sexta-feira, 23 de outubro de 2015

Drown with leave. - An Interview


Completamente ao acaso tomei conhecimento dos poloneses do leave., sim tudo em letras minúsculas no com ponto final no término. Detalhes e pormenores a parte, os caras pegam o shoegaze clássico e seguem a linhagem de bandas atuais como Nothing e Whirr e criam sua intensa e poderosa parade de ruídos sempre de forma melancólica, densa, pesada e arrastada.

Um belo ep, uma bela estreia. Pra ficar de olhos e ouvidos atentos.


***** Interview with leave. *****

Q: When did leave. start? Tell us about the history...
A: About a year ago. I got drunk and made a bet with my friend Pawel (who plays guitar for leave. now by the way) that I’ll start a shoegaze band. He laughed me off at first and said that I will never find people who would like to play music like that. But we found our drummer Kuba and a few months later our bass player Hubert. We had like only a two songs back then but we wrote some more and started taking it more seriously. So here we are.

Q: Who are your influences?
A: A lot of classic shoegaze bands like My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive etc. Also some newer stuff like Whirr and Nothing. Many post-rock bands and maybe a little bit of stoner music. I listen to a lot of stoner and sludge metal but I don’t think it influenced our music at all. We all have our own influences so it’s a hard question to answer.

Q: Make a list of 5 albums of all time.
A: Marcin: As I said, we all like to listen to different kinds of music so propably we would have to make four different lists. And there are so many great bands and great records that it seems to be impossible to pick up just five of them. Only album that comes to my mind as a really outstanding piece of music is “Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, that album is the best but it’s just my personal opinion.

Q. How do you feel playing live?
A: We don’t know yet haha. To be honest. I mean, everybody in a band had played shows but with some other bands not with leave. For the whole year we were writing songs, rehearsing and trying to make the best of them. Now when we just finished our EP and feel 100% confident with our music we feel like it’s time to start playing live so we'll be trying to get some gigs.

Q. How do you describe Leave sounds?
A: Heavy, low tuned, mellow, melancholic in some way and sometimes sad. A least we’re trying not to get too happy haha. It’s hard to tell since it’s our music so we propably hear it in a different way than other people.


Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
A: Recording our EP was completely DIY, no studio recordings, no money except for which we spent on beer and cigarettes, nobody except band members was involved. We're broke as always so we just record all the guitars and vocals in our guitarist's house. I’m still in shock that it sounds decent.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
A: I don’t listen to much new music. Check out my friend’s band Cerber and they album “Lust for Suffering”, they play really heavy sludgecore shit and they are really good at it. Check out Diuna too. It’s a psychedelic-stoner band and they sing in Polish so it sounds really interesting. Both of these bands are great and we’re friends with them.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
A: To be honest – I hate making covers. But I have an idea of covering “Prayer to god” by Shellac in a shoegaze way. That would be interesting. And our bassist wants to do a cover of The Cure.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
A: Write new songs, play some live shows, rehearse, make an full album in a future. And we will see what will happen to us. Maybe something good. If it would, then we would get lots of money, become rockstars and die in a gutter from heroin overdose.

Q: Any parting words?
A: Our EP is out now so you can check it out on our bandcamp. Thanks for the interview and take care.
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https://www.facebook.com/leavethisband
https://leavethisband.bandcamp.com

quinta-feira, 22 de outubro de 2015

Holotape with Baston - An Interview



As garagens francesas estão em verdadeira ebulição, bom exemplo é o psicodelismo freak com cheiro de garage band do Baston.

Dê play no recente Gesture lançado há pouco mais de um mês e sinta a vibe, fazendo conexões com o Thee Oh Sees em alguns momentos ou exalando querosene psicodélica em outros os caras cometeram um disco pra ser degustado em estado de espírito alto, se é que vocês me entendem.

Recomendado a qualquer ser que tenha um mínimo de freaknice. Boa viagem.


***** Interview with Baston *****


Q. When did Baston start? tell us about the history...
It started around the beginning of 2012. We're three friends from differents old britanny bands, we're coming from the rock'n'roll / 60's garage scene (The Foves, Los Navajos) and from bands with shoegaze influences (Van Der Sar, 50 Miles From Vancouver)

Q: Who are your influences?
Bands like Deerhunter, DIIV, Beach Fossils, Burnt Ones, Neu !, Crocodiles, Cosmonauts, Thee Oh Sees... The Libertines : Up the Bracket / The Stooges : Fun House / Jon Spencer Blues Explosion : ACME / Sufjan Stevens : Illinois / Alain Bashung : Fantaisie Militaire

Q. How do you feel playing live?
We like the energy and the feeling of emergency which is coming from our live music, because we're trying to create krautrock sounds / psych minimalist atmosphere with only 3 people on stage and without any synths. So it's sometimes difficult but very challenging.

Q. How do you describe Baston sounds?
I think it's a pop band, playing with the sound of garage rock, with a lot of modern US influences,and some krautrock atmosphere, the whole thing played with punk energy.


Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
Everyone brings some ideas during rehearsals and when we have enough time and stuff to compose, new songs are coming out.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
We're are working on a cover of Abschaum (darkwave synth kraut from Lyon, France), it's an amazing band. Right now We're are listening The Districts and Ought.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
We made a cover of CSS's "Fuck Off" in a garage way, it was fun. Personnally, i would love to make a cover of someone like Rihanna or this kind of shit, in a cool psych rock style, but it's very hard.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
Touring as much as possible to defend our new EP 'GESTURE' (maybe in Italy next february like we did few months ago), and recording a new longer and krauter album as possible.

Q: Any parting words?
Vai el rock'n'roll e Brazil !
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https://www.facebook.com/Baston-242613755865792/
http://baston.bandcamp.com

Noites Brancas com Electric Lo Fi Seresta - Entrevista

Uma historinha básica pra introduzir, Guilherme Almeida muito antes de meu amigo, é há mais de dez anos guitarra e voz de um dos guerreiros e sobreviventes do submundo dos bons sons deste país, pra quem ainda não entendeu, estamos falando da grande The John Candy.

Introdução feita, vamos ao ponto, não é de hoje que o Guilherme tem um alter ego que atende pela alcunha de Electric Lo Fi Seresta, os motivos disso, eu sugiro que você leia a entrevista abaixo, mas só para situar, tem a ver com seus sonhos, deja vu´s e memórias evocando suas reais raízes.

Sonoramente, o TBTCI situa o Electric Lo Fi Seresta como algo que a Sarah deveria ter lançado mas jamais lançou, e note bem, é sabido que a gravadora das pop songs perfeitas não faz lá muito a cabeça deste que vos escreve, mas o ELS vai bem além de simples dreampop songs, uma aura hipnótica move os sonhos de Guilherme, pegue seus eps e singles anteriores ou se preferir vá no primeiro álbum Ao Vivo Sem Vocês (It Was Nothing Personal) de 2013 e entenda, ou melhor sinta.

Mas um passo esta sendo dado, e ao meu ver corretíssimo, já que infelizmente o que o ELS faz não é nem de longe valorizado por essas terras, o novo álbum sai daqui uma semana pela gravadora inglesa Dufflecoat Records, o que de fato é absolutamente merecido, e o TBTCI endossa este lançamento uma vez que a envolvente e suave música do ELS certamente sera melhor valorizada.

Se por acaso você aprecisa Durutti Column, Go-Betweens, The Chills e afins, não perca mais tempo e apaixone-se pelo Electric Lo Fi Seresta.


***** Entrevista com Electric Lo Fi Seresta *****


Q. Quanto tudo começou? Porque Electric Lo-Fi Seresta, qual a origem do nome?
Como você sabe, há mais de 10 anos estou na estrada como guitarrista e vocalista da The John Candy. Mas o que quase ninguém sabe é que faz pelo menos 20 anos que componho e gravo outras coisas em meu cantinho, sem grandes pretensões, para mim mesmo, transitando por outras sonoridades que amo igualmente. Raramente piso em um pedal de distorção com o Electric Lo-Fi Seresta, por exemplo. De 2012 para cá fui resgatando algumas composições que eu havia registrado em fitas K7 caseiras nos anos em que morei em Paquetá, entre 1996 e 1999, e senti vontade de finalmente gravá-las para valer. Esse resgate de composições quase esquecidas somadas a algumas músicas novas que vim acumulando desde então, de sonoridade mais “jangly” do que propriamente “noise”, foram dando forma ao Electric Lo-Fi Seresta. Quanto ao nome, o motivo são as minhas raízes em Campos (interior do Rio), onde nasci e cresci. Minha família não é nem do centro da cidade, são da roça mesmo, um lugar quase “fora do mapa” chamado Poço Gordo. Nasci lá e vim adolescente para a capital. Sempre que vou visitar meu pai, me entretém o movimento em direção às serestas locais, algumas regadas à cachaça e alambique, e te digo que normalmente a lua e o céu à noite em Poço Gordo fazem qualquer seresta ganhar contornos de um videoclipe do Cocteau Twins! Como seriam as serestas do interior caso fossem embaladas, além da cachaça e do luar esplendoroso, com Smiths ao invés de Nelson Gonçalves, os discos da Sarah Records e o dreampop oitentista ao invés de Dilermando Reis, Durutti Column ao invés de Altemar Dutra? Esse é um dos delírios que move o Electric Lo-Fi Seresta.

Q. Quais as suas influências?
Pensando especificamente no ELS, tudo da Sarah Records e da Flying Nun Records lançado durante na década de 80, Beat Happening, Durutti Column, Flying Saucer Attack. E um pouco de Chris Montez, alguma coisa de João Gilberto também, mas à minha maneira, quase ninguém percebe isso.

Q. E sobre a atual cena parece que estão nascendo bandas em tudo que é esquina, quais bandas da nova geração você recomenda?
A lista é interminável e ser injusto neste caso infelizmente é inevitável. Falando de novidades brasileiras que me chamaram atenção este ano, tem o No Crowd Surfing do Paraná, também gostei do recente EP do Céus de Abril, além do misterioso The Dream Pop Project, a “resposta brasileira ao Radio Dept”, se isso fizesse algum sentido, hehe... Das estrangeiras, tem o Arctic Flow, que acompanho desde o começo e tem lançado uma coisa mais bonita que a outra dentro do universo dreampop/jangly/shoegaze nos últimos cinco anos.

Q. Por que tem tanta banda bacana e mesmo assim tem pouca gente nos shows, poucos picos pra tocar, qual a sua opinião sobre o assunto?
A falta de curiosidade e de sensibilidade foi se agravando não apenas com o excesso de informação disponível virtualmente, mas também com a incorporação do que tem de pior do comportamento da cultura “mainstream pop” para dentro do universo dito “independente”, dele derivado: ou seja, a necessidade de um hype ou de um respaldo prévio para os “indie kids” se interessarem por uma banda, consumindo música como quem “agrega valor” a sua identidade suposta de “pessoa diferente da norma” (mas, na verdade, totalmente dentro dela). A facilidade do acesso não implicou em larga escala na mudança de uma percepção e seleção musical “tutelada”. Mas isso é só um lado da questão, evito julgar as causas por esse que é apenas um dos efeitos. O buraco é bem mais embaixo.

Q. O novo álbum vai sair pela gravadora inglesa Dufflecoat Records certo? Como foi o processo de gravação novo álbum?
O novo álbum, “Noites Brancas”, já está em pré-venda no bandcamp (http://electriclofiseresta.bandcamp.com, incluindo dois downloads para quem comprar antecipadamente) e sai na íntegra pela inglesa Dufflecoat Records no dia 28 de outubro em formato digital, no esquema “name your price”. No primeiro semestre de 2016 sairá o compacto 7 polegadas de Noites Brancas/Everything (She Does) por aqui, pela Juvenilia Records. O processo de gravação foi bem rápido. O Joab Regis, que já toca comigo no John Candy, tem me acompanhado nos shows e gravou as baterias no Escritório da Transfusão Noise Records. É o garoto-bateria nota 10 da Transfusão. Em dois dias gravei as guitarras e as vozes. O Lê Almeida produziu e mixou o álbum, enquanto que Vinicius Leal, “aquele que não deixa o artista mão”, masterizou. Gostei bastante do resultado final, sou grato ao Lê e ao Vinicius por terem entendido e viabilizado a sonoridade “dreampop de rádio AM em motel do interior” que eu desejava para este álbum novo.


Q. Qual a dificuldade na sua opinião do Electric Lo-Fi Seresta e obvio outras bandas serem realmente valorizadas por aqui? (Vide que o disco só saira na gringa)
É, de fato foi mais fácil lançar esse disco (com o mínimo de atenção que acho que ele merece) por um selo gringo do que por aqui... é um tema complexo e difícil de ser sintetizado sem parecer unilateral e simplista. Então, para não ser repetitivo em relação ao que todo mundo já diz, vou tocar em tabu que me parece pouco dito de frente e às claras, fazendo, às vezes, a meu ver, a diplomacia rimar perigosamente com a hipocrisia: existem selos independentes brasileiros que há tempos vem incorporando o pior das antigas grandes gravadoras. Imagine se realmente tivessem a influência e o poder que acham que tem, iludidos pelo puxa-saquismo dos amigos... seriam piores que o jabá da Som Livre com o Chacrinha! O desejo de auto-promoção e a formação de “panelas media training” com tal finalidade aos poucos vai vencendo a curiosidade descompromissada em promover bandas novas e desconhecidas. Em alguns casos, felizmente são poucos (mas emblemáticos), é como se fosse as bandas que agora tivessem de promover os selos, e não o inverso... Cada um dá a direção que quer ao que faz, claro, mas querer tirar onda de vanguarda independente et cetera e tal, quando nos bastidores sabemos que a postura não é essa, mas frequentemente de arrogância, é de lascar. Isso existe em qualquer lugar do mundo, eu sei. Mas me parece que existe também um modo “à brasileira” de funcionar dessa forma e dada a limitação dos espaços independentes por aqui, acaba sendo mais danoso do que em países onde há mais espaço para todos na cena cultural alternativa. Contudo, não gasto energia me preocupando com isso. Fico ao lado da ação e jamais da reação, e esta questão quando me chama atenção, como agora, é mais por seu aspecto exemplar de “psicologia social” do que propriamente como músico.

Q. Quais os 5 melhores álbuns da história para você?
Eu sabia que viria a pergunta mais difícil do universo! Sendo bem tendencioso, malicioso e irresponsável:
Brighter – Laurel LP
East River Pipe – Mel
Flying Saucer Attack – s/t “Rural Psychedelia”
Durutti Column – LC
Radio Dept – Pet Grief



Q. Quais os planos pro futuro, o que esperar do Electric Lo-Fi Seresta?
Não pretendo fazer muitos shows com o Electric Lo-Fi Seresta, mas pretendo sim fazer alguns para divulgar o novo álbum. As gravações certamente não pararão, são necessidades fisiológicas que a mim se impõem. Porém, não tenho expectativas que me façam esquecer que hoje, talvez mais do que em qualquer outro tempo passado, a infâmia e a glória, mesmo aquelas relativas e circunscritas a um restrito nicho como o nosso, obedecem rigorosamente ao mesmo registro casual e contingente. Além disso, a infâmia tem muitas vantagens, a liberdade e o prazer com cada segundo daquilo que você produz são duas delas.

Q. Alguma coisa a mais para nos contar?
A gente se vê em SP ainda este ano, só digo isso! Também faço questão de dizer obrigado a você, Malizia, pelo convite da entrevista; os cada vez mais felizardos que acompanham o sincero e dedicado trabalho do TBTCI, revirando a música independente de verdade, aquela que vem pelas margens e pelas beiradas, só tem a torcer para que suas teias sonoras abracem cada vez mais longe o submundo dos bons sons.
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https://www.facebook.com/electriclofiseresta
https://electriclofiseresta.bandcamp.com/

quarta-feira, 21 de outubro de 2015

New Saturday with Me In Grasshopper - An Interview


Doces ruídos oriundos do Japão encantando o TBTCI desde o primeiro momento em que tomei conhecimento do delicioso e viciante Me In Grasshopper,

Pegue os Eps Lira e New Saturday, e embriague-se sem demora, dreampop ruidoso e dançante para a alegria dos sonhadores de plantão.

Uma das melhores bandas japonesas da nova geração facilmente.

***** Interview with Me In Grasshopper *****
 

Q1. When did me in Grasshopper started, tell us about the history...
A1. Nakamura stopped band activity for a long term, but reopened the making of music from about 2010.When he made sampling tone generator in 2011, he started search for member triggered by invite Shinazumi of the member of the previous band.The band changed a member several times, and Takahashi, Ogawa became members in 2013 and performed the first live by four formation at Nagoya in July.We released first CD "lieas e.p." which we recorded in these four people on this occasion.I performed a live several times, but Ogawawithdrew afterwards in March, 2014. One day Kawaguchi and Takada participatedas a live supporting member.Then we felt fit well together, we invited them, and it was five present formation.We released limited free distribution CD " h i ma w a r i " in autumn of 2014.We released " NEW SATURDAY " in April, 2015.(by Shinazumi)

Q2. Who are your influences?
OFF COURSE (by Nakamura) Overall 80 ' s , US and UK indie after 90 ' s, alternative music (by Shinazumi) Junji Takada(Japanese talent) (by Takada)

Q3. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
A3 1st e.p. ”liras e.p.” 2013 release 1.flower 2.liras 3.boat[liras e.p. ver.] QUANTITY LIMITED CD (TAKE FREE) since July, 2014 * It was finished. 1. h i m a w a r i 2. feel the pain (remake of dinosaur Jr’s song) 2nd e.p. ”NEW SATURDAY e.p.” April, 2015 release 1.NEW SATURDAY 2.EXTRA 3.cider 4.high 5.h i m a w a r i We made three pieces of CDs until now."liras e.p." and "NEW SATURDAY e.p." are sold, but recommend "NEW SATURDAY e.p." of the current member. (by Takahashi)

Q4. How do you feel playing live?
A4. I am tense. (by Nakamura) Though I am tense very much before beginning , it is really fun during a live.I feel that this time continue all the time as it is. (by Kawaguchi)


Q5. How do you describe Me in Grasshopper sounds?
A5. The melody of man and woman mixed voices is POP and sorrow for Alterna and Shoegazer -based guitar sound. (by Shinazumi) Pop Rock (by Nakamura)

Q6. Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
A6. We record drum sound in a studio and record it athome afterward. (by Nakamura)

Q7. Which new bands do you recommended?
A7. If it is a young band , it is " 17 years old and Berlin Wall (17歳とベルリンの壁)" .“mishca” which includes Takada and Kawaguchi in members is recommended.(by Shinazumi) Ykiki Beat (by Takada)

Q8. Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
A8. OFF COURSE (by Nakamura) Spitz (by Takada)

Q9. What´s the plans for future....
A9. Playing in music Festival (by Nakamura) I think that it is happy only by there is the environment that can make good music and work . In addition , as for meeting people enjoying itto hear it .Preferably I want to do a loop slowly as far as it continues .(by Shinazumi)

Q10. Any parting words?
A10. I want friends to recommend our music. (by Nakamura) Through music, it is very happy to be able to meet many people. I am glad if everybody looks forward to me in grasshopper n the future.(by Kawaguchi)
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https://soundcloud.com/meingrasshopper
http://meingrasshopper.jimdo.com

Dance the Dance Electric with Shocking PInks - An Interview



Eis que depois de um hiato os neo zelandeses do Shocking Pinks retornaram e em grande estilo. Em 5 de outubro soltaram no mundo Dance the Dance Electric.

Os Pinks são o meio de expressão de Nick Harte responsável pela concepção da banda, que obviamente mantém a tradição da cultuada Flying Nun, não somente em sua sonoridade esquizofrênica, psicodélica e por vezes dreampop, mas sempre dançante ao melhor estilo pós punk leia-se A Certain Ratio, mas também porque os Pinks gravaram durante anos na mítica gravadora.

Agora aqui no TBTCI, além da entrevista com o Shocking Pinks, temos a honra de fazer a premiere do novo vídeo dos Pinks, o single Affection que ilustra bem a delicia freak que é Dance the Dance Electric.

Vida longa ao Shocking Pinks.


***** Interview with Shocking Pinks *****


Q. When did Shocking Pinks start, tell us about the history…
I was drumming for, and living in London with, The Brunettes in 2003 and soon after we returned to NZ I decided to form my own band and record an album. I'd previously founded/played in numerous other bands (CM Ensemble, The Incisions, Montessouri, etc), but this was a more earnest attempt at putting a live pop group together.

Q: Who are your influences? Which new bands do you recommended?
My influences are forever fluctuating, and not so rooted in music these days, but when I began Shocking Pinks I was listening to: lots of Disco (Larry Levan mixes in particular), (Buckingham/Nicks era) Fleetwood Mac - especially "Tusk", (early) A Certain Ratio, Morton Feldman, Dennis Wilson, Arthur Russell, Ornette Coleman, Bach, Harry Pussy, My Bloody Valentine, etc. Some more contemporary influences (on the band members too, if I can say that) would include: Footwork in general (DJ Rashad, RP Boo), much music coming out of the L.I.E.S. label, also 1080p in Canada, Actress, and always Marvin Gaye. Lately I've found myself listening to Julia Holter's amazing new single "Feel You" a great deal. Finally, personally, the cinema of Claire Denis, the literature of Maurice Blanchot, and the philosophy of Jean-Luc Nancy.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
Impossible to do as my tastes are amorphous, but 5 I'm currently digging are:

Low Jack - Garifuna Variations
Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST
The Beach Boys - Love You
Howard Shore - Dead Ringers/Scanners/The Brood OST
DJ Rashad - Double Cup

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Probably more at ease than in conversation - music has that effect on me.


Q. How would you describe Shocking Pinks sounds?
I wouldn't really. I leave description to the music.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the album?
Dance the Dance Electric was recorded on a 4-track (except for "Us Against the City"). Recording was primarily solo although live band members were also asked to participate on selected tracks and Tim McDonald played percussion/synth on most tracks. From memory it was recorded pretty quickly (in comparison to the last SP record). I was involved in quite a big relationship break up half way through recording which had a huge influence on the finished album.

Q: Which bands would you love to make a cover version of?
We were talking about covering The Paris Sisters "I Love How You Love Me" recently, though I don't know if that'll happen.


Q: What´s the plan for the future….
Tour/reissue is enough at this point, though I plan to be recording on my new Roland 303 shortly after we return.
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terça-feira, 20 de outubro de 2015

Sans Soleil with Saturno Devorando - An Interview


Ronald Bustamante e Fiamma Aleotti formam o inusitado e genial Saturno Devorando, diretamente de San José na Costa Rica.

Esqueça a excentricidade da origem da banda, e dê play imediatamente no magistral Sans Soleil, debute do Saturno Devorando, e sinta o tamanho da brisa sonora. Um delirante e hipnótico mix de trip hop, pós punk eloquente, com nítidos trejeitos darks.

Se por algum acaso você desconhece o Saturno Devorando, faça um favor a você mesmo, escute, e boa viagem.

***** Interview with Saturno Devorando *****


Q. When did Saturno Devorando start? Tell us about the history...
Fiamma: Well, I met Busta (Ronald's nickname) back in 2009 through an art collective he was part of, called NoisNois, and we became friends. He had already been doing music for a while then, but it was mostly instrumental. Around 2010 he asked me if I wanted to improvise some vocals for one of his songs in a couple of concerts. We recorded one song, and then in 2011 we decided to actually start a whole new project separated from his own (Visión Armónica del Caos). We worked pretty slowly, because we didn't really have a structured idea in mind, and it was my first music project, so I was constantly burdened by writer's block and other insecurities. Anyhow, we managed to put out an album in April 2013, but I had to leave the country to go study abroad, and only came back to Costa Rica in December of 2014, which is when we started to make music again. Now we're working on our next album, finally.

Busta: Fiamma had already worked on a track by our friend Pablo Murillo, who is, by the way, in charge of the visual part of Saturno Devorando. I really liked that track so I asked her to sing on an album that I was working on at that time, it was supposed to be a record of different collaborations but it was never fully recorded.


Q: Who are your influences?
F: I think we can speak of shared influences, and of personal ones... For me it varies constantly, but lately I get obsessed with female performers. The vocal, performative and visual aspect of it all is very important, I need to feel I'm listening/looking at an all around artist. It's a very baroque idea. Vocally, more than conscious or direct influences I'd speak about inspiring artists: Björk, Teri Gender Bender, Chan Marshall, Low, Blonde Redhead, Chelsea Wolfe, Jenny Hval. Musically, Godspeed You! Black Emperor!, Swans, Death in June, Dead Can Dance, Portishead.

B: I'd add Tricky, Juan Son, Sonic Youth, Julia Holter, Massive Attack, Laurel Halo, mum, Austin TV, My Bloody Valentine, To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie and Emily Jane White.

Me and Fiamma have an important set of common interests, not just on pop music, but also classical, and not just music but also visual arts, cinema, food and coffee. I guess we differ in that I like metal and hip-hop, somewhat.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
F: Hard. I don't like to answer these kind of questions because I feel like I change my mind constantly. I'll leave this to Busta.

B: Yeah, it's hard. For me that depends on the mood and the musical phase that I am going through, At this moment I´d say: Maxinquaye by Tricky, GYBE's Lift your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, EVOL by Sonic Youth, Third by Portishead and AMM`s The Crypt.

F: Actually, I’ll second that!

Q. How do you feel playing live?
F: I love it and I hate it. It makes me so excited and I get very nervous, and once it's over I feel completely drained and I don't want to do it ever again. A week later I'm already craving it.

B: I feel exactly like Fiamma. It is a love/hate relationship. After each gig I say to myself that I won´t play live again, ever.

Q. How do you describe Saturno Devorando sounds?
F: Post-rock/noise/shoegaze with self-loathing and nihilism.

B: After a gig, someone told us that our music was beautiful and extremely depressive, and that you have to be emotionally prepared to listen to it. I think it is a bit exaggerated.


Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs
F: Busta usually sends me a base track (beats, guitar and/or keyboards and some other stuff, it depends) and I work on lyrics and a voice melody. I record a rough sketch and I send him a sample. Then we simply record my voice and we decide together whether there are changes to be made in the mix.

B: We work on the arrangements together and we record different takes to see what works for us. We usually don´t think about how to play a song live until the recording is done.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
F: "New" is a very relative term. I can think of things I've gotten to know recently. From Costa Rica, José Saenz. From Chile, Marineros.

B: I really like Holly Herndon's work. Ballancer is a band that I discovered this year at Festival Epicentro, they're amazing. A very talented friend from Guatemala is in a band called FRAAEK, right now I am obsessed with them. From Costa Rica, I find Coco Chan really interesting.

Q: Which band would you love to make a cover version of?
F: Well we already have two covers, one of Death in June and the other of Swans. I've thought about covering Low, Chet Baker or Nina Simone. Also I want to do a cover of an aria. Like, of classical music.

B: I'd love to do covers of non-rock artists, like George Brassens, Vinicius de Moraes, Astor Piazzolla or Madredeus.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
F: Finishing the album we're working on and then seeing where that takes us.

B: Record new tracks is our priority. And then I guess we´ll have a couple of gigs before the end of the year.

Q: Any parting words?
F: Thanks for showing interest! We're very grateful.

B: Thank you!
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http://www.saturnodevorando.com/
https://www.facebook.com/saturnodevorando



Reach Out with Soon - An Interview


Reach Out é o primeiro single do quarteto francês Soon.

Seguindo os ensinamentos do Air Formation principalmente, a muralha de ruído branco por cima da vocalização melancólica é a matriz do Soon.

Um single belíssimo que indica a beleza do material que virá pela frente.

Para ficar de olhos e ouvidos atentos.

***** Interview with Soon *****


Q. When did Soon start?Tell us about the history...
Soon began after I met Marc ( guitars) at French festival Route Du rock in August 2013. We were a bit drunk and talking about the kind of music we were into… I told him I was playing guitar at home. I think he said « Hey let’s start a band ». I thought he would have forgotten the day after, but he sent me a message : « When do we start ? ». I freaked out a bit. Mark is a kind of a local legend where we live. He’s been in a couple of bands. We started with some kind of demos, sketches of ideas. Each Tuesay we would work from 5 :30 pm to 10 : 30 pm. A friend of ours introduced us to Martial our drumer. We rehearsed a couple of times and wrote some songs. Summer came and we went back to our business and didn’t play that much. In September 2104, we started to play together again and Laura, Marc’s girlfriend who also takes care of our artwork joined on bass. We recorded two songs in the summer of 2015. They were released on September 28.

Q: Who are your influences?
I guess these following bands heavily influenced us in the writing of our songs : Slowdive, Nothing, Whirr, Sway, Moscow Olympics, My Bloody Valentine, Weekend, Jesu, The Cure I probably should insert so many names actually…

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
1- Hood : the cycle of Days and Seasons.
2- Ride : Going Blank Again
3- The Sea And Cake : The Fawn
4- Sonic Youth : Goo
5- Slowdive : Souvlaki

Q. How do you describe Soon sounds?
The band has only existed for a year, so we’ve been mostly writing, rehearsing to record some songs. We played once, but it was not really a gig. We’ll be playing soon and hopefully more. We have fun playing together when rehearsing, so I guess we’ll enjoy it. Some of us are prone to stress though… We’ll see.


Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
We love to » drench » melodies in reverb. We have a fascination with that.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
France ‘s shoegaze / psyche scene is pretty interesting : Venera 4, Future, Maria False, Dead, Soft Blonde are cool bands with cool sounds. Last Leaf Down from Switzerland are also great. Marc introduced me to Threading. They’re awesome.

Q: Which bands would you love to make a cover version of?
We’d like to cover My Vitriol’s Under The Wheel and Whirr’s Lines.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
We released two songs this week. We have a couple of songs ready for an EP in early 2016. We have a gig in a month in our town with Future and Soft Blonde. We want to play live.

Q: Any parting words?
Thanks for your interest and showing support Renato ! Shout out to the Nothing Collective from Paris and all the people who support us.

See you… Soon.
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https://soongaze.bandcamp.com/releases
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segunda-feira, 19 de outubro de 2015

Wallflower with Love Games - An Interview


Seguindo a tradição do TBTCI, uma novíssima banda da safra espetacular de grandes revelações vinda da Austrália, Love Games é o nome do quarteto que acabou de lançar sua estreia sob o nome de Wallflower.

O Ep, com quatro músicas, faz uma imersão completa oscilando entre as guitarras e viagens shoegazers, em sua maioria, e estridentes chicotadas, em menor parte, fazendo conexões com gente como Whirr e Nothing.

Uma bela estreia dos caras.

***** Interview with Love Games *****


Q. When did Love Games start? tell us about the history...
Most of us (Hugh, Jack and Josh) have been playing music together for over 3 years in various projects, but they never ended up going anywhere. We wrote the first few Love Games songs in early 2015, and had an immediate connection with the music. After that point we found our singer Matt and finished our EP mid-2015.

Q: Who are your influences?
We have way too many influences to include everything, but if we narrowed it down a few would be: Balance And Composure, Citizen, Turnover, Oasis, Whirr, Nothing, Wavves, Mac DeMarco, Slowdive and Pink Floyd.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
In no particular order:
Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd),
What's the Story (Morning Glory) (Oasis),
Evil Empire (Rage Against the Machine),
The Greatest of all Lost Arts (Lower Definition),
The Low End Theory (A Tribe Called Quest).

Q. How do you feel playing live?
It's different for all of us because the ways in which we contribute to the sound are quite different instrumentally. We all lock in to our own headspace, but still always feel great playing together. It's awesome.

Q. How do you describe Love Games sounds?
We guess at our core we're an alternative rock band. Our EP certainly has a shoegaze influence, with our newer material that we're currently writing having more of a dream pop/surfy kinda vibe.


Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
We recorded the instruments separately at a studio in South Melbourne. Jack our guitarist later mixed Wallflower, with our vocalist Matt mastering it. The whole process was a good vibe, everything ran smoothly and we're happy with how it sounds.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
Movements, Crying, The Valley Ends, Camera Shy, Lions, Gunns, Jaws, Forth Wanderers.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
Without a doubt, Oasis. We'd love to cover anything of What's the Story (Morning Glory). Hey Now is a song which we feel we could slot right into our current setlist, so hopefully we get to play it for our upcoming shows.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
We've got an EP release show coming up in October, and will be planning to play live as much as possible until the end of the year, so nailing out setlist is what's most important at the moment. We're also in the midst of writing an album which we hope to release late 2015/early 2016!

Q: Any parting words?
Thanks to anyone who's checked out our music, and thanks for the interview!
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Renewed Brilliance with Bitcrush - An Interview


Mike Cadoo, vindo da pequena cidade de Oakland no estado da Califórnia, já há algum tempo produz música sob a alcunha de Bitcrush, com uma discografia extensa e tortuosa, o Bitcrush navega entre ambientações que em diversas passagens se conectam com o padrão Kranky de produção.

Já em outras passagens o Bitcrush faz conexões com Autechre ou até mesmo o Sigur Rós.

Experimentalismos a serviço dos bons sons, essa sim é a máxima de Mike e o Bitcrush.


***** Interview with Bitcrush *****



Q. When did Bitcrush start? Tell us about the history...
I think it began even before it had a name. I started making tracks shortly after the release of Gridlock's Formless album. Might have even started during the mixing of that album. So it could be as far back as 2003. I found Gridlock to be fairly restrictive so I wanted to make some tracks that had more melodic elements and even used some 'traditional' instruments. Enarc was the first album which was comprised of those tracks. I then gradually over a six album span moved Bitcrush away from Enarc's experimental electronic music style. Which has really made the Bitcrush name in unto itself a bit odd for the music I'm doing now that I think of it. I do think though, that those that listen to Bitcrush understand that its all a journey anyway...

Q: Who are your influences?
I listen to a lot of music, with the label and mastering studio it's part of my job, so there may be influences which might not be obvious even to me. I am more influenced by specific songs than specific artists for the most part. I did recently go back and remastered some of the older Bitcrush albums. I was able to listen back with fresh ears. I found a song that has an obvious Echo and The Bunnymen vocal vibe which I never really noticed. I do listen to The Bunnymen but the influence was not at all obvious to me before. I think more obvious artist influences would be Mogwai, Swervedriver, Elizium era Fields of the Nephilim, Isis, Sigur Ros, Slowdive, and maybe even The God Machine. I think Jim Thirlwell (a.k.a Foetus) was a fairly large influence but more for the sheer density of the music. Since my day job is the n5MD record label I'm pretty sure that some, if not all, of the artists on the label have influenced me to some extent. Impossible for it not to.

There is of course probably a more important influence and that's emotion. Your emotions are a large influence in how you deal with day to day life. Bitcrush songs really only get written when there are feelings that I can't clearly state or that are too overwhelming for me to properly verbalize. It is really why Bitcrush exists. I always say the project is cathartic by nature.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
Top 5 of all time? whew! That's a tough one. I recently went back and bought albums I thought to be essential on vinyl. So I'll just choose from that group: God Machine: Scenes From the Second Storey, Autechre: Tri Repetae, Echo and Bunnymen: Heaven Up Here, Swervedriver: Mezcal Head, and The Cure's Disintegration. I think the last one is a tie with Pornography but Disintegration is more varied in mood. So hard to pick just five... You should ask me next week. I bet it would be completely different...

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Ah well. I tried doing live shows myself. I would mainly play with a laptop and do a bit of singing and/or bass guitar. However with the way Bitcrush has evolved that is just not possible any longer. It would be a horrible show to watch. I've been asked to play festivals but declined as I do not have a backing band to call upon that is flexible with their time and energy. I would love to play these songs out live. I really would. I'm sure it will happen at some point. When the time is right.

Q. How do you describe Bitcrush sounds?
Dynamic. Epic. Quiet. Immersive. I usually don't describe it. Can you tell?



Q: Tell us about the process of recording the album?
Since I record all of it myself it takes quite a long time. I will often come up with a part, it could be drums, bass, or guitar. I will very roughly build on it that same day. When I return to it depending if i still like it I will add what ever instrument I am feeling that day. Guitar and bass are usually done in the same day. The drums on the other hand are done when I am in a different mindset as I feel drums require more focused thinking... well for me anyway. So after there is a "section" written I leave it and then move on to writing something else. I will then go back to that part some weeks or months later and add to or take away from it. This in general is why the songs sometimes end up so long and often end in a different mood from where they began. Each a min-journey unto itself. The main issue is knowing when they are "done". In theory they could go on forever and without having other band members to bounce ideas off of I only have my own cheques and balances system to go by. And that is simply 'time'. I wait. I get the songs where I might think they are finished then I put them away for a month or so. Then I'll go back and listen with a fresh head and ears. And that may very well be the most important part of the process.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended
New bands? I've been listening to a lot of doom/sludge lately so Chrch, Bell Witch and Fvnerals have been on rotation. In electronic music I really like Tonik Ensemble's debut and the "eps" from Apostrophic. It's pretty easy to find fresh/new music now. You just have to be patient in wading through all the 'noise'...

Q: Which bands would you love to make a cover version of?
Oh gosh. I've thought of this before... but now that I'm asked every name has dropped from my brain. lets see; Echo and The Bunnymen's Killing Moon. A song from the band Idaho I suppose. or even something as far removed as That Petrol Emotion. It would have to be something I could alter in such a way that I made it a Bitcrush track. I don't really care for cover versions that are the same or overtly similar to the original.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
I've finally got the Bitcrush bandcamp page up with those remastered versions I hinted about. By the time people read this there will be a name your price release called Shipwrecked up that is comprised of nearly an hour of lost, unreleased, demo and rarity tracks. I will then shortly after release the ten minute track Drone In Orange, which I now consider to be a standalone track due to its overall heft, weight and theme. It was intended to be on the album 'From Sinking' which I tried to finish up this summer. However things did not go as planned and I was feeling a little oppressed by the direction I was taking it in. So I've decided to give it some time and let the album go where it may. The title may even change too. Nothing is set in stone on that yet...

Q: Any parting words?
I want to thank you and all my fans for their continued support. I'm very humbled by people's comments about music I've created over the years.

Thanks for the interview Renato!
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http://www.bitcrush.net/
https://haveyoulostyourway.bandcamp.com/
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sexta-feira, 16 de outubro de 2015

Swallow with Best Friend - An Interview


Grata surpresa aqui no TBTCI o novo Ep do quarteto de Nashville, Best Friend.

Um dream pop daqueles de se emocionar, feito especialmente para embalar os devaneios mais apaixonados. Shallow o lado A do single é uma beleza pop perfeita, já Still There coloca mais ruídos mas de forma sútil e melancólica.

Que venha o álbum cheio do Best Friend, certamente será belo.

***** Interview with Best Friend *****


Q. When did Best Friend start? tell us about the history...
1. The band started in high school with me (Peter), Brad and David trying to sound like the band Girls, but we realized that was a bad idea and started making whatever came natural to us. That was years ago, and now we're like a different band. We added a bass player and started listening to better music, I guess.

Q: Who are your influences?
2. Our influences constantly change, but maybe like Galaxie 500, The Smiths, and Built to Spill to name a few. We're always talking about Pavement and Titus Andronicus at practice it seems like, though we sound nothing like those bands.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
3. Ray Parker Jr - Ghost Buster's Theme
David Bowie - Heroes
 Kirk Van Houten - Can I Borrow a Feeling
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Galaxie 500 - On Fire

Q. How do you feel playing live?
4. We feel fantastic playing live.

Q. How do you describe Best Friend sounds?
5. It's kind of hard to describe your own band, but we try and keep it pretty simple in the instrumentation and see how much stuff we can do with guitars before anything else. It's not shoegaze, but it's music that takes a lot of influence from that genre.


Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
6. Our guitar player, Brad King, is a talented producer/engineer and has a studio in his house. So we do pretty much all of our recording there. I make demos on my own and then we rearrange them and record them there.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
7. Some great bands that we've played with that we love are Twin Studies from Atlanta. They make the best shoegaze I've ever heard, and they happen to be okay people. Wildfront from Nashville make great dreamy music and are great to play with. Brian Keathley, who was my English teacher in high school, is maybe the best songwriter I've ever met.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
8. We did a cover of The The's "This is the Day" and so that was cool. We always play covers live, and that's fun. But recording them is kind of hard when we're also trying to record our own songs.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
9. Our only plans for the future are to keep writing, recording, and playing shows. We've been recording an EP in the last month, and after that comes out we'll start recording another one.

Q: Any parting words?
10. New music out next month! Thanks Renato! And seriously check out the bands I suggested. They are much better than us.
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Iceberg Alley with Slaap - An Interview



Desorientação, caos, ritmos quebrados, em formato soturno, denso e hipnótico, conexões com Wire, SY, Pere Ubu, Slint, Portishead, bem é realmente um belo caldeirão de referências para uma banda estreante.

O trio francês Slaap recém debutou com um 7" absolutamente espetacular, Iceberg Alley e o lado B​W After & tomorrow, são dois exercícios de art noise de se abrir um sorriso de espanto de ponta a ponta.

Sinceramente, o TBTCI precisa de mais material do Slaap imediatamente, Genial.


***** Interview with Slaap *****



Q. When did Slaap started, tell us about the history...
Yohann: We started around the end of 2011... Johannes and I had been playing LoFi-Sessions (paste-board-and-rice-shaker-drum-kit etc.) until he left Strasbourg around 2009 for some time. And in this mean time I met Laurent. When Johannes came back to live in Strasbourg in 2011 I was happy to tell him "Hey i know a great drummer, let's make a band !". Laurent and Johannes never met before playing together and it worked instantly. During the first session, we played firstfruits of our first songs "Elefant" and "Brainfuck". We only decided about our name one year later.

Q: Who are your influences?
That's a very difficult question and we're having a hard time answering it ... Les Thugs, Noir Désir, Sonic Youth, Slint, Motorpsycho, Beastie Boys... Mostly 90's indie stuff but definitely also older bands like The Velvet Underground, RL Burnside or Zappa.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
Yohann : Gun Club Fire of love - Wire Pink Flag - Can Ege Bamyasi - Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico - Noir Désir Des Visages Des Figures

Laurent : Sonic Youth Washing Machine - Slint Spiderland - Portishead Dummy - Cosmonauts Persona Non Grata - Cat power You Are Free

Johannes : Sonic Youth Sister - Helmet Born Annoying - Beastie Boys Check Your Head - ZZ Top Deguello - Frank Zappa Zoot Allures

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Yohann : Scared ... and curiously, at the end of the set, i feel frustrated because minutes fly like seconds !

Laurent : I enjoy ! I like to play and forget everything, just play with them.

Johannes : I feel positively stressed and love playing our songs.

Q. How do you describe Slaap sounds?
Minimal fuzzy/echo pop (minimal pop rhythm, fuzzy stoner bass and echo minimal guitar)


Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
We recorded the 3 tracks of our last (and first) vinyl 7" live at home with a friend. Several beers, some pizzas, microphones and a good soundcard. Only during one afternoon. We knew well the songs, because we had played them many times live. That songs were mixed by an other friend. And the vinyl was producted by Close Up, a small DIY french label.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended ? Bands of our country : L'Arbre bizarre, Année zero, Low Budgie. A great california band we support for one gig : Froth (shoegaze Burger pop). And otherwise : Corners (Los Angeles lolipop! post-punk), Baston (french garage pop), Karies (post-punk from germany). And already famous : Traams, Disappears, Crystal Stilts, The Fresh and Onlys, The Intelligence, Suuns...

Q: Which bands would you love to make a cover version of ?
Wire, Les Thugs, The Cure, Kylie Minogue...

Q: What´s the plan for the future....
Plan for tomorrow ... Finish the mix of "Daisy" (our new single) and publish the clip of it. The clip is being shot, he should be out before the end of the year. It will be a funny clip.

Q: Any parting words?
My head is a washing machine.
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http://slaap-music.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slaap/227882607336636
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quinta-feira, 15 de outubro de 2015

Vibrant with Hannah Racecar - An Interview


Tem estado em altíssima rotação aqui no TBTCI o EP de estreia do trio estridente Hannah Racecar, diretamente de Tacoma/Seattle os caras debutaram uma chinelada nos tímpanos.

Fazendo conexões diretamente com os Cheetahs e incremente ai Superchunk, Swervedriver, ou seja guitarras em primeiro plano em pró do barulho gratuito.

Simplesmente tem que ser escutado em volume máximo.

***** Interview with Hannah Racecar *****


Q. When did Hannah Racecar start? tell us about the history...
1. Hannah Racecar started in July of 2015 after months of planning between Adam Bredlau and Seth Bernard. Bringing in former Trasholes frontman Ian Call on drums, the trio was complete.

Q: Who are your influences?
2. Our influences include Swervedriver, A Place to Bury Strangers, Spacemen 3, Cheatahs, The Telescopes, and Dinosaur Jr.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
3. Top 5 albums..
"Psychocandy" - JAMC..
"Methodrone" - Brian Jonestown massacre..
"BRMC" - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club..
"Lazer-Guided Melodies" - Spiritualized..
"Horsedrawn Wishes" - Rollerskate Skinny

Q. How do you feel playing live?
4. Live, we all get this feeling of excitement and danger, in a sense of "what happens next". We will write a setlist, but tend to disregard it if we see fit.

Q. How do you describe Hannah Racecar sounds?
5. We would describe our sound as sonically charming. There are points where it gets loud and improvised but we bring it back with melodies to hook you in.


Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
6. Recording our songs, we started with a later of guitar and drums, adding overruns of bass and multiple layers of more guitar, synth, and vocals.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
7. We highly recommend checking newer bands Beach Slang, The Lee's of Memory, Fauna Shade, Wow,Laura, Seasons of Strangers, Cheap Sweat

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
9. We have worked on a cover of "The Other side of You" - The Mighty Lemondrops, and also have plans on covering My Bloody Valentine and Echo and The Bunnymen.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
10. Out current plans include working on a 2nd EP, playing more gigs, and solidifying our live sound.

Q: Any parting words?
11. We thank you very much for this interview and hope that people will be able to see us soon and check out our EP! Thanks!
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https://hannahracecar.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/HannahRacecar

quarta-feira, 14 de outubro de 2015

Blame Me with Ghost Lake - An Interview


Uma ótima surpresa diretamente do submundo dos bons sons são os estadunidenses do Ghost Lake.

Um Ep sedutoramente brutal, atendendo pelo nome de Tender é o cartão de visitas para algo como um shoegazer beirando o slowcore, em determinados momentos alto e possuído, já em outros sutil e hipnótico, uma química que o Ghost Lake soube utilizar com extrema elegância.

E que venha o debute I Feel Everything, pois se seguir os passos do single Blame Me, será um daqueles álbuns pra ser chamado de predileto da casa.

***** Interview with Ghost Lake *****


Q. When did Ghost Lake start? Tell us about the history...
In 2012/2013 a few of us started a terrible band and played a couple shows but then we got our act together and started writing what would become our first ep, Tender. After the ep was released, our vocalist and bass player left and were replaced with our current lineup.

Q: Who are your influences?
FKA twigs, Grimes, Johnny Marr, cloakroom, Kanye west, polyenso, Manchester orchestra, Neil Halstead

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
Vancouver by La Dispute,
define the great line by underoath,
mean everything to nothing by Manchester orchestra,
empty days and sleepless nights by defeater,
plowing into the field of love by ice age

Q. How do you feel playing live?
"I feel at peace." -Deanna
"It's like dreamin, but I'm dancing" Vincent
"It's fucking sick" -Jose
"I feel loud" -Austin
"I feel like I can riff away my enemies" -James

Q. How do you describe Ghost Lake sounds?
Like a pink tsunami is smashing into a skyscraper

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
We recorded with Ryan Richie for 5 days in Burleson Texas. It went really smoothly! Also notable - World records largest bong rip, pizza salad, mangoritas.


Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
Iris and Lust from Toronto, Canada
Crisis arm from California
G.L.O.S.S.
Mayfair from Tennessee
Power Pyramid and cherry death from OKC

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
The cure, the killers, or fleet wood Mac

Q: What are your plans for the future?
Keep shredding
Release this full length record, get some tapes going, and hopefully convince someone to press it on vinyl

Q: Any parting words?
Don't shred on me
Don't come a knocking when the riffs are a rockin
We did this whole interview during a lunar eclipse
Look out for our upcoming lp called "i feel everything" on band camp (ghostlakeokc.bandcamp.com)
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Out of Sight with Galants - An Interview


Seguindo a tradição de guitarras barulhentas e melodias assoviáveis os irlandeses, novatos ainda, do Galants demonstram em suas canções, todas disponíveis para audição em sua página no bandcamp, que são fiéis seguidores da linhagem Teenage Fanclub, circa Catholic Education, e inclua ai as barulheiras pegajosas de um Swervedriver ou Dinosaur Jr.

Tá feito, é só dar play e cair pro air guitar.

Que venham os lançamentos oficiais dos caras.


***** Interview with Galants *****


Q. When did Galants start? tell us about the history...
1.Autumn 2013. I had recently moved to Dublin from London and was bored with playing acoustic guitar and wanted to make some noise solely for fun. It developed slowly enough from there until James McDonald (formerly of Belfast band Yakuza – http://yakuza.bandcamp.com) came on board at the start of the year and gave the band a bit of a much needed kick start.

Q: Who are your influences?
2.Teenage Fanclub.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
3.Teenage Fanclub - A Catholic Education;
Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque;
Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix.
Teenage Fanclub – Songs from Northern Britain.
Teenage Fanclub – Howdy.

Q. How do you feel playing live?
4.We don’t play that often so when we do, I tend to get fairly nervous and forget all the words and chords. It tends to be a bit of a blur most of the time. I can't speak for the others.

Q. How do you describe Galants sounds?
5.A distortion and melody sandwich.


Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
6.We usually record live, see what it sounds like, carry on regardless and then overdub guitars until it sounds messed up.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
7.Cheatahs, Squarehead, Ginnels.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
8.'You Suffer' by Napalm Death.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
9.To have a smart laugh. That's the main thing
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Q: Any parting words?
10.Are you looking at my bra?
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https://galants.bandcamp.com
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Elah with Victoria Club - An Interview


O duo mexicano Victoria Club caminho principalmente em seu mais recente trabalho, Elah, em um elo entro o dreampop e o indie rock dos anos 2000.

Melancolicamente expondo suas composições, sempre em espanhol, dão um charme peculiar a mundo de sonhos particular da banda.

Para momentos suaves.


***** Interview with Victori Club *****


Q. When did Victoria Club start? tell us about the history...
It all started in 2012 which was the year I started the long process of recording on a studio in Ensenada, México. A few months after that, with some friends we managed to record the first EP called Soundtrack del Megido and we were very comfortable with that. In the coming years I worked on my own and recorded a studio album called Elah which was totally , mixed and masterized by me, it was a fun process. Currently, in the proyect, I'm being helped by Daniel Escobedo, who is an excellent pianist and we're almost done recording the next EP which we hope to be able to finish before the year ends.

Q: Who are your influences?
The Beatles, Neutral Milk Hotel, Deerhunter, My bloody valentine, Starflyer 59 , Radiohead, The Radio Dept, The Smiths, and a lot of other bands.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time… It's a hard question, they might not be the best albums in history, but as time keeps passing by, I always keep listening these albums.
1 The Beatles : Revolver
2 The Smiths : The queen is dead
3 Deerhunter : Microcastle / Weird era cont.
4 Starflyer 59 : The fashion focus
5 My bloody valentine : Loveless

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Lately we've been playing acoustic shows and it is exciting how we can adapt our music to this style. We are currently planning on doing whole-band shows.

Q. How do you describe Victoria Club sounds?
Pop Rock


Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
It is actually very natural, I sit with my guitar and when I find a good riff or melody I record it with my cell phone, after that I quickly record the idea with my computer and I send it to Daniel so he have a taste of the track, then he record something about the track and finally he send it back to me. Almost everything we work on the track is about the main idea, we don't move away from it.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
31Ø8 , Courtney Barnett , Forecast in Rome y Farmacos

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
I think it would be interesting to do something of a very different style than what we play and then adapt it, like, for example, what Ryan Adams just did with his album of covers of Taylor Swift, you can listen to both versions and tell that they are absoultely different, like if they were different songs. In our case, playing something like The Supremes would be a good thing, a good challenge.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
Definitely it would be to play live more often and finish recording the EP that we are working on, which is by now a very good one. Stay tuned.

Q: Any parting words?
Wanted to thank you guys for the interview, stay tuned for news and for more music in our facebook page. Greetings from México. Blessings.
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