Unknown Author with Jeremiah Foundation - An Interview

Os irmãos Jason e Justin Hendry de Wichita, no Kansar, formam o duo Jeremiah Foundation. 

Um exercício freak onde a eletrônica dita o andamento, mas junte na miscelânia guitarras e uma enorme variedade de experimentações que geram um resultado hipnótico e dançante.

"Unknown Author" o debute dos caras lançado ano passado é um caldeirão de referências, pense em Thompson Twins misturado com Talking Heads com Kraftwerk, com MBV com SY, Depeche Mode e não soando como nenhuma das matrizes.

Um disco híbrido e excitante, é exatamente isso que o Jeremiah Foundation cometeu.

Mexa o esqueto e o cérebro com "Unknown Author".

***** Interview with Jeremiah Foundation *****

Q. When did jeremiah foundation Start? Tell us about the history.....
Well, that is a long story, so I will try to make it interesting. The band jeremiah foundation is made up of two brothers, Justin and Jason Hendry, before jeremiah foundation we had a band called Public Fred and Public Fred was a 3 piece Punk band that started to use elements from electronic music. Public Fred started back when we were in High School 1993 and ended roughly 1996 or 1997. Public Fred became 33.3 montag and was a 3 piece band playing some Punk music, but was working on playing live Techno music. The 3 piece band became a two piece, leaving just us ,Justin and Jason. Now that was not the beginning of jeremiah foundation, but it was a sparkle. Justin left 33.3 montag and 33.3 montag lasted until 2001. 2001 New Order released their album Get Ready and we loved it! I ( Jason ) was getting tired of playing music by myself and was wanting to do something like Depeche Mode and Justin was ready to take some of the songs he has already written and rewrite them in a new direction. Then jeremiah foundation was born. The beginning of jeremiah foundation was a little loose, musically speaking and I would say that we have now started to write music that we really meant to write. We started to focus on an Electronic Shoegaze sound and it has been working very well for us.

Q. Who are your influences?
That would be the reason our music was loose, because we love music and have a lot of music that influences us. As I mentioned New Order, Depeche Mode, The Beatles, ColdPlay, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Starflyer 59, Seefeel, Moby, Atari Teenage Riot, My Bloody Valentine, Franz Ferdinand, Kraftwerk, Johny Cash and Cut/ Copy to just name a few.

Q. Make a list of the 5 albums of all time...
Wow, that's a hard one. I am going to have to cheat here and give you two lists. One from Justin and one from me.
Justin's list:
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Interpol - S/T
New Order - Technique
The Beatles - Abbey Road or Revolver ( Can't decide which he likes best. )

Jason's list:
Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
ColdPlay - Rush of Blood to the Head
The Beatles - SGT. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band
Raveonettes - Pe'ahi
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Q. How do you feel when you play live?
I don't think about that one much. Hot and sweaty! I guess it must feel great or otherwise we wouldn't do it. It's great to try to get a response from a crowd and to have fun with a group of people that are listening to music that you have written. It's even better when people get excited about the same things that have made you excited, like the way a song sounds!

Q. How would you describe how jeremiah foundation sounds?
The best way that I have been describing our sound recently is Electronic Shoegaze or Dance Punk. I also like the description of Hazed Out Dance Party.

Q. Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
We have been taking a different approach for each song, because we use to write our songs the same way all the time and that made things kind of sound the same. What we do now is a little bit of the old way where one of us will write an entire song, bring that song to the other, then work it out and record it. Another way is to right different parts of a song and create more ideas from the previous idea and then bring those ideas together to form a song or write a poem and then make some music to fit that idea.

So then recording works like this......

Once we have all of our loops, samples and keyboard lines together, we record all of our electronic tracks. Sometimes we record drum sounds through guitar or bass amps and mess with the sound using our effect pedals, I also like to try to capture the room sound. We will also do this with our samples and keyboard sounds. We usually record our own music and love the process!

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
We are not listening anything really new, but here are some newish bands to check out:

Phantogram, Cut/Copy, Purity Ring, DiiV, The National, Starflyer 59, M83, Travel Guide and The Raveonettes

Q. Which band would you love to do a cover and what song?
Well we have played a couple of Kraftwerk songs Model and Space Lab, but it would be fun to cover Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time or Talking Heads - Burning Down the House.
www.soundcloud.com/jeremiah-foundation/das-model

We like kraftwerk and thought that this would be a good song to cover.

Q. What are your plans for the future?
We are currently working on recording, on our own, a 6 song ep. Once we record each entire song we will release the recording on cassette tape and each song will be mixed into each other, so a continuous mix of music. We will also have each song on it's own on bandcamp that can be downloaded. What we would like to see is people download all of the songs and for them to send us a mix of the songs that they have made, then in return we will post the mixes that we enjoy on our soundcloud page. I love interacting with our fans and what better way than to show things that other people are doing. After we finish the recording we are working on, which will probably be sometime next year, we want to write two more songs and go into a recording studio to see what someone else could do with our sound, as well as produce music for 7" vinyl record.

Q. Any parting words?
Again thank you so much for taking the time to do this blog interview with us. Thank you for listening and we are now offering our music on bandcamp as pay as you like, so you may download the music for free! If you can't pay us any money for the recording, that is fine, just tell someone else about us, come to our shows or if you are in a band bring us to your town.
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www.jeremiahfoundation.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahfoundation

All That We Lack with War Waves - An Interview

Pense em todas as vertentes do indie rock noventista, de Nirvana a Offspring, e MBV a Pavement, daí pegue uma banda da novíssima geração inglesa, mais precisamente de Ipswich, no caso o quarteto War Waves e seu segundo álbum lançado em Outubro, intitulado "All The We Lack" e situe tudo isso nos nossos dias nos quais a grande maioria esta mais afim de baixar mp3 e pouco se lixando para os formatos físicos, pois, veja, o disco dos caras esta esgotado, tal qual seu debute homônimo de 2015.

Porque? Simplesmente porque os caras são bons, e fazem seu som de forma que estão pouco se fodendo se você esta afim de conhece-los, sabe porque? Porque, tem muita gente que esta, e outra, o disco não estaria esgotado se não valesse muito, mais muito a pena.

Dê uma chance a você mesmo, experimente a experiência de chutar tudo como você fazia quando era moleque, no caso o War Waves é um estimulante perfeito.

***** Interview with War Waves *****

Q. When did War Waves start? Tell us about the history...
A: We have all been making music together for a few years now, but War Waves in this lineup has been together solidly for two years now. I came to my friends with a bunch of songs I had written and asked them to help!

Q: Who are your influences?
A: 90’s indie, Frightened Rabbit, The Smiths and Brand New.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
A: I can only speak for myself, but my top 5 albums are…actually, can I have 6 please?

The Smiths – S/T
Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside of Me
Saves the Day – Stay What You Are
Idlewild – The Remote Part
The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
The Offspring - Smash

Q. How do you feel playing live?
A: I think our songs come across best live – the songs are very meaningful to us all and you can’t beat the live setting – the adrenaline and rush.

Q. How do you describe War Wavers sounds?
A: We have been described as putting a modern twist on 90’s indie, make of that what you will! I think we are honest, emotional and upbeat. Oh and I swear a lot…

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
A: Our first album was recorded in a basement separately onto tape, but for our new cd ‘All That We Lack’, we recorded it completely live, only adding vocals a few overdubs afterwards.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
A: I’m really loving Pinegrove at the moment!

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
A: Probably an Offspring song and we all loved them growing up. Gotta Get Away?!

Q: What are your plans for the future?
A: To keep writing music and releasing records. And to smile more.

Q: Any parting words?
A: You can pick up our new album ‘All That We Lack’ on CD and vinyl from www.backwaterrecords.com, or digitally from all major online retailers. There’s also some merch here: www.warwaves.bandcamp.com - *The new album 'All That We Lack' available digitally and on CD/LP now!*
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https://warwaves.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pg/warwaves

Positions with Dancing Tongues - An Interview

Já disse aqui nas páginas do TBTCI diversas vezes e mais uma vez vou repetir, não é de hoje que Los Angeles tornou-se a nova meca do pós punk, se você desconhece o que acontece por lá atualmente é porque não deve acompanhar o TBTCI, ou simplesmente vive em outro planeta ou esta com algum problema.

A bola da vez aqui no TBTCI é de lá, obviamente, e acabou de debutar com um disco enérgico, dançante e barulhento, algo como se o Gun Club colidisse com o Bauhaus via Heartbreakers, sim a banda do ícone Johnny Thunders.

Estou falando dos trio Dancing Tongues e seu trabalho, "Positions", suingado e dissonante, o disco funcionará perfeitamente na pista de qualquer qualquer inferninho e veja, vai fritar neurônios.

Tire as crianças da sala, aumente o som e divirta-se com o Dancing Tongues.

***** Interview with Dancing Tongues *****

Q. When did Dancing Tongues start? Tell us about the history...
Kevin and Alex played together in bands since high school and had always been writing and recording stuff on the side. We recorded two songs right before Alex left to study in Spain for a few months and after hearing them decided that we should move forward and put some more focus on our songs. We had continued to work on songs while we were playing in other bands together and as all of those projects disbanded we started spending all of our time on what was going to become Dancing Tongues. Alex was introduced to Josh by a bandmate in The Rooms and invited him to come play with Kevin and him. Josh instantly clicked with the Dancing Tongues vibe and quickly became the third member and a creative force in the band.

The three of us have been performing as a trio since November 2015. We have rounded up our first year as a band with the release of our debut EP titled Positions. We are excited to have this EP out and are getting ready to shift our focus to writing a full-length album.

Q: Who are your influences?
We have a wide range of influences that include a lot of post-punk and punk bands from the late 70s and early 1980s, jazz, soul, blues, and rock n roll. Some of the bands we always find ourselves revisiting are: The Cure, Gun Club, Nick Cave/The Birthday Party, Talking Heads, Stan Getz, Sam Cooke, The Animals, The Ramones, Johnny Thunders, Thelonius Monk, The Clash, The Monks etc… The list could go on forever

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
We could spend all day as a naming dozens of albums that belong in the top five greatest albums of all time. It’s tough to say, but here are five albums we love (in no particular order):

Fire of Love - The Gun Club
Boys Don’t Cry (US Release) - The Cure
Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev
Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz and João Gilberto

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Hot and Sweaty??? Hahaha. It’s usually a kind of blur. It’s exciting at times, sometimes it’s nerve racking, sometimes its energizing, and other times its tiring, but it usually always goes by too fast. It’s a weird thing to say that you don't totally remember a live show or a set, but that’s usually the case. It’s cathartic and feels good most of the time. Usually the only things that we remember are specific details, like things that are particularly awesome and things that might not go as planned. That’s the cool thing about live shows as both a performer and a spectator… It isn’t about trying to sound exactly like the recording. It’s about what happens when your music brings people together. This makes each live show different, because the spaces we play in and the people we play to change.

Q. How do you describe Dancing Tongues sounds?
It’s fun to hear other people describe to us or others how we sound. They usually throw around names of bands who they think we sound like, or crazy descriptions likening us to some pretty awesome and crazy shit. It’s a little hard for us to pinpoint our sound exactly, and think it best for the listener to just listen to the tracks and make up their mind, but it’s generally danceable music with an edge.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
The recordings released on Positions were recorded in a studio environment with a fairly traditional process. However, the process to getting to that point was a bit different. We write very differently that most other bands we have been a part of. Rather than writing most songs out of a live jam, we tend to start with a specific part and construct a song together around that. It works well for us and allows us to incorporate changes or parts that we might not have arrived at otherwise.

The process is really important for us, especially because we have learned that all three of us have a very different approach to looking at songs and that there are many more ways than one way for a song to be finished correctly. This realization is why we also tend to record a lot of demos. This allows us to dissect the songs so that we can make revisions to them. It is nice to be able to listen to something without the distraction of having to play it to hear it.

Typically we put a lot of energy and time into writing, listening to, and making changes to our songs before we feel like they are finished being written and ready to be recorded for release.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
TrapsPs - https://trapsps.bandcamp.com
Marching Church - https://marchingchurch.bandcamp.com
Ruby Haunt - https://rubyhaunt.bandcamp.com
Chalk - https://fuckchalk.bandcamp.com/releases
The Garden - https://thegardenmusic.bandcamp.com

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
Bauhaus

Q: What are your plans for the future?
To keep writing, recording, releasing, playing, and listening to music.

Q: Any parting words?
We just released our debut EP last week, please go give it a listen and enjoy it!
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https://dancingtongues.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/dancinggues

Kill All The Kings with The Deathrettes - An Interview

Direto das garagens dos subterrâneos da Cidade do Cabo na África do Sul surge o quarteto The Deathrettes e seu demolidor EP de estreia, "Kill All Kings".

Encharcado de psicodélia garageira, logicamente influencia por Roky Erikson e os Elevators, o The Deathrettes transpira acidez nos cinco esporros de fuzz de "Kill All Kings".

Ao lado do The Psalms, o The Deathrettes coloca a Cape Town no mapamente do psych moderno.

Escuta alto, em todos os sentidos.

***** Interview with The Deathrettes *****

Q. When did The Deathrettes start? Tell us about the history...
1. We started in late 2014 when I got a guitar, Charl joined in on drums to jam some stuff that I had been sitting on for a while. Michael and I have known each other since primary school and have been jamming together since they were about 16, Michael was an obvious choice for bass. We all met Dylan through his other band, Black Lung. Dylan joined in on lead guitar and just started singing at rehearsals. We kinda just went with it and we couldn't have been happier!

Q: Who are your influences?
2. Our influences are very different, we all listen to quite a variety of music. I think that because we're not listening to the same thing, there's so much flavour coming through in each instrument. We do have a core musical genres that we all listen to, namely Garage Rock and Psychedelic Rock, but these genres have changed over time and are still changing, our taste is moving around too.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
3. I think a 5 album list of all time would take too long to consider but here are some of our favourites.

Dead Ghosts - Cant Get No (2013)
The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators (1966)
Night Beats - Sonic Bloom (2013)
Allah Las - ST (2012)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

Q. How do you feel playing live?
4. I think we feel super energetic and pumped when we play, lots of adrenalin! and probably a little drunk too haha

Q. How do you describe The Deathrettes sounds?
5. We like to call our style of music Garage Groove. We try to emphasis movement in our music, we'd like for our music to make people dance. We're not one for labels but this feels like us.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
6. Kill All The Kings was recorded live in 2 days at Bellville Studios, Cape Town. We had done a few sessions of pre-production at our rehearsal studio so we had a full idea of what we were going to lay down before we went into studio. The recording session didn't leave time for experimentation as we had worked everything out before we went into studio and we were a bit pressed for time. We double tracked a lot of the guitars on the EP, we layered acoustic guitar and 12 string on most of the songs. We experimented with one or two mic positions but for the most part it was quite a traditional recording.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
7. Corners, Runaway Nuns, Fat White Family, The Wytches, Sol Gems, Temples, Heaters. They're not really new bands but they've recently released some music we're listening to now.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
8. We like to cover songs that have a good energy. Songs that either already represents our band or we are able to play them in such a way that we are able to resinate with the song on a Rettes level.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
9. We're going on a tour in March next year in Johannesburg and Pretoria and we'd like to follow that up with a European Tour around October or so. We're working towards another EP and hopefully can get started on our LP late next year.

Q: Any parting words?
10. We currently have a funding campaign for our EP 'Kill All The Kings' on Qrates.com. We need to reach our goal of 200 pre-order records for the vinyl to hit the presses and get shipped. Fans will only be debited once we reach our 200 record goal so there's no risk. You receive a free digital download of the EP when you preorder the vinyl. You can check it out here: https://qrates.com/artists/thedeathrettes/items/12598
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https://thedeathrettes.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/thedeathrettes

Distant Light with Holygram - An Interview

Depois de um show dos italianos Soviet Soviet, prediletos da casa, em sua terra natal, a Alemanha, o quinteto Holygram se formou, a história completa você lerá mais abaixo na entrevista.

Tudo começou em 2014, e agora no início de Novembro os caras debutaram via, Oraculo Records com seu grandioso álbum homônimo. 

Dominado por sombras oitentistas, fazendo conexões co mThe Cure, New Order, Comsat Angels, Chameleons entre outros, o Holygram cria suas aventuras sonoras envolto em paisagens cinzentas e esfumaçadas.

O Holygram atesta a força do resgate pós punk sem descambar para o gótico piegas. Discaço. 

***** Interview with Holygram *****

Q. When did HOLYGRAM start? Tell us about the history...
Patrick: I think that the initial spark for getting the band together was a concert of the italian group Soviet Soviet I saw back in 2014. I fell in love with the raw energy and spheric noise they were creating on stage and it made me want to explore the music scene they are loosely connected to. As a teenager I was a big fan of The Cure. I remember listening to the album Disintegration on the schoolyard on my walkman while everybody else was playing football and it made me feel „good“! The concert was some kind of flashback, a memory from a distant time and I wanted to re-experience those feelings in a much more active way. At that time I was rehearsing with my former band in Cologne in a room we shared with other bands and one day I met this guy who was just picking up some stuff. I liked his style and talked to him about my idea and if he was interested in joining the project. It was Bennett, our bass player, and we directly got along with each other. We started writing songs, experimented with different styles and instruments, searching for the sound we already had in mind. As musicians we both were coming from totally different genres, for us the project was still some kind of „terra incognita“. In the beginning we didn’t know how to make the bass guitar sound the way we wanted it to or the drum kit appear like a drum machine. After some pretty long nights in the rehearsal room we eventually succeeded…

But just writing songs and recording them was not enough. We wanted to play live and had to find a way to bring our songs in front of people. We love bands like The KVB who manage to perform their songs without a full band but that was not our idea. We wanted real drums, keys etc. without losing the sound we developed in the last months. Cologne is not so well known for its post-punk / new wave scene, so it took us a while to find the right people. Finally Marius joined on guitar, Se-bastian on drums and Pilo on synthesizers. That’s how we started to become the band we later called HOLYGRAM.

Q: Who are your influences?
Patrick: I was already talking about my first encounter with The Cure and I guess they are still one of my main influences. I am fascinated by the permanent reinvention this band went through, from cold albums like Faith to pop songs like Friday I’m in love. I think that the urge to explore different moods and styles, to keep moving and not stand still, is also immanent in HOLYGRAM.

With our EP we tried to give a glimpse of the band‘s musical range. For me personally it is an attempt to create something that is not too stuck in the rules of a certain genre. There is so much music out there I am fascinated by…it is hard to tell what really has an impact on me and my role in the band. When we recorded our EP we actually listened a lot to The Cure’s Pornography because we love the rough production but then again I am not sure you can hear any of that in our recording. I see influental bands rather as an inspiration to start with a song at all. And usually the process of writing that song takes you into totally different directions than you initially intented.

Marius: My guitar sound on some of the songs is inspired by bands I like. For example the flanger sounds of The Cure’s guitars, the soundscapes of Slowdive and the fluttering guitars of Tamaryn. For the song Distant Light I think I was pretty much influenced by the noisy guitars of A Place To Bury Strangers.

Bennett: One of the biggest inspirations for my bass playing is Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Or-der who had this kind of lead guitar touch in his bass riffs. And on the other hand there is this mo-notonic, hammering Krautrock bass à la NEU! and La Düsseldorf. In HOLYGRAM I try to combine these two elements to create something different.

Pilo: I am fascinated by melodies that trigger a certain feeling and stuck in your mind - things you hear for the first time but feel familiar with. When it comes to bands my musical base is more settled in late 60s underground stuff… Syd Barrett‘s Pink Floyd, July, Tomorrow (Rubble/Chocolate Soup). The jazzy hammond sound of Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy Smith or Brian Auger. Early electronic music by Jean Jacques Perrey or soundtracks by Francois De Roubaix. Edgar Froese did some mad stuff. Kraftwerk and other Conny Plank produced albums.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…

Patrick: The Cure – Disintegration Marius: The Comsat Angels – 7 Day Weekend

Bennett: New Order – Movement

Pilo: Writing On The Wall - Power Of The Picts

Sebastian: NEU! - NEU! 75

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Patrick: Playing live has a certain liberating effect on me. Sometimes I don’t remember what happened on stage (maybe that is also due to the abuse of alcohol). It is a more direct, kind of brutal and primitive way of making music for me. In the studio everyone records his instrument all by himself but on stage the band has to get back together, like a tribe going to war. Control vs. intuition. During our shows I play the tambourine on some of our songs and I frequently have this giant bruise on my right leg because I keep hitting it with the ring. Performing on a stage can set different kinds of energy free, positive but also negative feelings. I think that playing live makes me experience the songs in a much purer way, it makes me feel more in general. I think that’s why HOLYGRAM for me is more a live band than a studio band!

Marius: For me being on stage is a totally different experience than rehearsing. The things that happen during a show can’t be controlled. As Patrick said you can’t control what you‘re feeling. I for my part tend to isolate myself from what is going on around me. For example once Patrick cut his nose with the jingles of his tambourine right at the beginning of a show and I actually realized only later when we went backstage that his face was all covered with blood.

Bennett: Live I play the songs depending on the mood I am in. Some of them have enough space to improvise and to respond to the audience, myself and the rest of the band.

Q. How do you describe HOLYGRAM‘s sounds?
Patrick: All five members of HOLYGRAM come from different music scenes and used to play or are still playing in other bands. Everyone adds his unique idea of what HOLYGRAM should sound like to the band. Our drummer e.g. is totally into Krautrock and bands like genre-pioneers NEU! or recent projects like Kosmischer Läufer. His style of playing drums is pretty much influenced by these bands‘ iconic beat patterns called „Motorik“. We use this rhythmic style which is more often asso-ciated by psychedelic bands and combine it with guitar riffs and basslines typical for post-punk or new wave music. It is a very inspiring experience as a band when for a while everybody is set in some sort of „trance state“ of mind but without all the flower power emotions, haha. It is a very fundamental experience. HOLYGRAM is not about doing music that has its origin in the desert and the sun-bleached area of California. I think that HOLYGRAM is the feeling you could have if you were living in a german city like Cologne: Driving and gloomy. In a way it is our attempt to be „authentic“.

Bennett: We are very sound oriented. Most of our songs are inspired by a sound we like – either from a synthesizer or the guitar – and we arrange the rest of the instruments around this sound. Sound is the foundation of our songs and sometimes it takes more time to find the right sound than to write the song.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
Patrick: We already tried to record some songs in the beginning of the year in a studio but it didn’t work out for us. Over the last few months we developed a very clear idea of what the band is supposed to sound like on a recording and realized that we can’t give the production of our first EP into the hands of someone else than us. So we decided to start experimenting in our rehearsal room and recorded all 5 songs by ourselves within 2 months. Besides the struggle with the conditions of a DIY-production the experience of autarkic recording gave us the freedom to explore every song with the necessary dedication. It also gave us unconventional possibilties a „professio-nal“ recording would have never allowed. I have always been wondering what the motivation be-hind „auteurship“ is but I guess that’s it!

Bennett: Our writing and recording process is a mixture of concentrated sessions and a lot more intuitive jams with the whole band. Daria for example was loosely written by Marius, Patrick and me and later Sebastian and Pilo joined on drums and synthesizers and we finalized the song all together.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
Patrick: I already mentioned Soviet Soviet who are going to release a new album in December or The KVB. France has a very vivid music scene with lots of great bands that don’t care about genre boundaries like La Secte Du Futur or Frustration. I think there is a very interesting music scene dwelling underneath all the layers of overproduced chart music and it is worth digging a bit deeper. You might find something you have never listened to before and fall in love with it!

Marius: Diiv.

Bennett: Soviet Soviet.

Q: Which band would you love to make a cover version of?
Patrick: I would like to cover a totally atypical song like Soft Cell did with Gloria Jones‘ Tainted Love. They turned a 1965 soul song into an 80s icon. Most of the people know the song because of the cover version! And then Marilyn Manson did a cover of the cover… I think that interpreting someone else‘s song is a possibility to give it a new face, but it should also be the main challenge. I am not so much into cover versions or even cover bands that sound like the original. I used to play in a 60s Garage band for almost 10 years and I am still a big fan of bands like The Music Ma-chine or The Seeds (both are coming from the „sun-bleached area of California“ btw!). I guess I would like to cover a forgotten classic from that era.

Marius: Eisbär by Grauzone. It’s the best song in the world!

Bennett: I would like to cover New Order’s Age of Consent. During soundcheck I always warm up with the bassline of this song.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
Patrick: We just released our EP on tape and as a digital download and the feedback is already overwhelming! We have a deal with the spanish label Oraculo Records who will press it as a super limited vinyl edition. It is amazing how fast some things are happening and how much potential there still is. We definitely won’t rest now, we are already thinking about recording an LP next year. I guess there will be quite some shows as well. That is all I can see from here right now.

Q: Any parting words?
HOLYGRAM: We are looking forward to playing lots of shows next year and meeting hopefully some of you out there!
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https://oraculorecords.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/holygram.official

6 with SJÖBLOM - An Interview

Certamente, ou, deveria ser ao menos, eu assim espero, que quem acompanha as páginas do TBTCI esteja interado com o combo sueco de pós punk The Exploding Boy, onde o vocalista é Johan Sjöblom, até aí ok, os caras são cultuados em uma série de paises, mas não é sobre o The Exploding Boy que tratarei aqui neste momento, o ponto é que Johan em determinado momento mostrou algumas de suas canções para seus comparsas de banda mas, os caras não curtiram e aí, Johan resolveu partir para uma faceta solo, claro, o The Exploding Boy continua.

E o projeto atende pelo seu sobrenome, SJÖBLOM, e Johan acabou de soltar seu mais recente trabalho, o disco, "6", oito canções que soam e resoam os 80´s, dark pop com extrema elegância e sofisticação, por vezes evocando Lloyd Cole, em outras Andrew Eldritch, em outras ainda Mark Burgess, só por assim dizer, já dá pra sentir qual é o clima de "6".

SJÖBLOM cometeu talvez o álbum mais oitentista dos últimos tempos sem soar retro, mérito absoluto.

***** Interview with SJÖBLOM *****

Q. When did Sjöblom start? Tell us about the history...
J: I've thought about this for about two years, but never really knew how to do it. But in february-16 I sent a couple of songs to my band (the exploding boy) and they didn't like it, and at the same time we talkes with a producer in Stockholm about recording some new material, and couldn't do that I just saw my chance and went to this producer and recorded some own songs. And it went so easy so I decided to do this!

Q: Who are your influences?
J: Synth bands from the 80s, Indie from the 90s and old post punk and New wave in the 00, and always pop, darkness and beautiful melodies.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
J: The Cure - Seventeen Seconds,
Lloyd Cole & The commotions - Mainstream,
Depeche Mode - A broken Frame,
The Charlatans - Some Friendly,
Popsicle - Lacquer

Q. How do you feel playing live?
J: Mixed feelings. Between scared to death, happy as hell and can't remember it. You can never tell. I want to show people what I feel and what I have done, but I am scared of doing it somehow...

Q. How do you describe Sjöblom sounds?
J: It is just plain songs that I love. The sounds comes with the song. I'll do everything I can to make the song reach people, and the sound depends of what the song needs. BUT I always want it to be simple, clear and dark.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
J: I came to the producer with a song. It could be a full song with everything in it, where I done everything myself. Keyboards, guitars and all, or just a guitar and some vocals. We listen and build it up from the beginning. He is coming with some small ideas, and in 80% I take it, because he is the best. I am suprised how quick and easy it went and how good it got!

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
J: A projection (Sweden), Hante (France) and Agent Side Grinder (Sweden).

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
J: I am working with a cover of Swedish Tiamats In A Dream, and I really want to do a good cover of the very Swedish band Kent, but I haven't started with that yet.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
J: Having release partys in Stockholm and Paris, and then playing festivals in the summer. Then we'll see..

Q: Any parting words?
J: Thanks for great questions. It is a pleasure, not only for SJÖBLOM, but also my other band The Exploding Boy to have so many fans, not just in Brazil but also Peru and Mexico. It is so far away, but feels so close sometimes. Thanks A LOT! We wish all the time we could come over for a show, but it is expensive.
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https://sjoblom.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/sjoblomofficial

The Midnight Slide with Rainboard - An Interview

Já faz um tempo que o Canadá tem espaço cativo nas páginas do TBTCI, vide Sianspheric, Femme Accident, Preoccupations, The Ludvico Treatment e outras tantas maravilhosas bandas, e agora é a vez do duo Rainboard e seu noise espacial aterrizarem por aqui.

Tom Reimer e Lyndon Schiewe conduzem o ataque denso, experimental e quebradiço que é "The Midnight Slide", o debute do Rainboard. Ecos de kraut, shoegaze, pós punk, tudo condensado, infestando os tímpanos sem deixar tempo para respirar.

Pena que "The Midnight Slide" é de 2014 e desde então o Rainboard não solta material novo, o que ao que parece, essa espera esta em vias de terminar.

Se você desconhece o Rainboard, eis o momento ideal para experimentar o barulho dos caras.

***** Interview with Rainboard *****

Q. When did Rainboard start Tell us about the history...
Tom - Rainboard started in 2013. We live in the same small town in British Columbia called Salmo. There are about 1200 people here. I moved to Salmo and saw Lyndon on Canada Day, July 1st. He was playing solo with backing tracks doing this space rock sort of thing and I knew I would play with him. Although it took about a year or so before we really decided to form a band. I had some songs and from then to now and here we are.

Lyndon - Well it's been over 4 years. It might be worthwhile to mention something to the effect of how we both have a history of doing this kind of music going back 20 years in scenes in the cities and ended up in Salmo.

Q: Who are your influences?
Tom - That is tough to say, German kraut rock from the sixties, Can, Cluster, Neu! . Of course My Blood Valentine had a big influence and Hawkwind too, but only the early stuff. The song writing Blond Redhead, especially the vocal style. I love a lot of thrash metal too.

Lyndon - It's hard to say what bands influence me or what my favorite albums are, but I know for me this band seems to be influenced by 80's post punk, 90's noise rock, vintage synth rock, experimental electronic, instrumental surf music.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
Tom -
Neu! - Neu!
Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill
Flower Traveling Band - Satori
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets

Lyndon - see last answer.

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Tom - Rainboard is very much a live experience. We play regularly and all the songs recorded are played in verbatim live. Rainboard was based to be a live group. It's a very cathartic thing for us to play live. I love playing live and would do it everyday if I could.

Lyndon - Playing live is a lot of fun.

Q. How do you describe Rainboard sounds?
Tom - Rainboard sounds like large washy guitars with dynamic driving drums and written songs with subtle lyrics. There is an element of noise rock as well as a strong punk ethos but with a softer side.

Lyndon - The sound of Rainbard is big, powerful, upbeat, spacious, ambient, noisy, crashing, strange, hopeful.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
Tom - The recording is very true to the live performance. We record ourselves. I do the mixing and mastering in my home studio. All the songs are crafted and prepared ahead of time so that in the studio we are comfortable and well rehearsed. We live in a very beautiful place. I like to think that is reflected in the recordings.

Lyndon - We record as live as possible. We do it ourselves at home with proper microphones but no fancy outboard gear.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
Tom - There are quite a few. Shooting Guns, Preoccupations, Black Mountain, Perhaps not new, 'Elevator' is to me Canada's unsung psychedelic warriors. Sianspheric is a great space rock band from Hamilton. All these bands are Canadian.

Lyndon - Some new bands I like are one's I've seen or played with lately such as Dead Fibres, Exits, the Larch. Preoccupations are an amazing and successful band from western Canada.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
Tom - We do a nice version of Harvest Moon by Neil Young. I try to stay away from covers usually. Perhaps something by 'No Means No' or 'The Stooges'

Lyndon - We could probably cover a full length Neil Young album in the style of Rainboard and it would work amazing.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
Tom - Keep playing, we have another patch of songs that are coming along so recording another album right away here. Hopefully tour on a bigger basis to get our music in the ears as many people as possible.

Lyndon - Hopefully, Rainboard will continue to make and record music and play live. Playing live seems to have challenges these days, at least in this part of the world. There's been a loss of venues and it's doesn't always draw a lot of people. It would be good if it got really popular again.

Q: Any parting words?
Tom - Thanks for the interview. It would be great to get to Brasil and play for all the great people there. We are really enjoying ourselves and hope you like our music.
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https://www.facebook.com/rainboardband
https://arachnidiscs.bandcamp.com/album/the-midnight-slide

Wonderland with Magic Shoppe - Track by Track

Quem acompanha as páginas do TBTCI conhece muito bem o quinteto ácido movido a guitarras hipnóticas chamado Magic Shoppe.

Se, lá em Fevereiro, os caras soltaram o lisérgico EP "Interstellar Car Crash", mês passado, o Magic Shoppe foi mais profundo ainda com o lançamento da obra prima, sim, obra prima, e não é exagero, "Wonderland", novo trabalho dos caras é algo como uma colisão alucinógena e perigosa entre Loop e 13th Floor Elevators.

Psicodélico até a medula,  movido a riffs cíclicos que, conduzem a navalha sonora de "Wonderland", não existe um segundo sequer de trégua durante a epopéia dos oito exercícios de como se fazer um disco perfeito.

Para melhor explicar o que é realmente "Wonderland" o TBTCI foi diretamente na fonte, ou seja, o próprio Magic Shoppe dissecou o álbum em um track by track doentio.

Boa viagem em volume máximo.

"Wonderland" - Track by Track

by Magic Shoppe

1. Stars Explode
In the summer of 2015 I bought a ’67 Vox Cheetah off one of the dudes in The Warlocks. Cheetah’s have all these crazy on-board effects (fuzz, repeater, treble booster). The day I got it, I plugged it in to my Twin Reverb and turned on the built-in fuzz circuit. “Stars Explode” came to life in about 5 minutes. This song also features that sweet “fully cocked” fuzz wah sound that you hear all over Psychocandy from The Jesus and Mary Chain, which was cake with the built-in Vox fuzz and a shitty little wah pedal.

2. Head On The Floor
Tim (Drums) is a well versed multi-instrumentalist. He used to front a sweet band here in town called “Moon Tower”. That band also included Tayler, another of our other guitar players. This was one of the first gems that Tim brought to our group. I added some riff/lead guitars, lyrics and the primary vocal line. Tim baked the cake here, all I did was apply the frosting. This tune also features some beautiful, dark harmonies that Kate (Guitar/Vocals) came up with. Kate has a truly unique ability. She seems to come up with these creepy/ haunting melodies almost effortlessly. She also has a mind like a steel trap. Once she learns something, she never seems to forget it.

3. Kill
This was another tune that was created the day I got my ’67 Vox Cheetah. I don’t really care too much about lyrics usually, but this tune makes me laugh in retrospect. The lyrics to this one revolve around being repeatedly cockblocked, and how you just wanna murder other people for inhibiting your connection to a potential object of lust.

4. Hearing Voices
Sometimes I hear voices telling me to do things. Those voices are generally evil, but I usually realize that before I blindly act on their commands. It’s a constant struggle. This tune is about those voices. It’s catchy, dark as fuck and *loaded* with reverb… rock n’ roll. The main reverberated guitar riff in this came to be the day I bought a Death By Audio Reverberation Machine effects pedal. I always play through a Fender Twin w/ the reverb cranked, but this fucking thing just pushes it over the top and melts faces.

5. Blowup
Another gem that Tim brought in. We fucked around with it, I added the main 12-string lead riff, vocals and changed up the arrangement. This tune happens to sound super retro, but that was definitely not intentional. I think a lot of the retro feel of this tune stems from the fact that Tim recorded the drums with just a single mic through some crunchy preamps. From there, whatever else we added (trashy tambourine, reverbed guitars, etc..) the tune just got more and more 60’s-ish…. really fast.

6. Sister Burden
This track was written by our newest member, Jeff Bartell. As it turns out Jeff had a previous stretch in Magic Shoppe. He was the first bass player in the group shortly after I moved here in 2009. In late 2010 my wife at the time was expecting our first child, so I took a little hiatus. Jeff went on to form another band, but we kept in touch. That same year Jeff shot me a recording he did for Sister Burden. I added some reverbed riff/lead guitars, white noise static guitar, bass and some tambourine. When we started putting the songs for Wonderland together, Jeff suggested this song. So we re-recorded it and it came out sounding fantastic. The intro to this track features German guy screaming about being stalked by secret agents and how he can’t trust anyone.

7. Find Yourself Some Love
Our guitar player Tayler wrote this song in it’s entirety. Most of this song was recorded at Tayler’s house in the summer of 2016. Our friend Jada laid down some really fantastic sitar. Tayler really shines on this track w/ his fantastically hallucinogenic guitar tracks. Jada also doubles a lot of what Tayler plays here, so it sounds extra trippy… which is nice.

8. Wonderland
This tune was originally written for a local compilation a couple of years ago. I played everything on this tune and we don’t really do it live. The lyrics are interpreted sections of Chapter VIII: The Queen's Croquet-Ground from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The kid chatter in the background was recorded with a handheld during one of the 10,000 trips I took to the playground with my boy a few summers ago. I ran the playground tracks through a fender twin when I got home and all the happy little children’s screams started sounding evil and scary. It was the perfect accompaniment for Chapter VIII’s Queen of Hearts wanting to chop everyone’s head off.
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https://magicshoppe.bandcamp.com/album/wonderland
https://www.facebook.com/MagicShoppeBoston

No More Bad Dreams with Ex-Astronaut - An Interview

Título mais do que apropriado recebeu o mais novo disco do quarteto de Cleveland, Ex-Astronaut, o nome do rebento, "No More Bad Dreams", uma odisséia recheada de devaneios sonhadores movidos a guitarras espaciais e climáticas conduzindo-nos a dimensões inexploradas.

Seguindo o caminho do derretimento sonoro mesclando shoegaze clássico, psicodelismo e vertentes diversas do indie rock, o Ex-Astronaut cometeu simplesmente uma preciosidade.

Como sugere o nome do álbum, sonhos ruins, nunca mais. Boa viagem...

***** Interview with Ex-Astronaut *****

Q. When did Ex-Astronaut start? Tell us about the history...
[Pete Jennings - guitar] Ex-Astronaut initially started in Cleveland, Ohio, USA in 2009 as a band with a different name and different sound. Over the years we had numerous changes in our lineup with Chris Hoke and I being the only constant members for quite some time. In late-2013 we added Chris Kochera and Pat Gang which solidified the current line-up. Around the same time we shifted our songwriting away from fuzzed out indie/alt rock to the moodier, textured, shoegaze sound that we now play. Last January we changed our name to Ex-Astronaut after several bands cropped up across the United States with the same name as our old one.

Q: Who are your influences?
[PJ] I think it’s safe to say we’re heavily influenced by classic alternative and shoegaze bands like My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive, and the Smashing Pumpkins. However, contemporary bands like the War On Drugs, Weekend, Nothing, and Ringo Deathstarr has also had some influence on our sound.

[Chris M. Hoke - vocals/guitar] Michael McDonald-era Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Sonic Youth, Talking Heads, Mahler, Tchaikovsky…. how does it feel when you close your eyes?

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
[PJ] My Bloody Valentine - “Loveless”, MC5 - “Kick Out the James”, Nirvana - “Nevermind”, Sonic Youth - “Sister”, and The Stooges - “Fun House”

[CMH] Smashing Pumpkins - “Siamese Dream”, Sonic Youth - “Washing Machine”, Tchaikovsky - “Symphony #6”, Doobie Brothers - “Minute By Minute”, and Mineral - “The Power of Failing”

Q. How do you feel playing live?
[PJ] It’s an absolutely unparalleled experience that I treasure. Everytime I get on stage I make sure to take a moment to look around the room, at the lights, at the bar, at the people there, and really absorb the moment because there will be a time in my life in which I won’t be able to do it anymore.

[CMH] I’m usually quite nervous until the gig begins then completely lost in the performance until it is over. It's very important that you give yourself completely to the performance, to the audience, to the rest of the band. No regrets allowed!!

Q. How do you describe Ex-Astronaut sounds?
[PJ] Spacey, hazey waves of sound at maximum volume.

[CMH] I have heard us described as being very textured, like a wall of sound, or a wave, that crashes over you. We are very loud, it's important that the audience experiences a total immersion into our sonic world.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
[PJ] Our brand new album “No More Bad Dreams” was born from 2 years of patience and perseverance. It was engineered and mixed by John Delzoppo at Negative Space studio here in Cleveland and mastered by Ryan Morey at Ryan Morey Audio Mastering in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. To summarize the total process, it came down to playing shows to raise money, recording, playing more shows to raise money, recording some more, playing more shows, mixing, playing even more shows to raise money, mastering, and playing more shows to raise money for pressing. The release was finally made possible in part by a generous grant from the Panza Foundation, a Cleveland nonprofit organization that provides monetary grants to support local, independent musicians and bands within Northeast Ohio.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
[PJ] Our hometown is Cleveland, Ohio and its music scene is currently a hotbed of creativity and activity. Hiram-Maxim, Goldmines, Shitbox Jimmy, and Murderedman are just a small sample of the many bands from Cleveland that are doing absolutely amazing stuff right now. All have released new records within the last year. Outside of the Cleveland scene, I’ve been listening to new stuff by Golden Daze, Holy Wave, and the Stargazer Lilies quite a bit.

[CMH] I like the safeties and part time lover and the cross brothers all Cleveland acts and all worth the listen.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
[PJ] Over the years we’ve included a number of different covers into our set. We’ve done songs by Weezer, Radiohead, and David Bowie; however, rather than remaining completely faithful to originals, we adapt them to our style. For our record release show in November we’ve got a couple of surprises for our fans that we think they’ll

Q: What are your plans for the future?
[PJ] The rest of 2016 and most of 2017 will be spent playing shows in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States in support of our new album “No More Bad Dreams”. We’ve been writing like crazy and plan to record our next album next year as well.

[CMH] More compressor pedals, more chorus pedals, more harmonies, and more music.

Q: Any parting words?
[PJ] Thank you so much for interviewing us! We hope that everyone checks out our new record "No More Bad Dreams" at: https://exastronaut.bandcamp.com/ and our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/exastronaut/

[CMH] This has been a delight, thank you so much, hope you enjoy the record!!
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https://exastronaut.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.facebook.com/pg/exastronaut

Nothing Seems Real with Leaf - An Interview

Quando se coloca o primeiro EP do Leaf, quarteto de Los Angeles, a impressão direta que se tem é que o "A Stormy in Heaven" do Verve e o "Raise" do Swervedriver se fundiram e o nascimento dessa cria é justamente "Nothing Seems Real".

Guitarradas, viagens, noise, fuzz, sonhos, distorções tudo em doses cavalares, pra todo e qualquer fã de shoegaze e barulho abrir um sorriso de ponta a ponta.

Faça um favor a você mesmo, dê play imediatamente e escute no volume máximo, Leaf é foda.

***** Interview with Leaf *****

Q. When did LEAF start? Tell us about the history...
Well LEAF started a few years back. I worked on a job with Phil (bass) and we started talking about music. We realized how many bands we dug. I really wanted to start a new band at the time. I also wanted to do a band that brought back a more 90's shoegaze/psych sound. Phil of course was into the same thing. Phil knew of a drummer, his name is Chris. After sitting in a bar with Chris LEAF was formed. For a few rehearsals we were a 4 piece with me just singing. That didn't pan out and I moved to playing guitar and singing. We were a 3 piece with Chris on drums for quite awhile. Played quite a few shows and recorded our first demo with Steve Kille (Dead Meadow). Shortly after we recorded we then decided to add a 2nd guitarist. JK (James Killington) from The Killingtons and Silent Generation stepped in on 2nd guitar. Due to Chris's schedule Chris left LEAF. Fortunately JK said he would be down to play drums. So we were back to being a 3 piece. So after realizing what we were writing was beginning to need a 2nd guitarist. This is where Andrew (Crystal Antlers) started. Well due to JK schedule with his other band, JK decided to focus on them. Well as quick as we lost JK we found Brandon (The Orphans). Andrew and Brandon have been friends and have also played in other bands together. Well after our first rehearsal I felt this was it. The line up I hoped for since Phil and I started LEAF. So LEAF is now Phil Shelly-Bass, Andrew King-Guitar, Brandon Werts-Drums, Mark Starr-Guitar/Vocals

Q: Who are your influences?
Swervedriver, My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur Jr, The Verve, Spiritualized, Bailter Space, Sonic Youth, The Stooges

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
Haha I always love this question because it's a very difficult one to answer. I mean I have way more then 5 albums of all time. I'm sure that's why people have 25, 50 or 100 on there list. Anyway I've been playing music a long time so my list is my list of all time in relation to LEAF. Though they are and always be my faves.

Swervedriver - Raise This album changed me completely. I was already diving into the whole Shoegaze music by the time this album came out. My hardcore band (Insight) had just broken up so having this album helped me know what I wanted to do next.

Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me Wow to have this record come out during the punk/hardcore days of my youth!! J's fuzzed out leads, lazy vocals and Lou's driving bass just blew my mind. It was so different to me and I just loved it and still love Dinosaur!!!

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Again another perfect album to have come out and give me endless inspiration of pure genius sounds!! Still to this day amazed at the sounds Kevin Shields gets.

The Stooges - Funhouse I love the meatiness to this whole record. The groove of this record keeps you wanting more with every song!! The guitar riffs are so brilliant and sexy!

The Verve- A Storm In Heaven I never get sick of this record and the singles that came out with this album. The groove of Simon's bass and the delay of Nick's Space Echo is so inspirational for LEAF. The simplicity to the dreamy groove that they have is just amazing. Seeing them the first time they came to America just blew me away. Still a favorite

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Honestly I always feel nervous when playing live. I have the worst anxiety. I like to be by myself before I play. Which I feel bad about but I have to get into a zone. I'm a freak

Q. How do you describe LEAF sounds?
Fuzz, Dreamy, Swirling, Loud driving music. I don't know how would you describe it? Haha

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
We were lucky enough to record with Micah Panzich (Paperplanes). He has a great studio and we're very pleased with the results. Though I can always add more or change this or that. I enjoy recording. I just always want to add more but sometimes budget doesn't allow it.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
Haha I'm the worst at who's new. There's so many bands that I get lost on who's who but here's some that may not be that new but I dig them La Hell Gang, Highlands, The Cosmic Dead, With The Dead, Whirr, Nothing, Sink Tapes, A Place To Bury Strangers I'm sure there's more and I'll think of bands as I send this off

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
That's tough for me because there's so much but I want it to sound like LEAF. I've thought of a few but just haven't figured out to make it us yet. Plus I honestly just have too many I want to do.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
We hope to get some vinyl issued. Anyone interested please contact us. I want us to get over to europe. Play festivals wherever they may be going on. Get to Brazil. Of course go in and record some more.

Q: Any parting words?
Thanks for asking us to do this interview!!! Keep in contact!
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https://leaflosangeles.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/leafheavynoisela

True Bypass with Rubur - An Interview

Existe uma obsessão acerca da obra prima Loveless que por vezes me pergunto se ela irá realmente acabar algum dia. A resposta é que, provavelmente não, 

Esta colocação se aplica aos chineses do Rubur que debutaram recentemente com "True Bypass", onde muita de sua inspiração vem obviamente da pedra fundamental do shoegaze, mas nem somente de conexões com a banda de Mr Shields vivem os chineses, existe uma aura de desconstruções sonhadoras que remetem ao Medicine além de um toque indie inegável.

O Rubur se destaca totalmente a cena asiática por deixar o etéreo de lado e experimentar nas paredes ruidosas, o que torna sua sonoridade muito mais atraente.

Ah sim, uma belíssima estreia.

***** Interview with Rubur *****

Q1. When did RUBUR start? Tell us about the history...
X:In the summer of 2014. Started from the fan group of Yuck, then we have seen a gig of The yours together.

M:My friend introduced XUE to me. Before that I knew Guagua and our first drummer on Internet. Then, September 2014, we met in real life for the first time. We thought we could have a band. Nothing serious, nothing intentional. After a year, Salajane became our new drummer.

Q2: Who are your influences?
M:Yuck.They look like not too outgoing, a little weird.I really like their first album before Daniel left.

G:Alcest.

S:Jamc, deerhunter, tame impala, lush, I am waiting for you last summer, supercar, yura yura teikoku, toe, saisa, novaheart.

X:Yuck 、Radiohead 、the smiths、the cribs、Jamc、etc

Q3. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
S:Pink floyd - The wall
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Yura Yura Teikoku - 空洞です
Supercar - Answer
あんり - Summer Farewells

X:The Smiths -This Charming Man
The Great Escape - Blur
Yuck - Yuck
Modal soul - Nujabes
Fractured life - Air traffic

M: The Beatles - Revolver
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Sonic Youth - Goo
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die,But You Will
Yuck - Yuck

G: Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Âme
Alcest - Écailles De Lune
Michael Nyman - The piano
Glenn Branca - Ascension
Claude Debussy - The Complete Works For Piano

Q4. How do you feel playing live?
G:I like playing live.

X:First time is so exciting，then felt a little bit nervous.

S:Feel curious and excited as rewriting songs.

M:Nervous.Where are my picks?Why my pedals didn’t work at all? And so on.

Q5. How do you describe RUBUR sounds?
G: Even when I'm playing it，it gets me goose bumps.

S: amorous and moist.

X:Happy melody with sad lyric.

M:I don't know who I am and I don’t know who you are.

Q6: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
G: When these songs were ready, the first step is using BFD to complete the drum parts, then basses then guitars and vocals.

M:Passserwoo helps us a lot.He is amazing.He was a band, Fading Horizon’s Guitarist.He knows a lot.His Passtore sold his handmade Pedals and Music gear.He is a little older than all of us.He likes our uncle,sometimes. :D Passerwoo recorded,Mixed and Mastered our EP’s songs.We recorded in our underground basement band room.

Q7. Which new bands do you recommend?
X:Minks?

M:Don’t know… I strongly recommend a 90s band,Stella Luna.I only know they had a EP, four songs.

Q8: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
X: The smiths

S:Yura Yura Teikoku

M:Beatles.

Q9: What are your plans for the future?
G: Make more songs, and stick around as long as we can:D

S: Better stage performance and a new album.

M:Settle down.Save some money for life.

X: Start to do the recording of other new songs I guess.

Q10: Any parting words?
G: Thanks for liking our music, see you next time maybe？

S:Wish a higher degree of tacit understanding in a short time.

X:Eh…something like “take care”？

M:Eat good.Sleep good.Listen good.
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https://rubur.bandcamp.com
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Brainwaves with The Subterranean Satellite Band - An Interview

Quando o canadense Simon mudou-se de Vancouver no Canadá para Dublin na Irlanda e conheceu Staf, que fazia parte de uma grande banda chamada House of Dolls, a conexã entre ambos foi imediata, o amor pela psicodelia folk dos Byrds, Big Star mais a wall of sound com ecos de surf sounds do J&MC e claro pitadas fortes de BJM ajudaram a moldar o nascimento do The Subterranean Satellite Band.

Depois do primeiro single "As Sure As Hell / Be There If You Fall" lançado em 2015 os caras debutaram em altíssimo estilo com pegajoso "Brainwaves" que veio ao mundo no mês passado. O disco é um delírio mezzo psicodelico, mezzo folk acustico com um jeito 60´s impagável.

Para ouvir alto e longe da cidade.

***** Interview with The Subterranean Satellite Band *****

Q. When did The Subterranean Satellite Band start?
I moved to Vancouver from Dublin in the summer of 2013, and met Staf through some mutual friends over there. I didn’t know him beforehand, but when we started talking about music I realized he was in a band back in Dublin called ‘House of Dolls’ whom I was a big fan of. We’d both been itching to get something started in Canada, so we started writing together in Staf’s ground floor apartment dubbed ‘the Groovy Shoebox’. It was only when we got into Chris van der Laan’s studio in East Van that we found our feet. He’s the third member and enabled us to get the sounds we heard in our heads onto the album.

Q: Who are your influences?
Ty Segall, Irish tea, Spiritualized, chocolate biscuits, The Byrds, collages, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the artist Emily Carr, White Fence, Tim Presley’s black jumper, hollow-body guitars, Jesus & Mary Chain, early morning recording sessions, Vancouver, Chris van der Laan, Fender Jazzmasters, fuzz pedals.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
In no particular order:
1. ‘Marquee Moon’ by Television
2. ‘Definitely Maybe’ by Oasis
3. ‘Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space’ by Spiritualized
4. ‘Raw Power’ by the Stooges
5. ‘King of the Delta Blues Singers’ by Robert Johnson

Q. How do you feel playing live?
TSSB only played three live shows. The shows were a lot of fun, but we found we did our best work in the studio.

Q. How do you describe The Subterranean Satellite Band sounds?
Our sound is a tangled mess of soulful-folk-pop and psychedelic-shoegaze-blues.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
Staf and I would come up with the body of our songs individually on acoustic guitars, and then mess around with them together. We’d tweak arrangements, add a few seventh chords and work on the harmonies and melodies. Once we had an arrangement we liked, we’d try to get into the studio with Chris as soon as we could to capture the song at its earliest stage. By doing so we were able to keep them quite raw and not over-think them.

We recorded all the songs with Chris in his makeshift studio, which was a tiny room at the back of a motorcycle repair garage. It was rough but perfectly suited what we wanted to do. Chris was the catalyst to bring it all together; he played on the record as well as recording it; he added so much to the whole thing. The man is a mixing genius too and he also mastered the record as well. Talented bastard!

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
The Orange Kyte, Strange Things from Vancouver, Canada.
LA Witch from the USA.
Kikagaku Moyo from Japan.
Shin Joong Hyun from South Korea.

Q: Which band would you love to make a cover version of?
I reckon we could do a decent fuzzed-up version of ‘Here Without You’ by The Byrds.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
I relocated to Ireland last year, whilst Staf & Chris are still over in Canada working on other projects at the moment. We're in the process of divising a transatlantic/pan-American way to record the next record.

Q: Any parting words?
Brainwaves is a time capsule for myself and Staf from the summer of 2013 to the summer of 2015. It spans my whole time in Canada and reminds me of this unbelievably creative period on the west coast of North America. You can download the tunes on our bandcamp page (http://thesubterraneansatelliteband.bandcamp.com/album/brainwaves) or order one of the limited edition cassettes…it’s sounds better that way.
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Evasión Y Victoria with Galaxina - An Interview

Novamente a Espanha aterriza nas páginas do TBTCI, depois de recentemente Linda Guilala, Berlina e Apartamentos Acapulco terem iniciado a invasão espanhola por aqui, é chegada a hora do quarteto Galaxina e seu excelente debute "Evasión Y Victoria" lançado recentemente pela Clifford Records.

Totalmente em espanhol o álbum cativa do início ao fim principalmente pela força melódica da banda, mesclando vestígios oitentistas e shoegaze clássico, nunca estridente ao extremo tampouco etéreo, o Galaxina se equilibrar na tênue linha entre as duas vertentes.

Uma estreia de gente grande.

***** Interview with Galaxina *****

Q. When did Galaxina start? Tell us about the history...
We started in 2011. We had a few songs we wanted to play live, we thought it was worth it. So when we felt ready, we looked for some gigs and immediately we were told to open some frontline bands and some festivals. In 2015 we signed Clifford Records.

Q: Who are your influences?
Basically we like guitar bands from the 60s until today, but if we have to mention some bands, our favorites are Beatles, Ride, Pale Saints, Valentines, Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3 ... We really like 90's Creation records bands, 4AD ...

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
1. Beatles – Revolver
2. Velvet undergorund – S/T
3. Ride – Nowhere
4. My bloody valentine – Isn´t anything
5. Pale saints - Comforts of madness

Q. How do you feel playing live?
It´s such a magical feeling, sometimes we feel like out of this world

Q. How do you describe Galaxina sounds?
Poisoned candies. Balanced mix of distorted guitars and sweet voices.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
We recorded the LP in Gismo 7 Studio (Granada) With Paul Grau, a German producer who Lives very close to us. We recorded live sessions to catch a natural and fresh sound, then we added some arrangements like guitars, voices by overdubbing process Being our first recording experience we felt a bit nervous at the beginning but throughout the recording process we became more confident in our future record. Also we had some help at the studio, Cosmotrío, a string trio from Granada played fantastic arrangements in one song.They are an incredible girls. We love them

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
There are some interesting bands in our area, Apartamentos Acapulco, Nueva Internacional, Monte Terror…

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
Mmm… The House of love

Q: What are your plans for the future?
First dates in November, presenting “Evasión y victoria” everywhere, ...and have a lot of fun and noise

Q: Any parting words?
Thanks to all supporters and fans. We love them!
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Made Out Of Suns with Superdrone - An Interview

Já nos primeiros acordes de "The Knights of Ren" ou "Right Now" dos londrinos do Superdrone fica explicito a conexão dos caras com o início do Verve ou a avalanche sonora dos prediletos da casa, o Loop.

O Superdrone, vem dando sinais do que vira a ser seu debute que virá ao mundo muito em breve e atenderá pelo nome de "Made Out of Suns". O ataque sônico dos caras se faz por doses cavalares de muralhas de guitarras e repetições cíclicas o que sugere logicamente a primeira fase do BJM e claro ao Spacemen 3.

Olhos e ouvidos atentos ao Superdrone.

***** Interview with Superdrone *****

Q. When did Superdrone start? Tell us about the history...
Somehow, and I’m not sure how, we ended up in a rehearsal room to have a one off jam and ended up writing four tracks of the first album in one hour. I guess when something clicks – it clicks.

Q: Who are your influences?
Californian Shoegaze/drone like The Warlocks, BRMC, Brian Jonestown and also bands like My Bloody Valentine, Psyche Beatles, The Pink Floyd, The Prerry Things, Loop, The Verve (early), not forgetting machinery – showerfans – and anything that provides some kind of drone.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
Piper At The Gates of Dawn – The Pink Floyd
Magical Mystery Tour – The Beatles
Satanic Majesties Request - Rolling Stones

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Like I’m in a trance, feeling the music poor out of me through infinite electricity.. through the wires... therough the PS system into the hearts and minds of the audience and their faciel expressions poor light into me and that fuels the electricity that loops and perpetuates from the start to the end on the show. I feel like I’m truly home.

Q. How do you describe Superdrone sounds?
Fuzzy delayed psyche with a heavy helping of mysticism that could easily be missed and it’s wrapped in a familiar format and topped off with a 60’s pop arrangement bow.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
Other than the original jam we had, it normally starts with me going for a walk and a song coming to me, songs often hit me in their finished state, I can hear the drums, I can hear the bass – Tien raging his space-guitar – vocals and mellotrons... intro... verse... chorus... it all comes in really quick like a wave, but it’s not in real time, it’s like I can hear the song instantly and I have to stop what I’m doing and sing the parts into the voice recorder on my phone as quickly as possible - before its erased from my mind – the ideas leave as quickly as they come.. It’s like my mind is linked to this interstellar radio and every so often it finds a station but then the tuner keeps moving the music is gone. Its why I always have a voice recorder ready and armed on my phone. Often the recordings are really quick... like 30min sessions to get all the parts laid down in the simplest way possible to enable Tien to come in and apply his sonic epic-ness. The recording process is very quick and we don’t like to mess about with the track too much as we want it to be raw and retain the original spirit of how it was presented to me from the... umm... where ever the hell it comes from! Its also all about the song and not about individuals so it has really simple drums or a boring ass baseline, and the song sounds good as a result – then that’s what stays in.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
Right now... Pond and Gum! Ringo Deasthstarr... The Deltores... The Eves... Not all new bands but bands that people may not know.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
The Monkees – Porpoise Song
BeachBoys - Sloop John B
The WHOLE piper at the gates of dawn album.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
To get this record up in the stores and work on the next.

Q: Any parting words?
War is over – if you want it.
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