some fairly rudimentary drum machine beats and synthesizers to lay down bass lines and harmonies. Then I get to have fun piling on chords and noise from my guitars. Lastly, it's finished off with vocals. All of my tracks start out as instrumentals - I write lyrics and vocal melodies last.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
A: Check out some of my favorites from the Pacific Northwest: Wind Burial, Shadowhouse, Nostalgist, ACTORS, somesurprises, Season of Strangers, Blackpool Astronomy, and Koban.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
A: Well, I already was in a Joy Division cover band recently, so that's off the list. Another band I'd love to cover is Bauhaus. They're a huge influence and a large inspiration to who I am as a musician.

Q: What´s the plans for future....
A: I'm likely going to keep doing what I'm already doing - writing and releasing more material. Hopefully I can manage to get a tour of some sorts going in the near future. Now that I'm settled down in Seattle, it may be time to start a new band too. Only time will tell.

Q: Any parting words?
A: I want to thank you for the interview and keep up the good work. I love your blog!
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https://charlatansounds.bandcamp.com/
http://www.charlatansounds.com/
https://www.facebook.com/CharlatanSounds

Water Table with Traces - An Interview

Sem basicamente nenhuma informação, sob uma pequena aura de mistério os canadenses do Traces chegaram até o TBTCI.

Novatos, ainda sem nada oficial, somente 3 canções demo na página dos caras no bandcamp, mas já com indícios do que vem por ai, psicodelismo pop  dançante, com pitadas de Stone Roses e Small Faces.

Pra ficar atento.

***** Interview with Traces *****

Q. When did Traces started, tell us about the history...
We technically started in late 2013, but we were busy with other projects at the time, so it's really only been the last 6 months or so that we've been writing songs, and performing and recording as a unit.

Q: Who are your influences?
They're pretty all over the place. Obviously there's a shoegaze influence, as well as post-punk, and some 60's freakbeat. I really like old girl groups and surf music as well, which influences some of the vocal harmonies at times. Also indie rock from the 90s and some 80's psychedelic pop revival stuff or whatever that's called.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
That's impossible! I could do a list of 5 albums off the top of my head, which are a big influence on the band;
1. Wire - Chairs Missing
2. Cleaners From Venus - Midnight Cleaners
3. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
4. Let's Active - Cypress
5. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas

Q. How do you feel playing live?
We've only played a few shows as a band, but we've all been playing in bands for a long time. A lot of times we're playing other people's music as sidemen, so it's refreshing just to go out and play original songs.

Q. How do you describe Traces sounds?
I think generally it's meshing shoegaze or dreampop, or whatever you want to call it, with a more rhythmically driving concept.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
For our demo, we did the songs live at a friend's studio, then finished some extra guitars and vocals at our apartment. It was done pretty quickly, just so we could have some music to put out there and start playing shows etc. We have some more tracks coming out soon!

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
Living in Montreal, there's no shortage of talented artists. I'd say anything on Fixture Records is a good place to start.

Q: Which bands would you love to make a cover version of?
Our first show was a party at a friend's loft space, and we got asked to do a set of covers. We chose a set of Wire songs, but the party had a 60s theme, so we ended up doing a bunch of Who songs.

Q: What´s the plan for the future....
We hope to do some more recording this summer, and start touring in the fall.

Q: Any parting words?
Thanks for having us!
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https://tracestraces.bandcamp.com/

The Game with Cold Ocean Lies - An Interview

Talvez o novo britpop,

Doses cavalares de indie britânico seja 90´s ou moderno, o quarteto inglês Cold Ocean Lies apresente seu cartão de visitas através de seu single de estréia The Game.

É fadado ao tocar muito em todo canto, e altamente superior a grande maioria das baboseiras que vemos e ouvimos por ai.

Sucesso ao Cold Ocean Lies.

***** Interview with Cold Ocean Lies *****

Q. When did Cold Ocean Lies start, tell us about the history...
We started initially in january 2013 then january 2014 with Harry our guitarist now. We all knew each other through schools and thats how it all came about. Me and Harry have known each other since we were born so it was fitting really the way it panned out. We are from a small city called Lichfield near Birmingham where we base ourselves and have done some amazing shows there like supporting Jaws and our own headlines. This year we released our first singe The Game through EverySecond Records which coincided with our second tour of the UK.

Q: Who are your influences?
We all listen to such different music and draw from loads of different things all the time but I guess as an overall influence it would be Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
This is tough, as an all time thing it would be something like,

The Bends - Radiohead
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
Without You I'm Nothing - Placebo
Rage Against the Machine - Self Titled

These change all the time this is a general, what's affected it us the most of all time kind of thing.

Q. How do you feel playing live?
There's nothing in the world more pressurising, intense, enjoyable and relieving that I have ever come across. This makes for a pretty spectacular sensation on stage and it is the best thing in the world. We all love playing and when you are playing songs you have crafted and care about to people who care it's an amazing feeling.

Q. How do you describe Cold Ocean Lies sounds?
This question is tough I find it pretty hard to pin it down to a genre or a sound particularly, if I had to give it a try taking into account everything we do I'd like to say grunge meets brit-pop meets psych, but I don't think that's a fair judgement of our music, we love sounding big and powerful that's a pretty important aspect. Have a listen and see what you think would be the best way to do it.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
This is such a great process for us as we feel this is where we really learn the most about the song, when it's broken down into sections and we can dissect it and add, alter and take whatever we feel needs or even doesn't to be there. The possibilities are endless when we record, we love adding layer after layer to make our songs sound as huge as possible even if we never use the layer the options there and I think that's what the beauty of studio is. Backing vocal harmonies are fun too we like doing that.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
We don't really find ourselves listening to that much new music anymore when there is so much music that came before us however Hyena are a cool new band who are on the rise and Broken hands who we are playing with are really cool and have great live shows.

Q: Which band would you love to make a cover version of?
People have asked this before and we've never known how to respond, I imagine we'd probably either do something quirky and modern or something from the late 60's early 70's that way we can maybe change it up a bit

Q: What´s the plans for future...
We plan to get out another single towards the end of the year that will also happen in conjuction another tour of the UK, more shows and a big headline for us in Birmingham. We are really looking forward to the rest of the year it should be a great one.

Q: Any parting words?
Cheers for the interview, we love the blog, read some cool interviews through it.
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https://www.facebook.com/ColdOceanLies
www.soundcloud.com/cold-ocean-lies/

Anatomical Venus with Love in Athens - An Interview

Anatomical Venus é o ep de estreia do one man banda filipino, Love in Athens.

Um doce e dançante mix de shoegazer com conexões diretas com o Chapterhouse e mais recentemente com  Pia Fraus.

Beats, loops, guitarras, tudo com aquele clima sonhador só que feito para se mexer.

Dance e sonhe com o Love in Athens.

***** Interview with Love in Athens *****

Q: When did Love in Athens start? Tell us the history.
A: Okay, this is pretty long! Love in Athens started when I was a college student back in 2007. The name is a play on both the ancient tradition of Athenian pederasty (jokingly referenced in the movie 300) and Ateneo de Davao University, the school I graduated from.

The whole project sounded very different then. It was all badly produced computer music. I didn’t know how to play guitar yet, but desperately wanted to make stuff like Tristeza or Telefon Tel Aviv but with tons of layers on it. I was in the hardcore punk scene and didn’t know anyone who liked that, so I had to learn.

I was also a big Sarah Records twee and shoegaze/dreampop fan at the time, but it took a while before I’d fully commit to going that route given my lack of skill. The songwriting started getting poppier and before long, I released a couple of tracks through the Popscene Manila compilations after Dale of Apple Orchard found me.

The songs were still as amateurish as my earlier material, but I was at least confident enough to attempt doing vocals. I’d like to think that Love in Athens really came into its own when I became involved with the early Number Line Records roster in 2011. I released one EP and a couple of singles/splits under the old sound before taking it to its logical conclusion.

Starting with my New Year’s Day split with Detroit-based gloom surf duo, The Philter, I could safely say that I’m in a comfortable space that allows me to fit all my influences in, sound-wise.

Q: Who are your influences?
A: Oh man, there’s so many of them! Here’s the short answer:

90s/00s post-hardcore and screamo 80s/90s noise rock 80s/90s shoegazing Twee and indie pop Power electronics, industrial, Japanoise The many shades of krautrock

In terms of record labels: Ebullition, Robotic Empire, Level-Plane, Hydra Head, Deathwish, Relapse, Earache, SST, Sub Pop, Sarah Records, Slumberland, Creation, Factory, 4AD, Amphetamine Reptile, and I really have to pay more attention to these things!

Q: Make a list of your top 5 albums of all time.
A: This question is so hard, but here’s some of my desert island records:

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Portraits of Past - Discography
The Field Mice - Coastal
Pia Fraus - Nature Heart Software
Telefon Tel Aviv - Map of What is Effortless

Q: How do you feel about playing live?
A: To be honest, I dislike playing live because I still haven’t found a way to make the songs translate in a live setting. Part of what makes doom metal and noise so appealing to me is that sense of aural density you get from their records. Bands like My Bloody Valentine share that, and I really want a live sound that hits you like an 8-ball in a sock.

Maybe I’ll feel better about playing live once I get a couple of half stacks and a personal PA system for stage volume. If I’m going to play my songs live, I have to do it right, otherwise the crowd would have no reason to go out and see me. I don’t want to just be another boring shoegaze act, I want the set to be an experience. Eh, a girl could dream.

Q: How do you describe Love in Athens' sound?
A: Not very ethereal for a shoegaze-inspired project, to be honest. I think driving and restless are both accurate descriptions for most of the music. There’s tons of stuff going on at once. It’s all really ADHD.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording.
A: I typically sketch out a drum and synth bass track on Ableton Live first before playing guitar over it until I find something that works song and structure-wise. Once I get that out of the way, I record all the guitar tracks, then add all the synth leads on top.

I typically don’t spend more than a couple of hours from start to finish. If I take any longer than that, I usually end up scrapping the song.

Q: Which new bands do you recommended?
A: I’m pretty out of the loop when it comes to newer bands but I did enjoy that Dumb Numbers record! Run For Cover and Graveface have also been doing a great job of getting punk and emo kids to explore shoegaze and noisy 90s alternative but filtered through a fresh, young lens. Oh, and Adventures are great. Personally not that big a fan since I dig Code Orange more but most people love em. Give them a shot too.

Off the top of my head, I dig Night School, Whirr, Turnover, Crisis Arm, and my personal friends like Bellyache from Maine, and Naked from Maryland. Bellyache is more of a psyched out doom band with a bit of a shoegazer slant. Naked on the other hand is Carl Smith and a wall of amps, generating some of the most heartbreaking doomgaze music I’ve ever heard. He has an album out called Hopeless. Listen for it if you want your soul to melt.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
A: I really want to avoid disrespecting any of my idols by doing a shitty cover, but I’d love to do a cover of Big Black’s Passing Complexion. Maybe some more stuff by Rocketship. Hell, I’d do a whole EP worth of Rocketship covers. I love that band so much.

Q: What´s the plans for future?
A: I’m about to release another Love in Athens EP this year called DSMV. It’s a bit darker and more rhythmic than the songs that came out on the Anatomical Venus EP a few months back. In terms of other projects, I’ll be cranking out some stuff for my garage-surf project, Tall Ice Lung sometime after DSMV comes out.

Oh, and I’m in a new band called Beast Jesus. Tons of shoegazer worship there, but with a lot of post-hardcore and noise rock thrown in. Think Unwound or Burning Airlines, but wall of sound fuzz-outs.

Q: Any parting words?
A: I just put out a new single on the Love in Athens Bandcamp to celebrate marriage equality in the US. It’s a significant victory for the personal lives of many LGBT Americans who earned the right to marry the people they love, but I hope that people realize that the fight doesn’t end there.

Violence and inequity will continue to persist despite the ruling. There are still other fronts that need your attention and solidarity like support for undocumented immigrants, police militarization and violence, trans-related issues, transphobia, trans violence, LGBT homelessness, etc. That’s just the US.

Like Morrissey said, America is not the world. What about the third world, where I live? We don’t even have divorce in the Philippines yet. There’s still a hell of a way to go.
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https://loveinathens.bandcamp.com/album/anatomical-venus
https://www.facebook.com/loveinathens

Befallen with Caramel Snow - An Interview

No dia 15 de junho passado, veio ao mundo o debute do Caramel Snow, projeto de Michael, onde ele compila todas suas composições reunidas no período de 2009 a 2015.

Befallen o nome do álbum é um passeio por dentro do dreampop, indie e shoegazer, sempre com um sútil apelo pop. Elegantemente o Caramel Snow transita entre influências do perfect pop oitentista passando e reverenciando a Sarah Records, e finaliza com ares modernos e atuais.

Um frescor de álbum para ser degustado bem acompanhado preferencialmente.

***** Interview with Caramel Snow *****

Q. When did Caramel Snow start, tell us about the history…
I’m a trained composer, but I was never able to write a decent pop/rock song until about 5 years ago. I just imagined the sound I wanted. So, I wrote a song that I thought would sound like “me,” and it turned out to be “Befallen,” from the new album. Since then, I’ve written and recorded about 60 songs.

Q: Who are your influences?
Mainly Cocteau Twins, Lush, and My Bloody Valentine.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Lush - Spooky
Roxy Music - Avalon
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

Q. How do you feel playing live?
I have mixed feelings about playing live. It can be thrilling and, oddly, for an introvert like me, it’s one of the few places I am comfortable being myself. But I don’t play out too much, so it’s a lot of work to prepare, and build confidence for a gig. I sound different live than on record. Live, I just use a guitar and a drum machine, so it’s more about conveying the essentials of each song instead of trying to replicate the sound of the record. It’s wonderful to hear people’s questions and comments after a gig.

Q. How do you describe Caramel Snow sounds?
Layers of harmonized, interlocked, shimmering guitars, and laid back vocals with inscrutable lyrics. I strive to achieve a sense of ecstatic beauty.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
Usually it only takes me a day to write a complete song, all the lyrics, melody and chord changes (this even amazes me!). Then it takes weeks, even months to record. I work in Ableton Live 8, first constructing a custom drum kit from many hundreds of drum samples, tuning and eq-ing each hit, then laying down a track of guitar chords using Guitar Rig 4. After that I add bass guitar, and layer more guitar parts using my collection of Fenders, Gibsons and Epiphones, and electric 12-string. Towards the end of the process, I always try to record at least one track of Mellotron, for that unique and wobbly, nostalgic ambience.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
They’re not really new, but the more contemporary bands I’m impressed with are Crisis Arm, and The Bilinda Butchers. Other somewhat newer artists I constantly listen to are Dum Dum Girls, Colleen Green, and I adore Charli XCX! I recently listened to Sisu, which is Sandra Vu’s band. Sandra plays drums in Dum Dum Girls. She’s a brilliant songwriter, and a fantastic singer; her music is pretty dark, though.

Q: Which bands would you love to make a cover version of?
I choose covers very carefully. It’s redundant for me to cover a song unless I can do something unusual but worthwhile with it. I have recorded songs by Bowie, Dylan, and Charli XCX. I do a cover of “I Heard A Rumour,” by Bananarama that I haven’t recorded yet. I do it as a slow and moody bossa nova instead of the up tempo original.

Q: What´s the plan for the future....
I’m working on a dreamy new song called, “Give Me My Depression Back.” It will be on my Soundcloud page (https://soundcloud.com/caramel-snow) as soon as I finish it. I’m also planning to release another new album very soon. This one will be more jangly, kind of retro, Indiepop, to be called The Ouija Board.

Q: Any parting words?
I am honored to be recognized by your blog! I think you do great work exposing people to beautiful, stunning music. Fans of Shoegaze and Dreampop have an intense need to keep with up with obscure, contemporary practitioners of the genre, such as myself, and the avenues to connect with potential fans are very few, so the service TBTCI provides is critical in fostering connections between artists and new listeners. Thanks!!
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https://soundcloud.com/caramel-snow
https://caramelsnow.bandcamp.com/releases
http://caramelsnowmusic.blogspot.com.br/

Soon Asleep with Drowse - An Interview

Kyle Bates de Portland é Drowse. Um projeto ímpar e pessoal, infestado de loops e paisagens sonoras ruidosas, gravações, colagens, guitarras e poesia minimalista.

Algumas conexões são notadas principalmente com as bandas da Kranky Records, e também com a cena avant noise de Bristol, leia-se Third Eye Foundation e Flying Saucer Saucer.

Em seu ultimo trabalho Soon Asleep, as colagens e ruídos mesclam sob uma aura abstrata e até certo ponto adocicada.

Certamente não é para qualquer um e principalmente não é recomendado a indie kids.

***** Interview with Drowse *****

Q. When did drowse start, tell us about the history...
I’ve been recording music by my self since I was in high school—I used to keep a ‘sound journal’; if I had a particularly bad day I would record improvised guitar and other ambient noises and then mutter about my feelings on top of it. I see these recordings as the roots of what drowse is for me now. At the beginning of my first year of college I had a pretty intense mental breakdown and a few months later started studying audio recording in school. In 2012 I began recording music in my room in Bellingham WA, mostly just loops and beats but also a few soundtrack sounding pieces for an experimental video and sound course I was taking at the time. These soundtrack pieces are the first things I created that I would consider to have the “drowse” sound. I moved back to Portland and in late 2013 and began the to try to process my mental breakdown—the most natural way for me to do this was through sound. This reflection resulted in the first drowse EP songs to sleep on, which was released December 8th, 2013. After releasing the EP I wanted to play the music live so I formed a band version of drowse with some of the best experimental musicians I know: Parker Johnson who makes music as Italics (https://parkerjohnson.bandcamp.com/), Kevin Gwozdz who makes music as Desert of Hiatus (https://desertofhiatus.bandcamp.com/), Alec van Staveren who plays bass with me in a band called Sloths (https://sloths.bandcamp.com/) and in a band called Damn Family and Taylor Malsey who makes music as Taylor M. (https://taylooorm.bandcamp.com/). We played our first show in very early 2014.

Q: Who are your influences?
I have lots of influences but here are some of the bigger ones:

Musicians: Mount Eerie/The Microphones, Belong, Duster, Weakling, Oneohtrix Point Never, Grouper, MBV, Slint, Xasthur, Neil Young, Astrobrite, The Swirlies, Red House Painters, Nadja, Mogwai, Sparklehorse, Low, Andy Stott etc… I made a mix of some of my musical influences here: https://soundcloud.com/drowseportland/sway-drowse-mix-oligopolistrecords-new

Some writers who influence me (lyrics): Anne Carson, Albert Camus, Haruki Murakam, David B., Lidia Yuknavitch, Roland Barthes, Jorge Luis Borges etc…

I’m also really really influenced by 70s/80s horror and sci-fi soundtracks (especially ones with lots of synths or bombastic stuff like the soundtrack to Suspiria or John Carpenter’s The Thing) and the movie Waking Life.

Q. Make a list of your top 5 albums of all time…
This is hard because my tastes change with my mood but here:

Don’t Wake Me Up by The Microphones
Spiderland by Slint
Replica by Oneohtrix Point Never
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
A | A: Alien Observer / A | A Dream Loss by Grouper

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Playing this music live is amazing because I am surrounded by my best friends but it is also really emotionally draining—it makes me feel the painful kind of nostalgia.

Honestly I love playing live but the best part about making music for me is being alone writing lyrics, obsessing over sounds, recording and exploring my mind.

Q. How do you describe the way that Drowse sounds?
I like the term “processed guitar self-immolation” and the words “billowy” and “woozy”.

Live it’s heavier (kind of doomy, a little black metal), noisier and sometimes prettier.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
I go down to my basement and write songs on my Jaguar and make loops—I spend a lot of time in front of my amps getting weird sounds. Next, I take one of the two shitty microphones that I own and record what I’ve written. I program synths and layer them on top and often effect the guitars more on the computer—sometimes until they are unrecognizable as guitars. I like it when you can’t tell the source of a sound, when guitars and synths blend together. I layer field recordings that I’ve taken on top of this for percussion and other hidden things. Sometimes I’ll sample drum loops from bands like Can or Ulver and fuck with them until they sound like something different: decayed, broken. Occasionally I’ll add acoustic sounds or strange instruments—anything that makes noise really; I just bought a ceramic flute with a horned goat on it from a man here in Spain (I’m teaching and studying here for a while), so that might end up somewhere. I spend weeks layering more and more sound and mixing and mixing and mixing. Finally I record vocals—there are always at least 4 tracks of my voice.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
I would recommend the projects of everyone that plays in drowse that I mentioned above. There are so many good new bands in Portland and on this coast—I’ll just recommend a few. I think my friend Doc’s band whatfunlifewas might be my favorite band on this coast right now: https://whatfunlifewas.bandcamp.com/

Here are some more: tbi: https://troubledbyinsects.bandcamp.com/ Mr. Bones: https://mrbonespdx.bandcamp.com/ Sabonis: https://sabonis.bandcamp.com/releases Leucrota: https://leucrotascz.bandcamp.com/releases Crush: https://crush.bandcamp.com/ Tuesday Faust: https://soundcloud.com/tuey222 Leatherdaddy: https://leatherdaddyseattle.bandcamp.com/ U SCO: https://usco.bandcamp.com/

Everyone on Oligopolist and APNEICVOID: https://oligopolistrecords.bandcamp.com/ https://apneicvoid.bandcamp.com/

they are bigger but I also have to recommend the projects of my friends Kristina and Thom cause they rule and have been very supportive: Planning for Burial: https://planningforburial.bandcamp.com/ King Woman: https://theflenser.bandcamp.com/album/doubt

so many to recommend I wish I could fit more/think of more right now but I’ll stop there…Also, check out my friend Dani’s art. She helped me with some art for drowse (as well as did Alec who plays in the band): http://www.daniransom.com/

Q: Which bands would you love to make a cover version of?
Well me and my friend Tuesday Faust just recorded a cover of Mesmerise by Chapterhouse as an elegy for my cat who recently died…

Q: What are your plans for the future?
That Chapterhouse cover will be out in the fall. I also did a soundtrack for my friend Zach Cosby’s poetry film which will be released in August. The band version of drowse recorded an album of translations of the songs on soon asleep and songs to sleep on and hopefully that will be finished and released sometime this year. Here in Spain I have been recording minimalist acoustic songs and I’m hoping to release some splits later this year as well. I really want to tour in the fall but it’s hard to organize with such a big band full of busy musicians, so I’m working out a solo set to go it alone.

Q: Any parting words?
If any labels out there want to re-release any drowse material on vinyl let me know! I like cassettes but records are where my heart is. You can get all of my music for free here: https://kylebates.bandcamp.com/

Check out the video my friend Victoria Ayers directed for my song ‘melt’ here: http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/drowse-melt_video

Drowse is a very personal project but besides exploring what’s inside my head I make it for anyone who suffers from mental health issues, anyone who feels sad often or isolated inside of their bodies, anyone who celebrates dark music of any form, anyone who creates art, anyone who is sincere, anyone who believes that life is probably meaningless but tries to live anyway, anyone who values dreaming as much as “living” or anyone who feels that they are constantly “sleep-walking through their waking state, or wake-walking through their dreams”.
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https://kylebates.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/drowseportland

Surrealistic Pillows with Flying Cape Experience

O duo finlandês Flying Cape Experience é uma experiência auditiva das mais interessantes e diferentes.

Os caminhos trilhados pelos caras se chocam, pegue Jefferson Airplane e coloque ao lado de Slowdive, pegue Mazzy Star e coloque ao lado do Grateful Dead, ou esqueça tudo isso e viaje somente ao som de We´re all gone Die, lançado em junho agora.

Um pepita, literalmente, para transcender ao lado de qualquer tipo de psicotrópico ou não.

Só um aviso, o Flying Cape Experience vicia.

***** Interview with Flying Cape Experience *****

Q. When did Flying Cape Experience started, tell us about the history...
Jo: We are a duo, a couple. Some years ago vocal melodies started to appear in my head and I started to record them because those came so many. I thought there must be some reason for that. I had never thought I would make music. I have no musical studies or haven't played any instruments but Finnish traditional instrument kantele, when I was little. I have only been a music enthusiastic listening to music a lot. My husband (Akira), who is a recording engineer and has played guitar since he was a child, had dreamt of two of us making music together. So I recorded these melodies secretly from my husband. When I was brave enough I played those to him and then we started to create together. We became Flying Cape Experience. Everything has happened naturally. We just released (21.6.2015) our second album "We're all gonna die" through Portuguese indie netlabel El Vals del Conejo. We released our first album "Let's sing more about the eyes" through the same label on 2013.

Q: Who are your influences?
Jo: We don't consciously try to get influences from any artist. I love silence and the sounds of nature. Life is so hectic. I listen to music very little. I need my silence and peace for the creative processes that go on and on all the time. I don't want to get any influences! It would be interesting to know what kind of music one would make if she/he had never heard any music… But we both have listened a lot to rock bands like Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Soundgarden etc. We like The Verve and some of the brit pop bands. We like NIN, TOOL, Deftones, Elliott Smith, Mew, Beck, Massive Attack, Radiohead…We like a lot of music from different genres. If it sounds like a heart is bleeding, the better, I'd say. We have listened to lot of 60's and 70's music in our childhood, influences have come from there subconsciously. I really can't say that I hear any of the bands I mentioned in our own music though. But in our album reviews writers have heard similarities to for example The Cocteau Twins, Spacemen 3, This Mortal Coil, Mazzy Star, Sigur Ros, Portishead, Björk and Kate Bush. It is really interesting because I have listened to only two of those! So we have accidentally become ... shoegazers, for example! But that's not everything we are. We don't mind the genres. We are a supermegamix of everything we've heard and especially of how we have lived. The main influence is the life itself. Relationships between people, the state of society, nature...

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
Mission impossible! We've tried it.

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Jo: We have never played live! We have been asked to play in Denmark, Turkey, U.S.A., Belgium, Portugal though. And Imatra. (a small town here in Finland) Emoticon grin The situation in our lives doesn't make rehearsing and going on gigs possible. Life's too hectic for that, there's no time. And I have to say that as much as I enjoy watching and hearing good bands playing live, I don't have any urge for doing that myself. I am a hermit. 4ever. But you never know. Akira feels differently about playing live though, but that's because he has lost his touch with reality (of daily life). (Not joking.)

Q. How do you describe Flying Cape Experience sounds?
Jo: Layered, ethereal, dreamy, emotional, therapeutic, keen/dirge or how should I put it in english…that's what I first said our songs are like…weeping. Good for a heartbreak, comforting. Sometimes loud and noisy, but peaceful. Trying to find harmony from chaos. Trying to achieve some kind of satisfying balance. (=Just like living.)

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
Jo: The recording process is actually very fast, in a way…We've got our own little home studio, so it's easy to record whenever we need to. Mainly it goes like this: I usually "get" the vocal melodies and lyrics from some dimension at the same time, it's like they channel through me. Then I record those, and I always have some kind of atmosphere and feelings about the song in my mind, and the theme. There's an idea of the composition and arrangement…Then I try to explain all that to my husband Akira. It can take time, it can take many crazy arrangements and experiments before we get to the point when I can say: YESSSS, that's what I meant! And cry my eyes out because of the fulfillment. It's crazy, it's fun, it feels like everything is in it's right place when it happens. And it doesn't always go like that. Akira puts his own vision to the songs, and I am very pleased with that. He comes up with ideas which raise the songs to a new level that I hadn't thought of. I appreciate and admire him and his visions. I am happy working with him. We make each other whole. Usually he plays the guitars, we both play synth&organ, and he makes the drums if there is some. I sing and also sometimes play guitar…in my self-taught way. You just have to find the right notes and tones and make some noise, right? Emoticon wink Find harmonies and make things fit together. I feel like if there's a strong vision, you'll be able to achieve what you want.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
The Virgance, Plasticstatic, Spökraket, The Neon Violets…they are not that new though, but deserve attention!

Q: Which band would you love to make a cover version of?
We actually have made one cover song. It was our collaboration, EP "8" with our El Vals del Conejo label mate & owner, our good friend , a portuguese artist Joaquim Barato. He covered our song "The cage" and we covered his "Rivers in the sky". That's a beautiful song, very powerful, emotional. The "8" EP was released through El Vals del Conejo and also through New-Zealander Active Listener Records.
http://elvalsdelconejo.bandcamp.com/album/8-split-ep
https://theactivelistener.bandcamp.com/album/joaquim-barato-flying-cape-experience-8-al015

Q: What´s the plans for future....
Now that "We're all gonna die" is ready and released we feel relieved. We are happy about letting go of the new album. We've been working on it a lot and for long. There's always some kind of catharsis I guess when letting go of something that you've put yourself into, letting go of something that has been a part of your life for a long time. We continue doing what we love, continue doing what ever kind of music we feel like. We don't plan things, things happen.

Q: Any parting words?
Jo: Thank you so much for this interview. What I want to say … please share love! Say the good things, share positive things. Do what you love. There's so much depression and apathy in this world. Kill it with love. Xxx
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https://soundcloud.com/flying-cape-experience
https://www.facebook.com/FlyingCapeExperience
https://elvalsdelconejo.bandcamp.com/album/were-all-gonna-die

Icy Daggers with Nightmare Air - An Interview

O cultuado trio de Los Angeles, Nightmare Air, aterriza no TBTCI tardiamente.

Seu poderoso e claustrofóbico mix de pós punk, shoegazer e indie dançante atingiu um séquito de fãs no submundo dos bons sons através do excelente, poderoso e ruidoso álbum High in The Lasers.

E o melhor de tudo é que em breve vem o segundo álbum, e mais interessante ainda é o desejo de vir fazer um barulho por aqui.

Quem se habilita em trazê-los?

O TBTCI endossa.

***** Interview with Nightmare Air *****

Q. When did Nightmare Air started, tell us about the history..
Nightmare Air started about 2010, as just fun and fuck around jam sessions w/ Swaan and the drummer of my other band at the time Film School. Film School was touring a lot at that time and the first batch of Nightmare Air songs were me and the drummer blowing off so steam and getting creative with sounds. The three of us started having so much fun and the band was sounding huge so we decided we needed to start playing out live. A couple months later we were on tour and haven't stopped since.

Q: Who are your influences?
Big sounds, bright Lights and cool friends

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
Way to hard...my brain hurts just trying to answer this question!

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Large and loud

Q. How do you describe Nightmare Air sounds?
Floating about your town

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
All the songs start as weirdo little demos in Logic or Pro Tools that I'll make in a dark room somewhere alone. Eventually I'll play them for Swaan and Jimmy and they'll pick the ones they want to work on. For this record we're working on now I spent 6 weeks in Amsterdam after the last European tour and came out 27 songs, 10 of which made it out alive and are the songs we're working on now for the next record.

Q: What´s the plans for future....
We're heading to Ireland in a couple weeks to begin recording our second full length album. Hopefully that will done by fall and we can start touring the globe again....Brazil, South America!?!? I've never been to South America, the scene that's I'm reading out down there sounds amazing would love to come down for a tour sooner than later!

Q: Any parting words?
Turn it up!
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https://soundcloud.com/nightmareair/sets/highinthelasers-full-album
http://nightmareairmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/nightmareairmusic

South Meringue with Jukai Forest - An Interview

E novamente a Austrália dá boas vindas aqui nas páginas do TBTCI.

Desta forma aterrizando por aqui o trio Jukai Forest, um mix deliciosamente pegajoso de pos punk, psicodelismo sessentista e uma grande influência das bandas do grandioso selo Flying Nun.

South Meringue sua estreia, lançado no final do ano passado tem que ser degustado em volumes altos, melodicamente perfeito, encantadoramente viciante, o Jukai Forest simplesmente acertou em todos os pontos.

Um preciosidade escondida no submundo dos bons sons que merece atenção redobrada.

***** Interview with Jukai Forest *****

1. When did Jukai Forest start, tell us about the history….
Mel: With a few of Matt’s songs after he arrived from New Zealand in 2012, his pillarbox red Rickenbacker and vox, my dan electro bass and a drum machine. We recorded a few songs as ‘Westall 66’ then recruited a drummer. We went through 6 drummers… then found Ritchie at our local a year ago via Matt’s ‘drumdar’. That’s when things really started coming together for us.

Matt: I moved to Melbourne from New Zealand in 2012 and Mel and I started writing songs with a 1960s NDK 4 track

Ritchie: I started in April 2014 with Jukai Forest, been playing in bands since high school

2. Who are your influences?
Mel: I’m really influenced by the music my parents played (Beatles, Stones, Kinks), 80’s radio pop, the New Zealand Flying Nun scene, the early 90s UK shoegaze and indie/dance scene, and USA college radio. But I also love punk/new wave, krautrock etc…

Matt: San Ul Lim, PIL, Velvet Underground, Wire, JAMC, The Only Ones, Bird Nest Roys

Ritchie: As a drummer I have always tried to keep an open mind with as many styles as possible to help me become more rounded musically but for Jukai Forest main influences The Stone Roses, Ride, Tame Impala, Nirvana ,Pavement.

3. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
Mel: This is too hard. OK. REM – Murmur, Wire – Pink Flag, Straitjacket Fits – She Speeds, Stone Roses – Stone Roses, Velvet Underground – Banana Album.

Matt: Love – Forever Changes, Daniel Johnston – Hope 1990, Deerhunter – Monomania and Cryptograms, Kraftwerk – Radioactivity, Neil Young – On The Beach

Ritchie: various

4. How do you feel playing live?
Mel: Exciting but with a nervous tension/expectation and I love that combination

Matt: I don’t like looking down on anybody

Ritchie: Playing on stage is the best feeling in the world!

5. How do you describe Jukai Forest sounds?
Mel: Well. I have a list of bands people have compared us to. It’s up to about 30 bands. I think that says it is hard to pigeonhole us. Someone said we’re like early Velvet Underground and the Go-Betweens and The Cure and I’m OK with that

Matt: I don’t

Ritchie: Indie Rock, with a hint of Punk and Dream pop thrown in

6. Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
Mel: We’ve recorded at 5 or 6 different places including studios like HeadGap, and at home with a well know and awesome producer…(the South Meringue ep) My favourite is to play the songs live then overdub vocals and guitar parts

Matt: Book studio time. Play. Tends to sound sterile. We still haven’t found what we’re looking for.

Ritchie: Its usually pretty quick, a live take then overdubs over the top

7. Which new bands do you recommend?
Mel: I am loving Fat White Family and … random stuff

Matt: Foxygen, Brainbombs (not new but massively underrated)

Ritchie: none in particular, just go out in Melbourne's' northern suburbs and you'll be sure to find some quality bands!

8. Which band would you like to make a cover version of?
Mel: Once we did a cover of Wire – Heartbeat and it made my heart beat

Matt: Don’t play covers. Not ruling it out but we are constantly writing new songs so don’t have time

Ritchie: Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings

9. What’s the plan for the future:
Mel: We have enough songs to record a double album… ha. Plus we hope to tour the USA next year and play with Hamish Kilgour in Brooklyn (he doesn’t know this yet but we played with him in Melbourne this year and he was ace). Also we are playing a with great line up of bands at the Beetle Bar in Brisbane on 31 July (our first interstate gig)

Matt: Changing out band name

Ritchie: Playing lots of Shows in Melbourne, Hopefully an East coast tour next year sometime and get an EP or 2 recorded for promotion and getting our sound out to as many people as possible!

10. Any parting words?
Mel: It’s tricky to make your way in this new world as an unsigned band where some people love your live shows and it costs money to record but the labels go with the scenester bands. I’d just say to anyone who has made the effort to come see us play or listen to our songs, THANK YOU

Matt: Have a good time all the time

Ritchie: Thanks for having us! legends!
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https://jukaiforest.bandcamp.com/

Wedding Bells with Loners - An Interview

Ouvir o Loners, é como resgatar tesouros esquecidos como The Wave, For Against, Kitchens of Distinction e afins.

Um belo e sútil dreampop com pitadas suaves de shoegazer permeiam a audição deste projeto lindíssimo.

Fica a torcida por mais material, porque se faz mais do que necessário.

***** Interview with Loners *****

Q. When did Loners started, tell us about the history...
1. Loners came about from another solo project known as Deer Tendons, in fact there's still stuff on bandcamp including a raw demo of 'a place for you and me' there. Besides that, there's not much history to this solo work, it just magically happened I guess

Q: Who are your influences?
2. The Wake, For Against, Worries, Kitchens Of Distinction, The Smiths, Airiel and lots of others, most especially The Wake though.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
3. The Wake - Here Comes Everybody The Smiths - The Smiths Airiel - The Winks and Kisses EPs McCarthy - I am A Wallet Real Estate - Days

Q. How do you feel playing live?
4. I don't play live and probably never will due to the difficulty in actually playing my stuff live and being unable to find band members, as well as the fact I just want this to be a leisurely thing for me, rather than a job if you get me.

Q. How do you describe Loners sounds?
5. Dreamy easy-listening music

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
6. I usually just play one riff or something, endlessly repeat it, transpose it, chop it up and re-arrange on cubase. Then I'll add drum machines and electric bass to the songs and any keyboards and effects after that, and that's the finished product.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
7. Look on the YouTube channel 'TheLazyLazyMe', there's dozens of great artists I'd highly recommend to everyone on there.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
8. The Wake - Melancholy Man

Q: What´s the plans for future....
9. Hopefully going to university, which may eventually end this project due to studying, but otherwise I will just make more EPs and albums, though I'm thinking of moving away from Dreampop soon possibly for a more electric style

Q: Any parting words?
10. Thanks for interviewing me and glad you like my work
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https://soundcloud.com/lonerss
https://www.facebook.com/lonerspop

Desire with Fire Behaving As Air - An Interview

Psicodelismo cintilante com tonalidades etéreas e uma voz simplesmente angelical.

Este é o Fire Behaving As Air, australianos, que eu seu debute, Desire, condensam Mazzy Star, Black Angels, VU com pitadas de trip hop.

Uma verdadeira viagem deliciosa e sedutora com altas possibilidades de vício imediato.

Simplesmente ACIMA.

***** Interview with Fire Behaving As Air *****

Q. When did Fire Behaving as Air started, tell us about the history...
My husband Owen and I (Beck) formed the band together way back in 2008, we had both been playing in separate bands previously but found writing music together much more organic and honest. Since that time we have played with many musicians that have drifted in when our lives have crossed paths and then out again, but two wonderful souls; our drummer Mark and lead guitarist Chris, have always stayed constant beside us and have become our family in that respect.

Q: Who are your influences?
Each member of Fire Behaving As Air has their own eclectic musical tastes, I think that’s what makes our song writing process so interesting; the songs morph and reinvent themselves every time a new layer is added by a band member. Although we do have common influences that often show in our music, most notably the Velvet Underground, The Dandy Warhols, Mazzy Star and Portishead.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
I’m struggling to keep it to 5 so I broke the rules with 7, and I can only speak for myself given that we all have our own tastes. I will always find myself returning back to certain albums that stir up something inside of me, albums I consider completely faultless that bring back beautiful memories or feelings:

The Dandy Warhols – Come Down
Mazzy Star – So Tonight That I Might See
Fever Ray – Fever Ray
Primal Scream – Screamadelica
Chelsea Wolfe – Unknown Rooms
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
The Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost

Q. How do you feel playing live?
There is a level of anxiety leading up to any gig, it usually strikes as soon as the venue begins to fill up and the band before you is finishing their last song. I can’t speak to anybody at this time, I prefer to keep to myself and induce myself into a meditative state. Once we are all onstage and we begin to play all those feelings of nervousness and nakedness disappear and I feel consumed by the music and comforted knowing that my family is up there on stage with me and we are making these sounds together.

Q. How do you describe Fire Behaving as Air sounds?
We've had other people describe us as shoegaze, dream-pop and psychedelic noise rock which is absolutely fine with us, we love those genres and wear those labels with pride. We don't really write with a style in mind, it really just comes down to how the song chooses to move. I would say the best description is bittersweet ethereal noise.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
We seem to be constantly recording and have tried nearly every approach to recording as humanly possible: live, dissected, structured, chaotic, in bathrooms/studios/bedrooms/hidden under blankets- you name it! We record all demos in Chris’ home studio, meticulously forming layer upon layer until we know exactly how we will approach the actual album as a whole, then we will take it to the studio for the final recording. It’s because of this that we take a very long time to complete an album; we don’t want to release something that we don’t feel is a perfect representation of who we are - we are in this process right now with our current album.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
I find Australian radio can be quite limited in variety and so in saying that I am always out of the loop as to “new” bands, I will discover a band that I think is new and then find they have a back catalogue of 4 or 5 albums. I can’t get enough of Theodor Bastard, Chelsea Wolfe, Dead Skeletons and HTRK.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
We’re always talking about different songs that we would love to cover, one that continually pops up in conversation is Machine Gun Fellatio’s ‘All Of Them Ladies’, such an exquisite song.

Q: What´s the plans for future....
We are right on the verge of releasing our full length album ‘Vapour Trail’, which we are all so excited to show the world when it is absolutely perfect. These new songs have a life of their own and the album has a lot of recurring themes, at that time we all had suffered through our own personal black holes in our private lives, so writing the songs became therapeutic and a way to set those emotions free.

After the release of the album will be a very interesting time for the band. We had all noticed that each member was experience a strong pull in toward their own paths and so we decided to indulge those calls. Mark is currently travelling the earth, Chris is continuing to create beautiful music and photography, whilst Owen and myself have moved North to be closer to the ocean that I grew up beside. The band hasn't dissipated, just evolved into another form.

Q: Any parting words?
Keep an eye out for the release of our album 'Vapour Trail' later in the year, I can't describe how excited we are to eventually present this to the world, it's such a perfect representation of a part of our lives we have grown from. We hope that you come along for the ride x

In the meantime, please feel free to download our EP ‘Desire’ for free from: http://firebehavingasair.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/FireBehavingAsAir
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In Dreams with Pale Dian - An Interview

O Pale Dian pode soar desconhecido a você, mas siga o conselho do TBTCI, comece imediatamente esta leitura sob o sonhador e deslumbrante álbum Descendant lançado no início de 2014.

Ecos de Cocteau Twins são notados de imediato, conexões claras com o pos punk e shoegazer também se fazem presentes criando uma atmosfera envolvente e sedutora.

Simplesmente delicioso, apaixonante e indispensável para qualquer amante de música.

***** Interview with Pale Dian *****

Q. When did Pale Dīan start, tell us about the history...
Well, we started as Blackstone Rangers a while back and recently went thru a name change. We have a new album and feel that the name change is much more complimentary to our developed sound.

Q: Who are your influences?
Cocteau Twins, Nirvana, Phil Spector, Angelo badalamiti, My Bloody Valentine

Q. Make a list of your 5 fave albums of all time…
NIN "the downward spiral".
Julee Cruise "Floating".
Cocteau Twins "Garlands".
Roy Orbison "in Dreams".
Bob Dylan "Highway 61 revisited".
The Ventures play Telestar and the Lonely Bull.

Q. How do you feel when you play live?
I feel free. I feel like the words I think, but can't say are being conveyed in a way palatable to the listener.

Q. How would you describe Pale Dīan's sounds?
Dripping, emotional, esoteric, raw and unforgiving.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
The process of all of our albums BLackstone and the morph into Pale Dīan has never been an easy one. We have always carefully and diligently recorded our songs from start to finish, even if that means scrapping half of the recordings. We record mostly at home, ourselves but have had a huge helping hand for our upcoming album "Narrow Birth" thanks to our well attuned producer Alex Bhore of "This Will Destroy You"

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
None

Q: Which band would you love to be made a cover version of?
Covers are for the bedroom

Q: What are the plans for the future....
Lots of touring and Coffee

Q: Any parting words?
Keep an eye out for our upcoming album "Narrow Birth"
Thank you!
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https://paledian.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/paledianmusic

Funeral Songs with Naked - An Interview

Carl Smith é o cara por trás do Naked, algo como um cruzamento desacelerado entre Low, Mogwai e VU.

Climas cinzentos e melancólicos permeiam Hopeless o último trabalho do cara, claro sem contar o single Naked/Moon que sucedeu o álbum cheio, mas em ambos discos o clima fúnebre arrastado compõe os lamentos de Carl acompanhado por sua guitarra e efeitos diversos.

O Naked é altamente perigoso se for submetido a audições continuas durante estados depressivos.

***** Interview with Naked *****

Q. When did Naked started, tell us about the history...
Naked started in December of 2012 under the name "Butt Naked" as an outlet for my depression and my anger. I released a demo called "Oklahoma" and then self-released a full length with the same name in March of 2013 under the name "Naked". After that, I did a couple of splits with various friends. In March of 2014, I released my second full length entitled "Funeral Songs". It was my most experimental album to date. I messed around with elements of Drone, Ambient, and Post Rock. Finally, in March of 2015 I released my most recent full length entitled "Hopeless" on the label "Apneic Void" out of Portland, OR. Fast forward to three months later, and I am about to release another split with my friends in Mother Moon. It will be released July 30th on Feeble Mind Records.

Q: Who are your influences?
My influences are varied. I take influences from everything. From the quiet of the night, to the rain, to snow. When I started this project, I was listening to a lot of This Will Destroy You, Lydia, and Chelsea Wolfe.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time….
This is my top five in no particular order:
1. Lydia - Illuminate
2. My Chemical Romance - I Brought You Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
3. Dashboard Confessional - Dusk & Summer
4. Chelsea Wolfe - Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs
5. This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Playing live I like to close my eyes and just feel the music. I cry, I scream, I yell. Performing live really lets me fully let out all of my feelings.

Q. How do you describe Naked sounds?
Naked is loud, angry, emotional, and aggressive. Imagine living in Antarctica with no food, water, or clothes for a whole week, isolated from the rest of the world with no communication.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
My writing process varies by song. Recently, I've been writing lyrics, and then writing music that I feel accompanies the lyrics perfectly. Other times I will come up with a riff, and just let my mind go and the lyrics come naturally. My recording process is in my own little studio that I have in my home. With Naked being just guitar and vocals, it is very easy to record and find time to write.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
Currently, I have been listening to the band "MTHR" from North Carolina. It features members of the Blackened Crust band "Young and In The Way". I have also been listening to the band "King Woman" from California. Both very great new bands.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
I have a couple of covers I have never released, but want to in the future. I have a cover of Slowdive's "Alison", a cover of Mount Eerie's "O my heart", and a cover of Jeff Buckley's "Halleluiah"

Q: What are your plans for the future?
Currently all I have planned for the future is a 6 day USA tour in August. Next year I will be doing more touring and hopefully putting out a new record.

Q: Any parting words?
Thank you for the time. I have new music coming out July 30th on Feeble Mind Records called "N A K E D / / M O O N" and you can pre-order that here: https://nakedmd.bandcamp.com/album/n-a-k-e-d-m-o-o-n

You can find me here:
http://nakedmd.bandcamp.com
http://facebook.com/bnmusicofficial
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Freak Scene with Losing End - An Interview

Are We Still The Same é o ep de estreia dos californianos do Losing End e o título é bem auto explicativo se formos co relacionar com as quatro cacetadas do EP.

É puro 90´s, Dinosaur Jr, Superchunk, Trail of Dead, guitarrada pra todo lado em alta rotação pra ouvir alto e sair pulando, ou pra pegar seu skate e dar um rolê, faça sol ou faça chuva certamente o Losing End é a companhia adequada.

E nós realmente ainda continuamos os mesmos, ainda bem.

***** Interview with Losing End *****

Q. When did Losing End started, tell us about the history...
- We started in May 2014. I had recorded the songs that would make the first ep, playing everything except for bass which was done by Tyler. Tyler and I wanted to play live obviously so we got Frankie to drum. Played as a three piece for the first handful of shows. Tyler now plays guitar and Dylan is playing bass. Much better that way. We've all played music together in different bands since we were like 12.

Q: Who are your influences?
- Trail of Dead, Neil Young, Archers of Loaf, Wipers, CCR. I think the list can go on forever.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
- At this moment, the 5 albums of all time in no particular order, and I am positive that I forgot a bunch:
"Vs" - Mission of Burma
"Power, Corruption, & Lies" - New Order
"Leaves Turn Inside You" - Unwound
"Green River" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"On the Beach" - Neil Young

Q. How do you feel playing live?
- We feel free when we play live. It is the rare chance that people will watch us do we what we like to do. Maybe they'll like it, maybe they won't. Nothing is deliberate.

Q. How do you describe Losing End sounds?
- Whatever we're feeling is how we sound. Almost always going hard, but we can turn down. Lots of big chords, and generally a good time.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
- The ep on the bandcamp was recorded by Tyler and I in the living room of my dad's old house. It was then remixed by Alex at The Earth Capital. The upcoming one was done live with our friend Jules in his studio in a few hours.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
- Sustains, Sheer

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
- We literally want to cover everything we like.

Q: What´s the plans for future....
- We are working on getting the next ep out, and currently preparing an album. There will be a more official release with the next ep, nothing that I can spoil yet. Maybe even a name change. Keep your eyes peeled, we'll keep you excited.

Q: Any parting words?
- Thank you for reaching out to us! We appreciate it. Maybe we can do another one but we'll kick it in Sao Paolo with you.
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https://www.facebook.com/losingendca
https://losingend.bandcamp.com/releases

In The Presence of Nothing with Miners - An Interview

E é vez de mais Austrália aqui nas páginas do TBTCI, desta vez o quarteto Miners.

Shoegazer melódico e ruidoso, bebendo nas fontes lógicas de MBV e também do saudoso Lilys.

Magneto é um daqueles hits shoegazers clássicos, camadas estridentes de guitarras encharcadas de niilismo sônico.

Para ficar extremamente atento aos próximos passos dos caras.

Ótima revelação o Miners.

***** Interview with Miners *****

Q. When did Miners started, tell us about the history...
Miners started as a bedroom recording project, under the name Miners Of Pala. It was and still is a way to teach myself how to record and become a better musician. I wanted to replicate the studio sounds of bands like My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth with the DIY, multi-instrumentalist approach of a band like The Brian Jonestown Massacre. In the last few years it has turned into a four piece band, and we have ventured out of the safety of the studio into the big bad world.

Q: Who are your influences?
90's Guitar music, first and foremost. All kinds of shoegaze, post punk, slowcore, post hardcore, 90's emo, math rock, some psych rock. Songwriters like Neil Young and Todd Rundgren.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
In no particular order:

Sonic Youth - Evol
Bailter Space - Wammo
Lilys - In The Presence Of Nothing
Nas - Illmatic
Lync - These Are Not Fall Colors

Q. How do you feel playing live?
At first, it was very challenging, and way out of my (and the bands) comfort zone. I was often quite underwhelmed at our lack of ability to bring our studio sound into a live format. It's always a gamble as to how you will sound, different rooms, failing equipment, and ultimately dependent on a sound guy who understands what you are trying to do. These days I like to approach live playing as a total separate thing from how we sound in recordings, and that lifted burden has made it a lot more enjoyable.

Q. How do you describe Miners sounds?
How we sound now is not how we sounded a year ago, or how we will sound a year from now. I'd like to think we are constantly changing depending on what music or life events we are inspired by at the time. I don't want to pigeonhole our sound too much, but generally speaking, loud guitars and soft vocals with feeling.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
I feel I record best by myself alone in my studio/bedroom. I start playing some guitar, aim not to think about it to much, until i find myself playing something that excites me. Then it's a matter of recording other instruments and parts until I am happy with it. I've always liked the one man band format, there's a lot of freedom in doing everything yourself. However i'm also a big fan of capturing the sound of a band in a room, and we have been recording as a group a lot more of recent, with satisfying results.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
There's so many great bands around at the moment, especially here in Australia. It's hard to name just a few, but some of my favourite local bands would be Love Of Diagrams, Dick Diver, Day Ravies and White Walls. As far as international bands go, my favourite current band is Weed from Canada. I'm also a big fan of No Joy and Broken Water.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
We try to resist covers in general, and if we do them we try to take something from a different genre and bring it a little more in line with our tastes. It's tempting to do an MBV or DInosaur Jr cover but we feel like we're cheating. Personally I'd like to do a Kate Bush cover.

Q: What´s the plans for future....
Releases, tours, and more releases. We're sitting on a lot of content and it's frustrating to not let people hear it. In today's music climate it's very easy to put out an album and have it fall on deaf ears, it's hard to get your voice heard. So we're working out the best way to release what we have with maximum exposure, without going broke. Whether it's with the help of a label or not, we aren't sure yet. We have an EP which will be released by the end of this year, and If all goes according to plan, we will have an LP out midway through 2016. Tours in Europe and North America is something we'd love to do.

Q: Any parting words?
Thanks for doing what you do, it's blogs like this that help keep this kind of music alive.
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https://soundcloud.com/minersband
https://www.facebook.com/minerstheband