Special One with Sunshower Orphans

Diretamente de NY e mais precisamente via diretamente da rede, outro contato imediatao chegou via email diretamente de Mike, desta vez informando que o recem lançado Avenue Abyss é o debut do Sunshower Orphans, composto pelo proprio Mike G. somando-se a Rob A., Travis F. e Brian A.. e de cara temos um do it yourself que os caras disponilizaram na integra e gratuitamente em seu site, para deleite dos amantes de dreampop moderno cito, Radio Dept. Depreciation Guild o Sunshower Orphans é dessas preciosidades que viciam a cada audição do album, perolas em forma de musca como Sunspots, Kaleidoscope Plan, Manic Flaneur e tantas outras misturadas dentre as 14 maravilhas sonhadoras contidas nesta obra lindissima do mais belo dreampop da atualidade que atende pelo singelo nome de Avenue Abyss, não esqueça Sunshower Orphans, sua mais nova banda predileta.

http://sunshowerorphans.bandcamp.com/

Love Kills Slowly by Teenage Sin Taste

Contatos imediatos via rede acontecem quase que diariamente graças ao TBTCI e as bandas que por aqui passam outras obscuridades belissimas e que dificilmente eu teria acesso rapidamente acabam chegando em altissima velocidade, é o caso do Teenage Sin Taste, projeto frances de um homem só, no caso Wil Garcia que também é guitarrista do cultuado Curl banda que conta na formação com ex membros do cultuadissimo Cranes, o TST ja desponta com uma extensa discografia e um curriculo impressionante. Aqui é a vez do novissimo EP Love Kills Slowly, electro dark shoegazer em alta rotação, a semelhança com os prediletos SVI é automatica, todavia fica claro, Jake & Kim de certa forma aparecem no TST vide remixes e outras coisas, voltando ao EP a abertura caotica com Adrenalin deixa claro beats, loops, um electro dark shoegazer de quebrar a espinha, a sequencia com Some Girls are Darker than Others remete pelo titulo diretamente a Morrissey & Marr em Some Girls are Bigger than Others mas aqui a coincidencia para por aqui, o clima fica mais tenso ainda, algo como se o Sisters of Mercy mixassem o SVI ou se o NIN gravasse com o Alcian Blue, dai chega a vez de Love Kills Slowly e o clima dark vem de uma vez só um esporro sonoro de electro noise shoegazer post punk assustadoramente perfeito e brutal, não acaba por ai ainda temos a demencia de Japanese Pleasures e o remix do proprio SVI para Love Kills Slowly além de outro remix de Stolearm para 12 Stories. Love Kills Slowly credencia o TST para se seguir os passos do proprio SVI e de outro grande esporro electro dark gazer o Bloody Knives. Recomendadissimo.

Teenage Sin Taste - Love Kills Slowly

"Rock Back for Japan" - Disaster Relief Fund compilation series update!

A catastrofe recem ocorrido no Japão gereou ao redor do mundo todo inumeras manifestações de solidariedade dentre outros atos que pessoas do bem e que querem o bem ao mundo fazem muitas vezes de forma anonima de outras através de grandes manifestações culturais, não importa, se o objetivo é auxiliar um povo é mais do que justificavel.

E simplesmente o mundo alternativo da nova geração ou nem tão nova assim, voltado as raizes shoegazers, ou experimentais, ou noise, ou electro, ou post rock, ou que se fodam os rotulos, o que vale é que nada mais nada menos do que 6 volumes estão prestes a serem lançados pela espetacular Patetico Records capitaneada pelo genial Tom Lugo responsavel dentre outras coisas pelo fundamental Stellarscope e o novissimo Panophonic, ou seja o que Mr. Tom Lugo conseguiu reunir nestes 6 volumes é a nata da musica com toques shoegazers da atualidade, temos desde SVI a Purple Bloom, de Ceremony a Anji Cheung passando por Insect Guide, Dead Leaf Echo, SPC ECO, Spotlight Kid, 93MMFTS, Anything After, Oblisk, Stellarium, Bloody Knives, Deep Cut, sinceramente a lista é interminavel de coisas finissimas e essenciais, o que se tem nesses volumes é absolutamente indispensavel, então faça um favor a você mesmo e colabore com a causa, adquira este artefato que é uma verdadeira reliquia da musica alternativa.

Segue Release:

PATETICO RECORDINGS will be releasing the "Rock Back for Japan"-Disaster Relief Fund compilation series over the next couple of weeks. It will be released for digital download, a couple of weeks later the hard copy CDs will be available through Amazon. Please become a member of the site at:

http://www.patetico-recordings.com/apps/auth/signup?next=apps%2Fprofile%2F as we will send updates through it. Artists involved:

Rock Back for Japan Vol. 1 01. Purple Bloom- kisses bloomed 02. Apple Orchard- Half steps towards bright skies 03. SPC ECO- Silo Too High 04. Tahaki Miyaki- Somethin is better than nothing 05. Insect Guide- 06. Black Swan Lane- Age end 07. Un.Real- Angel 75 08. Spotlight Kid- All is real 09. Tally Ho!- Rainbow 10. Counterfeit i- Atlantis 11. Panophonic- Disappear into the night 12. Spell 336- Silence 13. Orangenoise- Trust 14. The DeFog- A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing Rock Back for Japan Vol. 2 01. Stellarium- Chocolate & Strawberry 02. Absence of Ocean- Open Heart (Open Fire) 03. Hemming- Swinging at Ghosts 04. Slowness- Slowboat 05. Dead Leaf Echo- Baby Eyes 06. The Ludvico Treatment- Enter secondary character 07. Wavvement- The Girl in the Denim Vest 08. Anthing After- Disconnected 09. The Bavarian Druglords- WorldofSound 10. Ten Pound Troy- Unchained 11. Boy Party- July 12. Pilot Cloud- Meridian 13. Short to the Ground- No Time 14. This Scarlet Mourning- Shine

Rock Back for Japan Vol. 3 01.Ceremony- Control 02.Golden Gardens- The High Priestess 2 03.Bosques- Dorstein Rejse 04.Oblisk- Around the sound 05.Stone Darling- All I wanna Do 06.Resplandor- Twilight 07.Ludwyg- Phantom 08.Dirty Pulp Theatre- Excessive Noise 09. Hope- Wolfredt 10.After Sun- Walking Through This Door Again 11.Wavefield- Automatic Electronic Machines 12.Neorev-The Stars Above Us 13.Jesus Deluxe- No Middle Ground 14.Sway-Thirty Seven Miles Beside the Ocean

Rock Back for Japan Vol. 4 01.Plumerai- Empty Graves 02.Leaving Richmod- Your personal infinity 03.Jazzblaster- Dream 04.93millionmilesfromthesun-Sorrow Song 05.Anne- Perfect teeth 06.The Psychocandies- High Love 07.Periscope- Freak Beat 08.Music For Headphones- Life inside a parka 09.Anji Cheung-Vessel of the Earth 10.Last Remaining Pinnacles- Students of V.U. 11.Phantom Vibrations- Burlington 12.Bloody Knives- Let me out 13.The Sunshine Factory- Sugar Sister 14. Chatham Rise- Air Feat (Featuring EJ Hagen) Rock Back for Japan Vol. 5 01.Screen Vinyl Image- Too much speed 02.Tone Rodent- These Blues 03.Deep Cut- Decision 04.The Tweeds- Christmas Time 05.Victorie & Hyde- Fire we were 06.Presents for Sally- Three 07. SER.ES- Satélite 08. The Hope Slide- The Survivor 09. The High Violets- The Orchard 10.Whirl- Leave 11. FRACTAL - Niña Flor 12.Westkust- Falling through the floor 13.The Telewire- Silence 14. Stellarscope- You always know

Rock Back for Japan Vol. 6 (Still waiting on some tracks) 01.The Lost Patrol- Justine 02.Niels Nielson- Step Aside! 03.Isabela Music Club- What were you thinking? 04.Thrushes- Crystals 05.Elika- Seam 06.Patrik Torsson- Summary 07.The Second Floor- More science than soul 08.Mechanism for People- The taste of a sweet life 09.Starry Saints- The Long Fade 10.Her Vanished Grace- Blue 11.Ill-iteracy- Inside ya mind 12.C’est la Mort- Paper Ships 13.One Unique Signal- Bishops (what does it mean) Please support this cause!

www.patetico-recordings.com

Club AC30, Because Why The Fuck Not - An Interview with Robin Allport

Selo referencia para a cena shoegazer atual e dos grandes responsaveis pela atual efervescente renascença da Scene That Celebrates Itself, o Club AC30 é simplesmente lar de bandas como Air Formation, Exit Calm, Ringo Deathstarr, Zephyrs, Deep Cut e outros mais, além de perpetuar grandiosas festas e conseguir colocar nestas grandes nomes da classic era como Chapterhouse, Telescopes, Cranes, Swervedriver, Primitives lado a lado com toda a nova cena em verdadeiros shows antologicos.

O mentor de toda essa sensacional tematica chama-se Robin Allport, grande personalidade e grande amigo, que concede ao TBTCI uma exclusiva entrevista recheada de historias e dissecando o porque Club AC30, Because Why The Fuck Not.

***** Interview with Robin Allport (Club AC30) *****

Q. When did Club AC30 start?
A. Club AC30 was born out of frustration with the London live music scene in April 2004.

Q. Do you consider that Club AC30 is a shoegazer oriented label?What´s the context behind it.....
A. It's just about whatever music we happen to like. We just so happen to like a lot of shoegaze style music!

Q. About the gig´s....some classic ones like Chapterhouse, Primitives, Cranes, Swervedriver made part of it.......tell us about this celebrations parties..
A. This has mainly been me trying to do shows for bands that I loved when I was growing up in the late 80s / early 90s. Connecting with these bands, and working with them for AC30 has been a real pleasure. Hopefully the people that attended the shows think so too.

Q. Who are your influences/heroes?
A. Mainly music that I grew up with - so stuff my parents listened to (Bread, The Beatles, The Kinks etc), and then stuff my brother listened to and worked on for his label Cheree and Che Records (The Telescopes, Disco Inferno, Bark Psychosis etc).

Q. What´s your opinion about the classic shoegazer era?
A. I was between 16 and 19 years old when that all kicked off, and at that age when I got into something I *really* got into something. So it was a bit of an obsession for me.

I worshipped The Telescopes, and then grew to love most of the bands that they played with (all the Creation lot, The Belltower, Revolver, Moose, Chapterhouse etc).

Q. What´s your opinion about the new shoegazer era ?
A. It's taken a while for it to really kick in, but now there's so many new bands in the genre that I can't keep up. It really takes something to be incredibly good to stand out from the crowd now.


Q. Made a list of your top five records from all time?
A. 1. Bark Psychosis - Hex
2. Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring
3. Swervedriver - Mescal Head
4. Disco Inferno - In Debt
5. New Order - Technique

Q. Tell us about forthcoming stuff from Club AC30...
A. Lots!

Ringo Deathstarr are back in the studio recording an EP.
Exit Calm are busily writing their second album, and will be recording it very soon.
Deep Cut have finished their second album (it's superb), and that'll be out in the summer.
Air Formation are just finishing writing their next album, they'll be going in the studio in the summer.
Daniel Land & The Modern Painters are also starting to record their second album too.


Q. What´s your favourite Club AC30 realese?
A. 57 Octaves Below by Air Formation. It's the perfect EP.

Q. Any parting words...
A. Buying a record really makes a difference. Even if it's just a 7" single. Even if it's just one MP3 on iTunes. If you like labels like AC30, and you like the artists on our labels, please buy something - it helps more than you think!

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www.clubac30.com

Power, Corruption and Lies with Screen Vinyl Image

Prediletissimos do TBTCI o Screen Vinyl Image ou SVI para os intimos retorna com material novo, e não poderia ser em melhor estilo o 7" Too Much Speed/Stay Asleep é duplamente fantastico e já demonstra o que vem pela frente, Jake & Kim demonstram em altissimo estilo o que acontece quando New Order e J&MC são postos no mesmo caldeirão e em doses cavalares de criatividade e bom gosto, diga-se de passagem o que é obvio no que se diz respeito ao padrão de qualidade de Jake & Kim desde os tempos do Alcian Blue, Too Much Speed é um mix atualizado e com roupagem atualissima de duas obras intituladas Power Curruption and Lies e Automatic, mas não se engane nas referencias, o genialidade de Jake & Kim dão o tempero especial para este indispensavel 7", corra atras do seu urgentemente.

Para melhor exemplificar a grandiosidade das duas canções, nada mais nada menos do o proprio Jake, aproveitem.

Too Much Speed
This song is partially inspired by this great movie called Two Lane Blacktop and also came about during a really shitty period of time we were going through. You know, just a lot of bad stuff kept happening to us and we ended up watching this movie for the first time and it all sort of clicked to have a song loosely about both things.

Stay Asleep

This song is kind of a lot of different things put together. The title comes from this really cool cult movie They Live, but the lyrics are actually inspired by a number of different things we were reading and listening to at the time. The noisy ending was Kim's idea as a way to pay homage to the mighty Ciccone Youth which we had gotten back into over the summer.

by Jake Reid

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http://myspace.com/screenvinylimage
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http://fandeathrecords.com/

A Kiss in the Dreamhouse with Evi Vine - An Interview

O que é necessario para fazer de um album atemporal ou ser considerado objeto e culto e devoção?! Acima de tudo é fazer com que o ouvinte adentre ao universo da obra, fazer com que as canções tornem-se por completo parte da vida do ouvinte, não há como prever como e quando um artista ou banda conseguira realmente atingir este resultado. O fato é que a introdução aqui colocada serve perfeitamente para descrever o que Evi Vine conseguiu realizar com seu belissimo ...and so the morning comes a candura eterea acustica das canções do album recheiam a obra quase que por completo, acresça a esta atmosfera fantasmas de Mazzy Star, Siouxsie Sioux, Robert Smith, PJ Harvey e Nick Cave, dando um ar denso, escuro as vezes, iluminado em outras é fato que Evi Vine chega proximo as portas do paraiso e leva seus ouvintes junto consigo, mas cuidado nem sempre os anjos são bons a musica que fecha o album All The Beauty vem encharcada em uma atmosfera shoegazer a´la Avalyn do Slowdive e só por este motivo já fica claro o poder de criação de Evi Vine, ou se o ceú e o inferno convivessem em plena harmonia certamente a trilha sonora seria ...and so the morning comes.

Aproveitando o lançamento do album, o TBTCI atraves do grande amigo Matt Wyatt ex Club AC30 e atual White Label Music, viabilizou uma entrevista especialissima com a já musa Evi Vine, só posso dizer obrigado Matt e meus amigos deleitem-se.

***** Interview with Evi Vine *****

Q. When you star to play music? tell us the beginning...
A. Musical early memories are more visual, The Cure, Siouxsie Soux...i loved the idea that there was this subculture living in the shadows creating all this great sounding music.

Q. What’s your best remembrance about Eden House?
A. I had an existing relationship with jungle records through Bob White from the band 'NFD', i was contacted midway recording an album with Peter Yates when Tony Petit called me...it seemed like a wonderful opportunity and one not to miss - performing live with Amandeen was an amazing experience.

Q. What´s your personal influences?
A. We all came from very different backgrounds and I have actually been writing and performing for nearly 10 years so i think we brought alot of experience to each other...into the melting pot collectively

Q. How you describe your sounds?
A. The premier EP Human Remains from 2006 felt very raw and sorrowful with no way out, suffocating but it felt like there had been a shift somehow and working with Steven, producing the music together felt more like sunshine and change suddenly - as opposed to suffocating.


Q How was the experience to work with great names of music like Dave Allen, Stephen Street for example?
A. Dave Allen worked with the Cure who are one of our favourite bands so it was an amazing experience, full of wise tales…then he painted our lightbulbs purple…. Stephen Street equally amazing in a totally different manner, again have to appreciated the bands these guys have worked with….I was lucky of the chance.

Q. How was the process to recording the debut album?
A. As always the recording process was amazing i cant fault it - it was a major learning experience for us both but we enjoyed every minute including production which we have never done before, not on this level. we got stung on the mixing however and lost too much money and too much time...you know who you are. after that we decided to go alone and mix the record ourselves as we own this music and felt like we knew how it should be.

Q. About gig´s, what´s the feeling to playing alive...
A. I kind of close myself and just focus on my guitar and my hands..the silence...what i have to do as well as make sure the band are happy, with steven playing electirc/sonic guitars and sometimes drums, ruban bass plays bass, al richardson on drums, hannah gillett, ben roberts on Cello and i will be on vocals and guitar...

Q. Made a list of your top 5 albuns of all time...
A. Fields of the Nephilim - Elizium
PJ Harve - Dry
NIN - Downwars Spiral
Arvo Part - Speguil
Sisters of Mercy - First And Last And Always

Q. Which new bands do you recommend? A. Warpaint are amazing, Bon Iver set the scene for beautiful home recordings again, Noah and the whale, Laura Marling…anything new by Massive attack and Mogwai…

Q. About the future, what are your plans?
A. The next record!


Q. Any parting words...
A. Thank you so much
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www.myspace.com/evivine
www.evivine.com/

Degausser by Between The Cities Are Stars

Kyle and Heather ou se preferirem Between the Cities are Stars novamente atacam com seu supersonico e avassalador modo de destruição de timpanos, através de ruido branco em decibeis quase que inigualaveis, o novissimo EP Degausser é exatamente isso, um brutal ataque sonoro, corrompido dentre noise, punk, shoegazer e tudo que possa se imaginar do mais puro e caótico mundo das parades de guitarras e vocais soterrados, a trilha sonora do caos é composta por Crystal´s Not Clear, Drown, Kiss e Tabitha.

Maiores detalhes, peguem diretamente com a fonte, Mr. Kyle nos direciona ao caótico mundo do BTCAS.

"Well How do I start this one???? These songs are the hardest yet simplest to define. Heather and I wanted to record some new riffs we had been working on. We thought of them while jamming alone in the studio, oddly enough, the four songs ended up sounding as if it was done by one person. Heather wrote Kiss and Crystals Not Clear, and I did Tabitha and Drown. It was recorded here at our house during the late night hours and nights off.

Once basic structures were formed, we began to merge vocals with fuzzed out distortion and noise. With the help of a drum machine, Heather and I decided to take to the old Dr 202 for some rhythm to make tracks to. I've always been a really big fan of underground punk, hardcore, and metal bands that don't use lots of tracking techniques and keep it very minimal. It got kind of hard with just the two of us so we played the songs for months before we recorded.

We started recording in late November and spent about 2 weeks tracking. Heather and I both work, so like most people, we had to make time rather than find it, which can actually be the hardest part. Trying to balance going to work and then putting you're self on a timeline to get a creative project done can be a difficult task. In this day in age, that is a full time job. I have a lot of respect for people that do it. We don't want the bill collectors calling us so music tends to be more of a reward for us. A way for us to make sense of life and enjoy the things that naturally feel right and its the only thing I've liked to do since I was 11, so its all I know and its something I can't quit.. I've tried.

We are both very DIY when it comes to making and creating music, the EP was done using basics. BASICS, BASICS, BASICS!! We used under 10 tracks and just had a lot of fun with the whole process. Spending time mixing. With as little production as possible to keep that old feel. Not leaning on one direction but making a concoction of sounds and ideas. Neither of us have conquered the art of mastering and after looking around awhile, we found Kramer. He also had worked with Bloody Knives which is how he first caught my attention, cause I love their sound. So we sent the mixed songs out to Kramer for mastering, who is just amazingly AWESOME! He took the songs and created a better flow and sense of completeness.

Preston with Bloody Knives was nice enough to put out our record for free on Kill Red Rocket, which worked out great since we did "Decadence" with them featuring Bloody Knives, Stellarium, Was She A Vampire, and Suicide Party. Plus, as music fans, we can also appreciate a free Ep or compilation from time to time. All in all, Degausser came out of more of a need to play music and enjoying the process.

Thanks again Renato!!!! You are a great friend with a rad blog!!

Kyle "

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BTCAS - Degausser

Eurotrain by Ceremony

Com absoluta exclusividade, logicamente com total apoio e parceira em TBTCI e Custom Made Music, nos brindou com a audução o novissimo EP do predileto Ceremony que já nos concedeu talvez com a melhor entrevista feita no TBTCI que você reler aqui, o fato é que os mestres da distorção John Fedowitz e Paul Baker jogarão brevemente no mercado atraves da Custom Made Music o EP Not Tonight aproveitando para impulsionar sua turne européia, 4 canções com a distorção em estado bruto sendo lapidada pelos escultores Paul e John, diluindo o noise dentre romantismo com o lado eletronico caminhando lado a lado, o Ceremony condensa J&MC e New Order na faixa de abertura Not Tonight com fantasmas de Skywave rondando os poucos mais de 3 minutos da canção, simplesmente padrão de qualidade Ceremony. A sequencia com Leaves Me Cold deixa o clima mais pos punk e dark sem deixar de lado o barulho ciclico e constante, Dreams Stripped Away é a mais eletronica do album com sua bateria eletronica e andamento escuro evoca Sisters of Mercy até a medula sem deixar o noise caracteristico do Ceremony de lado, um verdadeiro espetaculo e fechando Take You Down é algo como se o Paul e John chamassem Olier Ackerman para fazer uma participação especial na música absolutamente a mais Skywave do EP. Recomendadissimo e mais do que obrigatorio.

Ceremony European Tour Dates:

April 8th King Kong Club-Berlin, Germany
April 9th Gruner Jager-Hamberg, Germany
April 11th Koln, Germany
April 12th Exhaus-Trier, Germany
April 13th Sonnenkeller-Balingen, Baden-Wurt Germany
April 14th Zwolfzehn-Stuttgart, Germany
April 15th Kranhalle-Munich, Germany
April 16th Deposito Giordani-Pordenone, Italy

Dave A. da Custom Made Music autorizou o TBTCI a deixa Not Tonight disponivel para a satisfação de todos.

Ceremony - Not Tonight (from forthcoming EP Not Tonight)

Losing Touch With the Mind with Two Step Horror - An Interview

Reykjavík, Islândia, lar dos seminais Singapore Sling e que vem crescentemente incorporando prediletos atrás de prediletos aqui no TBTCI, vide Go-Go Darkness, Third Sound e agora a mais nova adoração atende pela alcunha de Two Step Horror, um duo composto por Thordur Grímsson e Anna Margrét Björnsson formando em 2008 que vem criando verdadeiras trips hipnoticas, climáticas e densas, algo como se ouvir o Spacemen 3 em 33 RPM. O debut esta prestes a ser lançado e aproveitando a oportunidade o TBTCI através do amigo Mark do espertissimo selo Outlier Records fechou mais uma já classica entrevista dessa vez com os responsaveis pela criação de canções como King Bee, Ambeth, Mental Arithmetic, Hrepressed e a colossal Motel 613, por sugestão do Two Step Horror o aperitivo do album sera King Bee que vocÊ pode pegar no final do post, amigos apresento-lhes Two Step Horror.

***** Interview with Two Step Horror *****

1. When did the band start?
A. It started out in November 2008 shortly after we got together. Our musical tastes fit together like a fisted glove and we kind of just started spending evenings churning out some tunes. That’s how Two Step Horror started.

2. What are the bands influences?
A. Sixties music, shoegaze, Kraut, psychedelic rock. We share a passion for bands like The Cramps, BJM, Suicide, Neu!, Düsseldorf, Kraftwerk, Broadcast, Alan Vega, July, The Spacemen 3, Link Wray & All of the Vebeth organization.

3. Tell us about the Two Step Horror gigs, how is it?
A. Limited to our studio as we focus not so heavily on performing as to creating good music. I guess you could say TSH is more of a music project than a band. Also there's a very limited crowd here who likes or care about what we are doing. but hopefully in the spring we may have a show or two and they will of course be dark, smokey and astounding.


4. Tell us about the process of recording the album.
A. Well it's really just a matter of sitting down with a bottle of red wine and try to be honest.

We try to say something about our life and hopefully that will speak to someone and their life.

5. Describe Two Step Horror sounds
A. Like a mogodon fulled skiffle ache, straight outta twin peaks, like an hypnotic bullet... a bullet of quietly bewitching, creepy loveliness...or lovely creepiness. Or that's what one guy said.

6. Made a list of your personal top five records for all time.
A. Spectrum - Sonic Boom
Singapore Sling - Life is Killing my Rock 'n' Roll
Broadcast - The Noise Made by People
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gate's of Dawn
Neu! - Neu!

7. Which bands would you like to do a cover version of?
A. Evil Madness, the one and only.

8. Which new bands would you recommend?
A. Death and Vanilla, The Go-Go Darkness, The Third Sound, The Dead Skeletons, Blanket of Death & The Dandelion Seeds.


9. What are your plans for the future?
A. Keep making music and art, it's the only possible way.

It would be really cool if we could have a Vebeth night at some point.
Vebeth is a kind of collaborate between like-minded people including The Meek,
DJ- Musician & The Go-Go Darkness to name a few.

That would be a night to remember.

10. Any parting words?
A. Just above all things try to be honest and the rest will come easy.

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www.myspace.com/thetwostephorror

Two Step Horror - King Bee

Interstellar Overdrive with Last Remaining Pinnacle

Carissimos amigos, depois de um pequeno hiato, devido a forças maiores novamente estamos na area, muita coisa boa vem por ai, posso garantir!!!!

Vamos ao que interessa, e simplesmente uma exclusividade daquelas de tirar o folego, uma paulada nos ouvidos sem haver tempo para respirar, diretamente do bacanerrimo Custom Made Music, lar de bandas como Ceremony, SVI, The Sky Drops, Stellarium dentre outras aqui apresento com total satisfação o fantastico 7´´ Split contendo o colossal Last Remaining Pinnacle e o não menos denso Pan Galactic Straw Boss, essa preciosidade intitulado Last Remaining Pinnacle é um projeto do dono da gravadora Dave A. e sua esposa Chrischa, um mix entorpecente e caótico tendo suas diretrizes calcadas no minimalismo do kraut condensando-se com doses insanas e cavalares de Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3 e Piper Gates of Dawn leia-se Syd Barret, e a canção que abre esse 7´´ é exatamente isso e muito mais Students of the V.U. é um assombrosso e destruidor cruzamento entre Revolution do Spacemen 3, Interstellar Overdrive do Pink Floyd e Hallogallo do Neu! ou algo proximo disso, simplesmente essencial, caotica e viciante. O ouro lado do disquinho vem Pan Galactic Straw Boss e a hipnotica Sleepless, prepara-se porque a viagem contida em seus poucos mais de 6 minutos estende-se da mente para a alma e da alma para o universo.

Só um conselho, anote muito bem esses dois nomes e não perca os proximos passos dessas pequenas perolas do underground da Virginia.

Mais um aviso, logo mais rola entrevista com o proprio Dave A. falando sobre a historia da Custom Made Music e logicamente do proprio Last Remaining Pinnacle.

Last Remaining Pinnacle - Students of the V.U.

"I know that angels come from time to time..." by Ride

Só um aviso antes de começar, isto aqui é algo de fã, mas fã completo, devoto e que jamais, digo jamais deixara de lado a comoção de ouvir Polar Bear, Seagull, Leave them all behind, Dreams Burn Down, Chelsea Girl, Vapour Trail dentre inumeras outras...vou ser bem sincero fazia tempo que não pegava minha coleção para ouvir, porque assim, modestia a parte este que vos escreve tem tudo de Ride, tudo, singles, eps, albuns, coletaneas, bootlegs e o que vier pela frente....e de repente sem a menor explicação, veio Going Blank Again que esta no carro depois Nowhere que esta no carro também, Overdrive que ouvi aqui onde estou mesmo, depois Tarantula, uns singles e Carnival of Light, que confesso, a primeira vez que ouvi fiquei chocado, mas chocado mesmo, pensei comigo mas que porra eles estão fazendo, porque eles querem ser o Teenage???Nossa parece Byrds???Meu deus onde esta o barulho.....e coisas do tipo, mas depois da segunda ou terceira audição a tal Magical Spring me dominou e tudo fez sentido, como pode uma banda ir de Nowhere a Carnival of Light sem perder a identidade, como pode????? Bem o Ride pode, Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence "Loz" Colbert e Steve Queralt decretaram com a obra prima Carnival of Light o fim do shoegazer e o inicio do brit pop, alguém duvida!!?!?!?!? Se duvidam, por favor, vão ouvir 1000 Miles, Natural Grace ou se preferirem vão direto a How Does It Feel to Feel? e respondam se os Irmão Gallagher não se apropriaram desta musica para criar o seu famigerado album de estreia.

From Time to Time, I Don´t Know Where It Comes From, Magical Spring ou Birdman resumem bem o quão algumas parceiras são perfeitas Gardener / Bell neste caso eram a perfeição, vocalização mais do que sublime, riffs, melodias, letras enfim Oxford definitivamente pode se vangloriar para todo sempre porque muito além de Thom Yorke e seu Radiohead a cidade nos brindou com algo muito mais sublime e eterno.....nenhuma outra banda na epoca que realmente eu descobri a musica tinha tantos fãns devotos que ostentavam em suas camisetas as capas do Nowhere, Going Blank Again o ep Today Forecer ou qualquer outra imagem deles, por estas e outras eu digo Ride é a maior banda dos anos 90 que me desculpe o Sr, Cobain mas eu jamais deixarei minha idolatria por eles.

Ah, se você caso não tenho ouvido o Carnival of Light corra no Amor Louco, blog barsa da musica alternatica dos amigos Tadeu e Miguel e escute ok.

Kiss the Eclipse with Ringo Deathstarr - An Interview

Prediletissimos por aqui, os texanos do Ringo Deathstarr depois de alguns eps e singles simplesmente devastadores nos brindam com o debut Color Trip e de cara eu já digo vai ser dificil esse magistral album não estar nas listas especializadas como um dos melhores do ano, as referencias do trabalho MBV e J&MC em doses cavalares, passeando literalmente por todas as fases dos baluartes do barulho, o Ringo Deathstarr constroi seu wall of sound com extrema facilidade criando hits instantaneos, canções grudentas como Imagine Hearts, So High, You Don´t Listen competem entre si neste quesito por outro lado Do it Everytime, Two Girls, Kaleidoscope e Chloe mostram o eximio talento em gerar distorção. Impossivel não se curvar a este Color Trip, absolutamente indispensavel em qualquer coleção de amantes de shoegazer que se preze.

Aproveitando o lançamento do album, o TBTCI através do parceiro Robin Allport da gravadora prediletissima CLUB AC30 facilitou o contato com a banda e a entrevista tão sonhada pelo TBTCI se fez realidade, abaixo peculiaridades do grande mais muito grande Ringo Deathstarr.

***** Interview with Ringo Deathstarr *****

Q: When did Ringo Deathstarr starts, tell us about the history...
A. Uhhh well elliott kinda did stuff from about 2005'but the band really got going in 2007 when the first ep was released--a few members quit and then alex got in the band because she worked in a place near where elliott worked--me and elliott were old high school drum buddies so he asked me to join when their previous drummer quit because he didnt wanna tour-

Q: Who are your influences?
A. Well there are the obvious ones like mbv and to a lesser extent jamc but I think that our whole attitude about being in a band is closer to things like nirvana sonic youth and the ramones--we don't wanna be motionless on stage--we like to thrash about and go crazy and have fun!

Q. Made a list of 5 albuns of all time…
A. This is just my top 5 I guess the other guys are sleeping--

Of course loveless
I like duty now for the future by devo
Pet sounds by the beach boys
In utero by nirvana
The downward spiral by nin

Q: Tell us about the Ringo Deathstarr´s gigs... how do you fell playing alive?
A. I like playing live more than recording! It happens and then that was it--the gig exists! We are pretty rehearsed songwise but the energy of the shows is not! We don't do any cool rock star poses we just kinda do it like if nirvAna were a shoegaze band--loud,'crazy fun but we don't take ourselves overly seriously!

Q. How do you describe RD´s sounds?
A. Punk rock with loud tremolo guitars and usually pretty soft vocals..one song goes right into the next until it's over in a noisy mess

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the debut album?
A. It was recorded in a couple studios over a few months mainly in Austin at the bubble--super fun time and we are really happy with how things turned out!

Q. What´s represents the shoegazer classic era to the band?
A. The late 80s

Q. And about the new shoegazer scene all over the world,..which new bands you recommended?
A. Cryuff in the bedroom; guitar; aptbs,
Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version? Of our song or which band should we cover?
A. The stooges, shake appeal

Q: What´s the plans for future....
A. Tour a lot, figure out a way to make money doing this, quit our dayjobs and be happy

Q: Any parting words?
A. Thanks for the interest in what we are doing! We hope to play in south America sometime soon! If anyone Can work that out please do!! Ciao!
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Thanks Daniel.....and thanks Robin!!!!
www.myspace.com/ringodeathstarr
http://www.clubac30.com/

Loveblind with Secret Shine

2011 já dá indicios do que vira pela frente, Asobi Seksu, Youngteam, Young Prisms, Yuck todos com discaços na praça e eis que um dos mais queridos e idolatrados baluartes da cena shoegazer coloca um novissimo album no mercado, trata-se do seminal Secret Shine, isso aí, singles e eps pela Sarah Records absolutamente classicos como Loveblind, Greater Than God, After Years, Ephemeral um album magistral Untouched e agora o retorno com The Beggining and The End, que certamente emocionara os fãns mais antigos e acolhera os novos amantes e adoradores do wall of sound etereo, simplesmente porque o Secret Shine sempre foi um mix de MBV e Slodive com altas doses de dreampop caracteristica sonoridade das bandas da Sarah.

Esse Beggining and The End, tem inicio na belissimaIn Between e segue com a estonteante Perfect Life, Run Around dá ares de modernidade contracenando com a essencia da sonoridade do Secret Shine, Hole in Your Heart é daquelas mortiferas baladas shoegazers que imortalizam seus criadores e ainda temos It´s Killing Me que de tão linda corroi o coração.

Bem, bem, bem, divirta-se com o preview do album na integra mas assim, esse é para ter na prateleira.

Secret Shine - The Beggining and The End

Sight of You with Youngteam

Alguns albuns são atemporais, Nowhere e Confort of Madness por exemplo exemplificam bem o significado de ser atemporal, obras primas maximas da sonoridade shoegazer, resumem uma epoca marcante da historia da musica universal, agora imaginem uma banda conseguir exprimir a tematica destas duas perolas da musica em um unico album?!?!?Dificil de se conseguir um resultado tão audacioso como o colocado acima, concordam?!?!?Obvio todos concordaremos, porém, uma banda sueca acaba de jogar no mercado atraves da especialissima Northern Star Records seu verdadeiro debut, trata-se do grandioso Youngteam e a obra em questão intitula-se Daydreamer, uma perola que desponta ao lado do Friends For Now do Young Prisms como o album do ano, logicamente que temos muito chão pela frente mas Srs, este Daydreamer é absolutamente essencial e mais, inspiradissimo desde sua Intro até a derradeira Goodbye passando pelas magicas e Daydreamer, Summertime e simplesmente, me desculpem todo o album é sublime.

Não a toa a adoração do TBTCI ao Youngteam visto que estes caras foram uma das primeiras bandas a concederem as já famosas entrevistas do blog....matem a saudade aqui mesmo.

Quanto ao Daydreamer, comprem o album é simplesmente um deleite.

Catch The Breeze with Simon Scott - An Interview

Notem bem, modestia a parte o TBTCI esta em estado de graça total, o orgulho mal cabe dentro deste que vos escreve, entrevistar seus idolos é algo surreal, mágico e o sentimento de estar "proximo" desses caras é um negocio que sei lá simplesmente engrandece ainda mais minha admiração pelas bandas, pelo conceito e tudo que envolve a musica em si.

Simon Scott, não requer muita apresentação, The Charlottes, Slowdive e sua carreira solo já resumem exatamente o quão grandioso o texto que vira abaixo representa para o TBTCI, sim eu sou fanatico por Slowdive, todos sabem disso, eu amo Charlottes e o Navigare é esplendido, ou seja, o que se precisa mais?!?!?!

Meus amigos, apreciem o que Mr. Simon Scott nos proporcionou....

***** Interview with Simon Scott (Charlottes / Slowdive) *****

Q. Q. When you star to play music? tell us the beginning...
A. The first moment of realization that I had a natural talent and affinity with music was jamming on the acoustic guitar with my father. He would play the accordion or piano when friends were over and I’d join in. It became a moment in time when I knew I loved the interaction and ability to connect via music with someone and at the age of ten it is life changing. We always got on great but when playing music as a child it opens up a whole world of possibilities that allow you to be creative and learn an instrument. I actually was encouraged to learn drumming at junior school so that is how I became a drummer alongside the guitar.

Q. What’s your best remembrance about The Charlottes?
A. The early days when the NME gave us “Album of the week” and when John Peel played our records on the radio were amazing times. That excitement you have as your songs start to become recognized outside of your local area and when you realize that you have a chance of getting signed is a brilliant moment when you are a teenager.

Q: Who are your influences/heroes?
A. Everything is an influence to be honest. Too many artists to name here and I am a music addict so I never stop my search for inspiration but early on it was Can, early Pink Floyd, MBV, Cocteau Twins, Johnny Cash, 60’s garage bands such as The Seeds, two tone, electro, some punk and plenty of film and literary influences too such as Lynch, Kubrick and Kafka.

Q. When you joined to Slowdive?
A. 1990 after doing a Charlottes gig in Reading when Slowdive came along to watch us. They actually supported us a month before and I discovered that they only had a temporary drummer at the time so I told them I loved them so I joined.

Q How was the process to recording the classic Souvlaki with Brian Eno?
It was amazing to have a legend that we admired then, and still do today, to work on the record so it’s a real highlight of my four years in Slowdive. Eno is still an inspiration to me today so I was lucky to have played on an album that included him.


Q. How was your remembrance of Slowdive´s gigs?
A. I remember some well, as if it was a few years back, and others not so well. We are going back two decades so I remember the tours but not every moment. I loved playing the songs live as I think we were a strong band who had the ability to fill a room with mood and not sound like anybody else.

Q. In your opinion, what’s the best Slowdive record, song?
A. I enjoyed the process of recording Just For A Day as we were exploring many musical possibilities then but Souvlaki is a much better record with stronger songs. It took us a while to hit that sweet spot despite releasing some very good early singles. Catch The breeze is my favorite song and was a great EP but the second album was better.


Q. I’m too curious about the process to recording Navigare....there are so many elements there, explain the concept of Navigare?
A. My uncle died after years at sea as a sailor and submarine officer so his life was an inspiration as he was submerged for a long time. In doing a solo record I just wanted to create a soundscape that represented life as a submerged concept either at sea or otherwise. Read into that what you will but I took my time to create music that I felt was worthy of sending to a label with the reputation that Miasmah has. I spent a long time experimenting with sound, composition and digital signal processing and in 2008/9 the time was right to get it all heard as Simon Scott. I love the Miasmah label and am flattered to be with them. Everything before 2009 I wrote was an experiment and not worth talking about and I am very much a person that looks forward to creating new material.

Q. Do you consider shoegazer a style or just a fashionist word?What´s your opinion about the bands of the classic era of shoegazer?
A. I have no opinion on the other bands of that era but shoegaze is now a good term but it was once derogatory and that I find strange as it is now not a respected genre. When grunge broke through “Shoegaze” was used to dismiss bands that didn’t have a connection to Seattle or a Marshall stack. When someone would call me a “shoegazer” it was a put down whereas now the term is positive again. I think that genre of music has become a respected genre from a period in the late 1980’s/early 1990’s of British music and luckily Slowdive have songs that haven’t aged. In that respect to have been part of a band that made timeless music is special as people can listen to Souvlaki today and it still sounds fresh!


Q. Which new band do you recommend?
A. Jana Winderen, I am pretty excited to hear the new Kaboom Karavan album on Miasmah, Marcus Fisher has just released an amazing album on 12k and I love Sawako, Fourcolor, Nils Frahm, Alva noto and Peter Broderick.

Q. About the future, what are your plans?
A. A new album I just recorded for Miasmah is out in 2011 and an underwater ecology project for an installation is also currently being finished using my field recordings taken from below sea level.

Q. Any parting word?
Website: http://www.simonscott.org/

Discography:
Navigare (Miasmah) October 2009
Nivalis 3"cd (Secret Furry Hole) January 2010
Silenne cd (Slaapwel) August 2010
Conformists vinyl LP movie soundtrack with Dag Rosenqvist (Low Point) October 2010
Depart, Repeat 7" (Sonic Pieces) February 2011
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Thanks Simon.....it´s really special....cheers Renato

Slowdive - Holding Our Breath