Calico with Mothlight - An Interview

O trio de Los Angeles Mothlight é realmente um caso de profundo amor com o dreampop experimental.

Coloque na receita dos caras, Animal Collective, Brodcast, Stereolab, Boards of Canada, sutis pitadas shoegazers e um ar de kraut, eis que temos os ingredientes que serviram de inspiração para os dois eps dos caras e para o debute Calico lançado ano passado. 

Calico é dançantemente cerebral, e deve ser saboreado por diversas vezes pois a cada uma delas certamente vai se captando novos elementos e sutilezas criadas pelos caras.

Ah sim, atenção para o novo som Annie que o Mothlight tornou publico mês passado, servindo como aperitivo do próximo trabalho. 

Coisa fina.

***** Interview with Mothlight *****

Q. When did Mothlight start? Tell us about the history...
Mothlight was initially Matt's solo project while he was studying film in college. After releasing a few EPs and experimenting with different styles he recruited me and we began playing shows and writing what would become the Calico LP. After a few more years we got together with Andrew on percussion and began writing what will be our next EP.

Q: Who are your influences?
Matt and I listen to a lot of Animal Collective, Stereolab, Broadcast, and High Llamas, but a lot of our inspiration comes from production of certain albums. The song-writing comes pretty naturally because we like the same kinds of sounds and landscapes, but we are constantly sharing songs back and forth for their production value. Recently we have been digging C Duncan and Melody's Echo Chamber for inspiration, but we also listen to albums we consider classics from bands like Boards of Canada, My Bloody Valentine, or Can for inspiration.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Broadcast - Haha Sound
Stereolab - Dots and Loops
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Shmilsson
Heavy Vegetable - Frisbie

Q. How do you feel playing live?
It's a blast. We are lucky to have the friends we do in LA and are starting to play more and more shows for people who have never heard us before and are getting a decent amount of positive reception. It's always strange to hear someone tell you that you sounded good after you've just played a show, but that doesn't mean it doesn't feel good. We are our own biggest critics so I think while there's no better feeling for me to play live, it also feels like the most important thing I've ever done every single time we do it. Haha.

Q. How do you describe Mothlight sounds?
I think ultimately we end up making music that takes from a shared palate of sounds more or less in the dream pop/psych realm. It's nice that when we play our music for friends, they say our music sounds like the music we listen to. I'd say a lot of the sound depends on layering this soft synth aesthetic over profuse harmonies and islandy/shoegazey guitar tones and some off-beat drum patterns mixed with that motorik style. Saying we sound dreamy I think is misleading because it sounds like maybe we are an ambient band, but we try to infuse our sound with as much energy as we can while still staying patient with how the song develops.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
The initial song idea usually comes from either jamming or something that we have been working on on our own and bring to the studio when we get together. Everyone brings their own life to every track we do. As for recording, we demo everything ourselves and have been lucky enough to work with friends of ours who are talented sound engineers. We have had to get creative when it comes to the space we use and the gear we borrow or rent, but thus far everything we've done has been DIY.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
C Duncan, Gwenno, Cindy Lee, Helen... just to name some from this year.

Q: Which bands would you love to make a cover version of?
I feel like a cover song should by nature be something widely recognizable. I've always wanted to do "Rock the Casbah" or "Good Thing," but I don't think we would ever cover something immediately contemporary. We've never had the hubris to be like "oh, that song is great, but I bet we could make it way better." It would just be a fun thing where we would make our own version of something we all love.

Q: What are the plans for the future?
We are currently recording an EP for release in Spring 2016 while playing shows in LA. There might be a West Coast US tour in the making, but for now we are just writing and playing and getting involved with local artists and collaborating with unique creatives in the city. We like to play cool events that aren't just at venues and bars.

Q: Any parting words?
This will sound corny, but I've always wanted to visit Brasil. I can say I'm personally inspired from music that has come out of Brasil like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil and all the others who have been dubbed as "tropicalia" and would love to just see where all of it was made. So maybe someday sooner than later we will make it to your city and we can talk music face to face! Thank you again for listening! - Grant
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Anti​-​everything with The Blurry Minds - An Interview

Um verdadeiro caldeirão passando por pos punk, shoegaze, psicodelismo, madchester e dreampop, sem se prender a nenhuma deles, este é a sensação de ouvir o trio de Nova Jersey, The Blurry Minds.

Os caras somente com três sons na página do bandcamp deixa o cartão de visitas bem claro, ruidos soturnamente psicodélicos é o que eles preparam a nós.

Eu diria o seguinte, se nos 90´s existia o Smashing Orange nos dias de hoje temos o The Blurry Minds.

Tem que ficar de olhos abertos neles.

***** Interview with The Blurry Minds *****

1 Q. When did The Blurry Minds start?Tell us about the history...
End of last winter.

We all answered each others Craig's List ads. Later we all confessed after our 1st show that we all had the same fear of meeting up with total strangers and one of all of us being a murderer. Luckily we were just looking to make cool music and left the murdering to Dave's massive guitar feedback swells!

2 Q: Who are your influences?
We all have different ones so we'll name a few. We dig a lot 90's stuff. Ride, Smashing Orange, Black Tambourine, Chapterhouse, The Pastels, Swirlies, Pixies. Steve (bass) gets hi bass power from Chris 2 from Anti-Flag, Mike Herrera of MXPX and Mike Dirnt. Bill (drums) sights the The Black Keys as a big influence. We also love Older stuff like Velvet Underground and newer bands like Secret Machines, Bleeding Rainbow, Ringo Deathstarr, Veronica Falls and The Raveonettes to name a million haha.

3 Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
That's a tough one..haha we would say:
1. Velvet Underground & Nico
2. 17 seconds by The Cure
3. Psychcandy by JAMC
4. Painful by Yo La Tengo
5. Nowhere by Ride

4 Q. How do you feel playing live?
We love to play live, it is a great expression of oneself to play on a stage and show the world what we put our blood, sweat and tears into while being able to entertain people. We like to put up trippy lights on the ceiling above the crowd so everyone feels like we are in the same strange world together.

5 Q. How do you describe The Blurry Minds sounds?
Dream pop with some post punk thrown into a noise pop milkshake for you to swallow in one shot but some how enjoy the brain freeze for rest of your life.

6 Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
We recorded our basic tracks all live together and then added our overdubs / ear candy fun on top of the live energy of the skeleton tracks.

7 Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
Highly recommend Eternal Summers! I feel they have the perfect mix of great odd pop tunes with beautiful imagery and the right amount of weird. They could be the next Cure. They're artistic enough to go for the long haul.

8 Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
Well, play a cool version of The Stones Roses Elephant Stone and would love to do an even longer take on The VU'sSister Ray. The Bassist always wanted to be in an Offspring cover band.

9 Q: What are your plans for the future?
To make more tunes for people the rock out or pass out to. And to make good friends along the way.

10 Q: Any parting words?
Would love to thank anyone who has come out, purchased a track or even just listened to it. For showing support to our music and letting us know how they liked it.
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http://www.theblurryworld.com/theblurryworld/Home.html
https://theblurryminds.bandcamp.com
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Collapse with The City Gates - An Interview

Não é e hoje que Montreal no Canadá tem nos apresentado uma ótima safra de belas bandas caminhando por um lado que eu poderia situar como um shoegazer épico, algo sofisticado, não tão barulhento e nunca etéreo, talvez se o MBV tivesse como vocalista o Lloyd Cole.

Assim é o The City Gates que em 2013 já havia soltado e belo Collapse e volta a carga um pouco mais ruidoso e menos romântico e melancólico com o primeiro single de seu próximo ep, e a canção é majestosa, Checkpoint Charlie como coloquei, é um pouco mais guitarreira mas sem perder o clima épico de Collapse.

Ao lado de gente como Femme Accident e os prediletos Young Prisms o The City Gates forma a trinca de preciosidades de Montreal. Belíssimo.

***** Interview with The City Gates *****

Q. When did The City Gates start? Tell us about the history…
Well, TCG has always been Max's band. It grew with him throughout the ages, with his inspirations and influences of the moment. Members came and left, the official line-up changed. John, our bass player, who happens to be Frank's musical soul mate had to, somehow join in at some point. The chemistry between us was immediate and spontaneous; leading to the TCG we know now, that amazing wall of sound! Funny how this reminds me a conversation my band and I had last week. We discuss about how we discovered many alternative bands, back in the 90s, by listening those tv shows called New Musik and Rage… I miss those days…

Q: Who are your influences?,
TCG's influences are waaaaay diverse… It is the love child of The Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Catherine Wheel, Mazzy Star, Chapterhouse, Secret Shine, Moose, Alison’s Halo, Medicine, Sweet Jesus, Asobi Seksu, Curve, Swervedriver, Doughboys, Bon Iver, The National, Little Richard, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Explosions in the Sky, The Ramones, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Mojave 3, The Pixies, Crass, Sonic Youth, Wanda Jackson, Cocteau Twins, Brian Eno, The Misfits, Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, etc. We use to listening a lot of different kinds of music all the time. I guess what makes TCG special is the very unique melting pot of amazingly diverse influences among us.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
Ouch… that's a tough one… let's make this a top 6

The Jesus & Mary Chain – Automatic,
Slowdive – Souvlaki,
My Bloody Valentine – Loveless,
Pixies- Surfer Rosa,
Ramones- Ramones

and I would like to add the Lost & Translation soundtrack to the list.

Q. How do you feel playing live?
The live experience is the big deal for us. We are very sensible to each of them and every venue we get to play. Each gig has its own vibe, feeling and we love to feed on this! We could play the same set list at 3 different locations and each time you'd get a totally different experience. It all depends … what we had for breakfast, the daily news, the amount of red wine consumed, the crowd… but one thing for sure. We adore playing live shows… that's where it all happens: the magic, the noise, the chaos!

Q. How do you describe The City Gates sounds?
I don't know…. Max brings a shoegaze tsunami of psychedelic effects and haunting melodies. John's bass is a constant in-your-face, fuzzed, pure rock'n'roll bass beating while Frank's mastery of 80's alternative guitars and unmatched rhythm riffs blends it all in…. We like to call it our own modern answer to Phil Spector's infamous "wall of sound “. It is intense, powerful, melodic, psychedelic, moody, flavourful, raw yet complex!

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs
We have been through a lot of different experimentations throughout our journey. We've tasted the luxury and expertise of what's probably the best recording studio in Montreal when we recorded "Collapse". Then, the band's line-up changed a lot, as the creative force. We've fooled around with different processes… none which we were totally comfortable with. Frank and John have been recording together for years, so right now, we are in the process of doing our own stuff, our way, by ourselves… and you know what, so far, I think we’re doing great! So, it is very encouraging.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
First of all, Montreal has some really great bands. I’m sure that you already know No Joy., You should also give a listen to Femme Accident and Year of Glad. Last year, we played with that Taiwanese band called Manic Sheep. They sound amazing! Then, I would also recommend Hibou, Sounds of Sputnik, The Fauns and Young Prisms.

Q: Which band would you love to make a cover version of?
Hahahaha! We are not really into covers, but I know John would kill to have us play Brian Hyland's "Sealed with a Kiss "!

Q: What are your plans for the future?
Right now we are focusing on our fore coming EP. We've got a lot of amazing material to record and we can't wait to get all of what we went through musically, personally and collectively on that new recording!

Q: Any parting words?
Look out for our new EP real soon, go vote whenever you must...love your family and your friends… and listen to all the music you can. It's good for your soul!
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https://thecitygates.bandcamp.com
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Paper Prisms with Simmer - An Interview

Seguindo a linhagem das novas bandas que pegam o shoegaze e jogam o pos hardcore sobre ele, acelerando e desacelerando sempre com melancolia e muito peso, leia-se Whirr, Nothing e outros, chega a vez agora nas páginas do TBTCI para engrossar esse filão os ingleses do Simmer.

Pouco mais de um ano de banda e o barulho já esta feito. Your Tonal Mess e Yellow Streak, respectivamente primeiro e segundo EP dos caras são duas marretadas encharcadas de sofrimento e peso, sem contar no novo e dissonante material, Paper Prisms o último petardo disponível é algo como os 90´s sendo chutado pra fora da nossa época.

Tem que ficar de olhos e ouvidos abertos.

***** Interview with Simmer *****

Q. When did Simmer start? Tell us about the history...
1. Summer started just over a year ago. We'd been in band previously but never took ourselves seriously. We finally got round to recording a record elsewhere (we recorded things ourself previously), and people really liked it.

Q: Who are your influences?
2. Our influences range very widely. From the obvious Title Fight, to bands like Hot Snakes. Anything punk related usually draws some interest from us.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
3. My favourite 5 albums (Julius - singer) would be:
Radiohead: Kid A
Nirvana: In Utero
Title Fight: Floral Green
Hot Snakes: Audit In Progress
Fugazi: Repeater

Q. How do you feel playing live?
4. We're comfortable live together. I've been playing with our drummer for over 10 years so we know how to deal with it all.

Q. How do you describe Simmer sounds?
5. Our sound is forever changing. I still personally think we're searching for our own niche. We may have just acquired a new vocalist too. But that's a different story.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
6. The receding process was tiresome but we prepared well for it all. Songs naturally change when you hit the studio but all for the greater good. I think we coped well considering we'd never recorded a full length record before.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
7. New bands: Leatherneck, Water Canvas, Rain, Piperdream, Birdskulls, Muskets, Deja Vega, Doctrines, Claw the Thin Ice - the list could go on forever.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
8. We don't really do covers, but I guess maybe an old Whirr song would be fun to play.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
9. We want to tour and write more music. In fact, were already sorting both. We have a lot things planned for next year, especially with the release of our debut LP, which comes out Feb via Dog Knights Productions.
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Breaking with Soft Science - An Interview

Vindo ao mundo exatamente hoje o split dos estadunidenses do Soft Science ao lado dos prediletos aqu do TBTCI The Luxembourg Signal. O split vem ao mundo através da Test Pattern Records e já de imediato toma sua mente por completo, seja um lado ou outro, tanto o Soft Science como Luxembourg Signal criaram preciosidades do submundo dos bons sons.

O Soft Science já tem duas álbuns Detour do ano passado e Highs and Lows de 2011. Detour é simplesmente o que há de mais emblemático na junção do dreampop atual com a clássica era shoegazer. 

Simplesmente fenomenal.

***** Interview with Soft Science *****

Q. When did Soft Science start? Tell us about the history...
KH: Matt, Ross, and I were in a band together called California Oranges for several years. When the Oranges broke up in 2008 the three of us got together and decided that we wanted to keep going. Mason soon joined us on bass and we started writing new material. It took us some time to really get things going. I think the first Soft Science album, Highs and Lows, was definitely a transitional album for us. While making Detour, we better defined sound and the direction we wanted to go.

RL: After recording Detour, I moved from drums to keyboards and Tony Cale was kind enough to join on drums. Our new track on the 7" is the first one we recorded with Tony on drums. He actually mixed and engineered it as well and we think it came out great!

Q: Who are your influences?
KH: We are very influenced by many of the 90’s shoegaze bands including Ride and Lush. However, there is a great deal of good old fashioned 60s pop in our veins like the Zombies and Beach Boys. Basically, the music we grew up listening to and fell in love with in the 90s mixed with adoration for modern artists like Beach House and Frankie Rose.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
KH: Oh boy, that is a tough one. I can only choose 5? Okay, fine. This is hard!
1. Mojave 3 - Ask me Tomorrow
2. The Field Mice – Costal
3. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Darklands
4. Dolly Parton – Just Because I’m A Woman
5. Bell & Sebastian – Tigermilk

RL: Hard indeed and changes daily. Some favorites that come to mind would be...
1. Ride - Nowhere
2. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
3. The Mighty Lemon Drops - Happy Head
4.Failure - Fantastic Planet
5. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Q. How do you feel playing live?
KH: Super good! It is a fun experience!

RL: Wish we could do it more!

Q. How do you describe Soft Science sounds?
KH: Sweetness and fury.

RL: I think Katie hit the nail on the head.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
RL: Fits and starts, usually taking much longer than expected. The total time we spend recording isn't that much, but we're all pretty busy. It's really finding the time to do it that stretches out the process. We generally record the basic tracks (drums, bass, guitar, vocals) pretty quickly, then live with it a little while and figure what is and isn't working, maybe change a thing or two, then work out the overdubs. On Detour we collaborated with our friend Hans who definitely kicked things up a notch bringing in a more electronic influence. Hans Munz is already on board to work with us on our next record as well, which we're really excited about!

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
KH: Basically anything that Shelflife Records puts out is good, in my opinion. Specifically, the Luxembourg Signal, and Flyying Colours!

RL: I've been really digging the Cheatahs new record, The Treasures of Mexico are great too! Of course we are big fans of The Luxembourg Signal, that's why approached them about doing the split 7"! I listen to a lot of online radio like your show, DKFM, and Big Takeover Radio and I'm constantly blown away with how many good bands there are in the world! It's hard to keep up.

Q: Which band would you love to make a cover version of?
KH: We have actually contemplated doing a few covers. The idea usually dies as we tend to spend the limited time we have together working on our own songs. However, if we were to do a cover, I really like the song Love at First Sight by The Gist. I thought it also might be fun to do Love My Way by The Psychedelic Furs or Love is the Drug by Roxy Music. I am seeing there is a “love” theme going on that I never noticed before. Funny!

Q: What´s the plans for future....
KH: We are currently in the process of starting to record for a new album. We hope to see it out by the end of 2016.

RL: I'm really excited about the new batch of song we're about to record!

Q: Any parting words?
RL: Thanks a ton for asking us to do the interview! We really hope your readers take moment to check out Detour and our split 7” with The Luxembourg Signal!

You can check it out here:
https://testpatternrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-luxembourg-signal-soft-science-split-7
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Gargoyle Days with Pink Frost - An Interview

Ressurgido das cinzas do grandioso APTEKA, principalmente após a trágica perda de Mark Frost, os estadunidenses agora sob alcunha de Pink Frost retornaram com uma explosão sonora maior e talvez mais poderosa do que sua antiga banda.

O espetacular Gargoyle Days de 2011 foi completamente remasterizado e relançado agora no início de dezembro para deleite dos aficionados na barulheira lisérgica e sonhadora do Pink Frost.

Além do resgate de Gargoyle Days outro destaque é o fabuloso ep Traitors do ano passado.

Simplesmente uma daquelas preciosidades essenciais do submundo dos bons sons.

***** Interview with Pink Frost *****

Q. When did Pink Frost start? Tell us about the history...
Pink Frost started off as a few friends getting together and writing songs and a kind of side project to APTEKA. After the tragic loss of Mark Frost in 2011 and some weird legal issues surrounding the name “APTEKA” it made sense to fuse the two bands together into one unit.

Q: Who are your influences?
Our influences are always growing and rearranging themselves from Nuggets-era garage jams to Sabbath inspired doom to the sharp angles of post-punk or even a tripped out ballad like Jefferson Airplane’s “Today.” Anything we come across can be influential. It’s not really a specific band or style, but more a feeling we are trying to capture at any given moment

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
It’s always changing but at the moment

The Cure-Disintegration
Verve-A Storm in Heaven
Jefferson Airplane-Surrealistic Pillow
Ministry-The Land of Rape and Honey
Flower Travellin’ Band - Satori

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Playing live is the purest expression of what we do. A very loud expression.

Q. How do you describe Pink Frost sounds?
A cathartic expression of artistic deviants who still believe in beauty in shithole Earth.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
That’s evolved over time. We used to record everything at our noisy practice space, and there were some definite positives to working that way. We could spend hours and sometimes weeks obsessing over certain sounds or textures and in those early recordings you can really sense the obsession, but we were always encountering pretty serious limitations. Both in terms of sonic fidelity and capturing the performance. We didn’t have enough gear to record the band live as a full unit, so it was more of a record the drums and then lay tracks over the top until things seemed finished. So we were always missing that spark of a live performance. The last few recordings have been recorded by Gregoire Yeche at Electrical Audio which has been really liberating and has allowed us to explore the performance as art form and get into some serious sounds.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
Touched By Ghoul, Metz, Lasers and Fast and Shit,

Q: Which bands would you love to make a cover version of?
Sabbath, Sabbath, Sabbath

Q: What are the plans for the future?
We’re currently working on a new LP for 2016 that we’re really excited about. Feels like a complete expression of what we’re capable of doing in this current formation. Beyond that all I can say is things will change in deeper directions.

Q: Any parting words?
Really love your blog and wanted to thank you for helping keep music evil!
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Futurecent with The Orange Revival - An Interview

Se existe uma gravadora da atualidade da qual eu colocaria mão no fogo 100% é a Fuzz Club, até o momento tudo, eu digo, simplesmente tudo que os caras soltam é de altíssima qualidade, de Dead Skeletons a Woken Trees, de The Underground Youth a Third Sound, não há como negar que existe um padrão de qualidade, um selo atestando que aquilo é de qualidade.

O mais novo representante da gravadora são os suecos psych do The Orange Revival, nem tão novatos assim na cena, estão na ativa desde 2009, soltando reverb, fuzz e muita psicodelia mas agora chegaram ao debute pelo novo selo, Futurecent é o nome aditivo.

Um caldeirão de acidez, explodindo para todos os lados, e não há muito o que fazer, é deixar-se abduzir e saborear o amarguinho do efeito. 

Um dos grandes álbuns de 2015.

***** Interview with The Orange Revival *****

Q. When did The Orange Revival start? tell us about the history...
1 - I started it in 2009 , I recorded some songs in a small cabin on my parents yard including How do you feel . later on that year I put together a band with some old friends who also played music and we started playing live etc. we recorded the first songs on pretty much the cheapest recording
equipment available. thats why it sounds like it does. If you want a sound that is similar to our first record, buy the cheapest recording setup available and press rec!.

Q: Who are your influences?
2 - Everything from Elliott smith to Stooges to Flaming lips to Spiritualized to Cat power to Baby woodrose to Townes van zandt to Joy division, It all changes day to day. there is to many good bands

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
3 - Oh that is to hard to say, We are not educated enough to do that.

Q. How do you feel playing live?
4 - Its usually very fun and we try to play as much as we can, Hopefully we can play more and more in the future! Really looking forward to play the Fuzz club festival in London on november 14th.

Q. How do you describe The Orange Revival sounds?
5 - its just rock n roll

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
6 - Usually I come up with a riff and the first words to a text, then build upon it until it feels like a song , and finally I write the rest of the lyrics and put it on top, its built like a cake !

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
7 - been thinking of many but have never recorded any, just played a few live, the last one I thought of was a Johnny thunders song..

Q: What are your plans for the future?
8 - A short Us tour in november, touring Eu in spring 2016 and record a new album in between.

Q: Any parting words?
9 - Thanks to Fuzz club records and everyone who support us!!
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https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/futurecent
https://www.facebook.com/theorangerevival/

Becoming Dangerfield with Darkly - An Interview

Pense em um improvável cruzamento entre Residents, Spiritualized, Sparks e Ride.

Certamente algo com nuances arrastadas, esquizofrênicas e sombrias aconteceria certo? Agora dê play em Becoming Dangerfield, último trabalho dos suecos do Darkly. Basicamente é isso que acontece com menos experimentações e mais vibrações, sendo extremamente hipnóticas e arrastadas, coloque na receita a fase sombria e clássica do Cure e você terá a dimensão exata dessa especiaria sonora.

Simplesmente mágico, ou como costumo dizer, acima.

***** Interview with Darkly *****

Q: When did Darkly start? Tell us about the history...
A: Darkly started sometime around 2009. I had previously been making music that basically was just imitating garage rock, and I felt I was going absolutely nowhere with that. Around that time a friend of mine sent me some albums by the Residents, and I got really into their music. It made realise that it didn't matter if I could play my instruments very good or not, as long as I tried to make something original, something that mattered to me. I'm not saying that the music I make turns out original in any way, as I think my influences are quite obvious sometimes... What I'm trying to say is that listening to this album made me look at music in a new way, and this encouraged me start making music as Darkly.

Q: Who are your influences?
A: If I am to mention any bands or artists that have a major influence on me, it would be The Residents, The Cure, Devo, Arthur Russell, Cluster, Pere Ubu, Asmus Tietchens, Sparks, B-52's... The list goes on. But there's other influences than just music - My albums usually are concept albums about things that I'm really interested or exited about at the moment. For the first album there was a monster theme, and I was devouring litterature and movies with monsters at the time. For the second album I had been reading books with dystopic themes, so it turned into a very dystopic album, and for the latest album I was all about outer space. I just think it's more fun making albums with a theme of some sort.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
A: I would need a long time to decide... But I'll list 5 albums that I really love and that will have to be good enough.

The Cure - Pornography
Radiohead - Kid A
The Residents - Duck Stab/Buster and Glen
Sparks - Kimono My House
Broadcast - Tender Buttons

Q: How do you feel playing live?
A: It's always an interesting feeling, shifting back and forth from being extremely nervous to absolutely confident every ten seconds. I like that I can't control it really. And I'm always very happy afterwards. It's a bit special with Darkly since I make all the music myself for the recordings, but when it's performed live I always bring a group of friends to play with me. I love that the sound always changes from gig to gig depending on whose in the live band.

Q. How do you describe Darkly sounds?
A: I want it to sound simple, at the same time as it sounds atmospheric and dark. Pretty melodic and straight forward. I hope that's a good description. Someone said "dark space pop", and that might be a good description sometimes.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
A: I record my songs track by track by myself at home, basically starting out with one instrument, and then adding more and more tracks until I'm satisfied. It's a bit like jamming with yourself. Then when I have some demo material recorded, I go back to re-record what needs to be re-recorded, and to try to mix it more properly. It's funny that once I get the band together to practice the songs, I often need to re-learn the songs since I basically only play the music once, at the moment when it's being recorded. I don't really practice the parts very much before recording it, which is why it's pretty easy to learn to play a Darkly song.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
A: Looking back at 2015 I can't really recall which bands that were new or old, it doesn't really matter to me. But I can tell you which new releases I have liked the most this year! I loved Julia Holter's "Have You In My Wilderness", and Mount Eerie's "Sauna" as well as the swedish band Saigon's "New World Outro". The re-issue of "Utaka No Hibi" by Mariah completely amazes me and I also love the new Arthur Russell release, "Corn". I would also like to recommend the amazing Alex Cameron, and his album "Jumping The Shark". I had not heard of him before seeing him open for Molly Nilsson in Berlin, but I have been playing that album constantly ever since. Molly Nilsson was also great, performing her new album, "Zenith" - I think the LP should arrive at my door any day now.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
A: I'd love to make a cover of a Sparks song, but we'll see if I'll ever dare to.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
A: I'm relocating to Berlin in spring 2016, so I'm hoping to get a new record done before the summer, and to get a band together over there. Another goal is to release the new record on vinyl. I really feel like making music right now, and I hope that feeling will stay with me for a long time.

Q: Any parting words?
A: Thanks for the interview! It's always nice to get attention so far away from home.
Best, Johannes
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https://darklydarkly.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/Darkly-162333543797332/

Exit Wounds with The Stereo Eclipse - An Interview

Pós punk eloquente com trejeitos de psych moderno, este é o The Stereo Eclipse.

O novo EP lançado mês passado intitulado Exit Wounds condensou os dois primeiros trabalhos dos caras e jogou mais reverb com tonalidades mais cinzentas, criando um clima soturna e angustiante.

Sob medida para ouvir alto e de headphones preferencialmente.

***** Interview with The Stereo Eclipse *****

1. When did The Stereo Eclipse start? tell us about the history...
The Stereo Eclipse started as a recording project to explore atmospheric rock in 2005, but it became a live band in 2014. Currently we're a four-piece (Junki on drums, Paul on bass, Nathan on guitar/vocals, & Noll on lead vocals), based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Noll says: “My personal arrival to the band involved prophetic dreams, Craigslist postings…As far as anything that happened before I showed up, I kind of envision some dark, mystical origin story for the band that is most assuredly not true in any way, shape or form.”

2. Who are your influences?
Paul: Simon Gallup (Cure), Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order), Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Rammstein Nathan: Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins), Johnny Marr (the Smiths), Steve Hackett (Genesis), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) Noll: Kate Bush, Siouxsie Sioux, Bono (U2), Nick Cave, Ann Wilson (Heart) Junki: Ray Luzier (Korn), Travis Barker (Blink 182), Carter Beauford (Dave Matthews Band), Steve Gadd (drumming legend) Some others we love are Aereogramme, Babes in Toyland, Dead Kennedys, GY!BE, Kraftwerk, Linkin Park, Mogwai, MBV, Slowdive, Brian Eno, Pink Floyd, etc.

3. Make a list of 5 albums of all time.
1. Unknown Pleasures (Joy Division)
2. Kid A (Radiohead)
3. The Queen is Dead (The Smiths)
4. A Storm in Heaven (Verve)
5. …And Out Come the Wolves (Rancid)

4. How do you feel playing live?
Noll: “Like a wounded animal being released back into the wild after months in a dreary kennel.” Junki: “Explode.”

5. How do you describe The Stereo Eclipse’s sound?
The Stereo Eclipse makes Reverb Rock, which draws from all the sub-genres that rely on reverb/atmosphere (post-punk, post-rock, shoegazer, surf, dub, new age, gothic, ambient, etc.).

6. Tell us about the process of recording the songs.
Our latest EP Exit Wounds was recorded as a band at Faultline Studios in San Francisco. We played the songs four or five times each and selected the best takes on which to continue building. We were trying to capture the energy of our live shows, so while the vocals and some additional guitars were overdubbed, and some mistakes were corrected, most of the drums/bass/guitar tracks were recorded together live.

7. Which new bands do you recommend?
Amusement Parks on Fire, Babyalligator, FEEL IT NOW, Future Twin, and In Letter Form

8. Which band would you love to make a cover version of?
Sisters of Mercy, Cure, Joy Division, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Jefferson Airplane, Misfits, the Damned

9. What are your plans for the future?
We are currently writing/editing new material with plans to release our debut full-length album by the end of 2016. We will also continue to play live shows in the San Francisco Bay Area to support our most recent EP, Exit Wounds. Next show is scheduled for January 16 at Showdown in San Francisco.

10. Any parting words?
Thanks for your interest in our music!
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http://www.thestereoeclipse.com/
https://thestereoeclipse.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/thestereoeclipse

Sad is Fine with dot Vom - An Interview

O TBTCI dá uma pausa na barulheira e passeia por São Francisco na Califórnia e encontra o ensolarado e adocicado dot Vom.

Uma alegre mistura de Blondie (muito), girl groups (muito também) e dreampop (menos). Esse ano soltaram o split Love Weights junto com o Future Shapes e ganharam certa atenção dos iniciados. Se formos colocá-los em conexões com o pessoal da atualidade certamente o que me vem a cabeça é o Best Coast.

Para ouvir obviamente em dias claros e bem acompanhado, certamente vai fazer bem pacas.

***** Interview with dot Vom *****

Q. When did dot Vom start? Tell us about the history...
As I started typing out my answers I realized the names would get confusing, so here's a quick rundown of our members:
Dany - lead vocals, songwriting, synthesizer, answering these questions
Austin - rhythm guitar
Leslie - lead guitar
Kati - bass
James - drums

The band started in around 2013, and the history of the current set of people (our lineup has changed a little bit over the years) is very typical for a band in the San Francisco scene. The city's scene, especially around SF State, has a really homey, incestuous feel to it---everyone's been in a band with everyone, everyone's dated everyone's ex-boyfriend, you get the idea. So Austin and I started dating through a mutual friend and started the band, and the members we have now joined through random happenstance. I met Kati working backstage at a music festival. Leslie met us at a tiki bar near my old house, through our previous guitarist Jonathan. James, our drummer, is the most recent addition to the band, and we'd never heard of him, yet he was friends with our previous drummer Fil, occasionally played in a band with Austin's old high school classmates, AND grew up with Jonathan in his hometown, so, go figure. Small world, small scene. Sorry for all the names!

Q: Who are your influences?
We have a ton, because between the five of us we like a bunch of eclectic music, but the top three genres that we draw from are probably 50s/60s doo-wop pop (Gene Pitney, Ben E. King, The Shirelles, Dion Dimucci), shoegaze (Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Starflyer 59) and modern dream pop (Candy Claws, Youth Lagoon, Beach House). Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time… Since there's five of us we'll all pick one! Dany: Candy Claws - Ceres and Calypso In the Deep Time Austin: Radiohead - Kid A Kati: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - I'm In Your Mind Fuzz Leslie: Chon - Newborn Sun James: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang

Q. How do you feel playing live?
It's the best part and the weirdest part. It's like a teenage makeout---exciting, but also awkward and kind of gross.

Q. How do you describe dot Vom sounds?
Our music tries to walk the line between cute and sad, and between rock and pop. It's dreamy, but still grounded. We try not to be deep or pretentious---it's very personal music, and so it describes the mundane problems that we go through as lower-middle-class socially-stunted twenty-somethings in the city. "First world problems" like heartbreak and depression and existential crisis, you know?

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
We've only just started getting our stuff professionally recorded--before the split we released, we just did demos at home with an audio interface, some SM-57s, and Ableton Live. Our recent split, though, we recorded with Scott McDowell at Hyde Street Studios, and he is a phenomenal producer. As much as we'd love to record all the instruments at once, for a more natural feel, we weren't quite ready for that when the opportunity rolled around, so we did it to a click track---drums first, then guitars and keyboard, then vocals.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
We have a bunch of talented friends we want to shout-out! Some of them are: Bobey - intricate, beautiful loop-based math folk Summer Peaks - pop perfection with great songwriting and catchy melodies Talk of Shamans - dancey math rock, both technically complex and plain old fun to groove to

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
We cover Weezer all the time as a joke, but if I wanted to do a serious cover, it'd probably be of Blondie's "Heart of Glass" or The Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer." We have a soft spot for the 80s.

Q: What are your lans for the future?
We've been playing a few shows in the area, and it's exhausting, so we're finally taking a hiatus to work on a full-length album which we hope to release at some point next year (maybe in the summer?) and go on a West Coast tour.

Q: Any parting words?
It feels good to feel bad sometimes.
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https://dotvom.bandcamp.com/album/love-weights
http://dotvom.it/
https://www.facebook.com/dotVom

Reckless Road with Kissing Party - An Interview

Ah o pop perfeito!! Muitos buscam essa máxima durante toda a carreira mas poucos chegam ao resultado maior, o de conseguir criar a canção pop perfeita.

No caso do quinteto estadunidense Kissing Party, eles tem a formula mágica e vira e mexe atingem a perfeição. Envolto a melodias assoviáveis, refrões pegajosos, e com aquele charme que mistura class of 86 e girl groups criando um noise pop perfeito não tem como não sair cantarolando suas músicas.

Dê play agora mesmo no debute deles, Looking Back It Was Romantic But At The Time I Was Suffocating e tenha um ótimo dia.

***** Interview with Kissing Party *****

Q. When did Kissing Party start? Tell us about the history...
We started sometime in the summer of who knows when, we live in Denver, but all grew up in different states, NY, OH, PA & CO. Kissing Party is my 1st & only band.

Q: Who are your influences?
I’m influenced by certain people i know, all of the songs i write are about things that have happened or that will never happen

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar
Morrissey - Vauxhall And I
Morrissey - My Early Burglary Years
Kissing Party - The Hate Album
Kissing Party - Winter In The Pub

Q. How do you feel playing live?
If people are moved physically or emotionally by our live shows then I love it, dancings living.

Q. How do you describe Kissing Party sounds?
kissing party is the sound of debt, regret, heartbreak, hair dye & Pennsylvania. or Indie Slop

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
I don't know if there's really a process, they come when they do, sometimes i record on my phone or computer then we go into our space & the rest of the band will add to them or lately Joe has been writing songs, then we go into the studio & record them.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended
Bleak Plaza, WYPH, American Culture, Hippies Wearing Muzzles, New White Light, The Far Stairs

Q: Which bands would you love to make a cover version of?
We have played covers live but probably would never record one just cuz theres no reason to, most songs that we would cover are already perfect, they don’t need us to ruin them

Q: What are the plans for the future?
Our new Christmas single “reckless road” will be out soon, and new album next year

Q: Any parting words?
art thou bored?
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https://kissingparty.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/Kissing-Party-223137740232/

Netheriser with Suffering Astrid - An Interview

Bruno Janiszewski é a mente e o fio condutor do projeto Suffering Astrid, De origem polonesa e sonoramente influenciado por Slowdive, todavia mais próximo do terceiro álbum Pygmalion e adentrando também a experimentações mais eloquentes de forma a desconstruir as composições que cria.

Um discografia complexa e que passeia por inúmeros sub gêneros mas sempre com um elo ligando suas obras, o frio e o belo criado através de paredes de ruído.

Para iniciados.

***** Interview with Suffering Astrid *****

Q. When did Suffering Astrid start? Tell us about the history...
The project started back in October 2010. At the time I was focused predominantly on creating ambient music, but during that time I was also heavily inspired by shoegaze. I thought that there were too many limitations for me to start a shoegaze project. Then one day, when I was toying with various guitar effects, I quite unwittingly put two recorded tracks together and was totally stupefied with the outcome I received. I added some more layers and that's how Suffering Astrid’s first song ever, “A Shoeless Child,” was created. It was the ignition moment for this project.

Q: Who are your influences?
When Suffering Astrid started, my main inspiration was definitely Slowdive, followed by other classic shoegaze acts. Among other bands I can enumerate as having had an impact on this project are Nadja and Liturgy.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
I would hate to make any definite choices, so here’s some albums that I’ve been appreciating a great deal lately. I’ve been enamoured of American primitive guitar for a few months now, so my picks almost entirely refer to it:

Robbie Basho “Visions of the Country”
John Fahey “Days Have Gone By”
James Blackshaw & Lubomyr Melnyk “The Watchers”
Daniel Bachman “River”
Liona Boyd “Classically Yours”

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Unfortunately, I don’t play live. I had, in fact, a few offers to do so, but taking into account the fact that I am one person behind the music, I am unable to play all of the guitar tracks a single piece is consisted of at once. Even if I had loop stations, it still would be quite cumbersome.

Q. How do you describe Suffering Astrid sounds?
I will not provide any flowery description of my style; but what I can do, however, is to tell what I strive to achieve through a most common combination of recurrent layers I use while creating pieces. For example, I aim at creating ecstatic walls of sound comprising noisy parts with ambient ones occurring simultaneously. It can generate a quasi-orchestral effect if production is executed well. The objective is to make music that has transporting moments and that enables the listener to catch glimpses of the universal qualities of All.

Genre-wise, it is quite complicated to describe precisely, as each of my releases explores different areas. I started off with a more or less classic shoegaze/dream pop sound, but after that I’ve been exposing my shoegaze base to such genres as drone or black metal, which resulted in something like dronegaze, blackgaze, or a genre that I dubbed blackened dronegaze. All in all, it might as well be described as post-shoegaze or experimental shoegaze.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
I always come up with guitar riffs through improvisation first and then build up on that, adding programmed drums, other riffs, and so on. I produce everything on my laptop.

Q. What new bands do you recommend?
To be honest, I am not up-to-date with any novelties in the music world, but I sure can give shout-outs to Heavenly Bodies (a shoegaze project created by two persons who are masterminds behind such projects as thehappymask, Desolate Horizons, lovesilkpalemilk, or Sanne de Neige), no need to open your eyes (a side project of Fall to November Sky), and White Night Ghosts.

Q: What song would you love to make a cover version of?
I have already covered two Slowdive songs, “Sleep” and “So Tired.” I was once in the process of covering Aleka’s Attic’s “Across the Way,” but I somehow abandoned it. In general, I don’t tend to consider making covers.

Q: What are the plans for future....
I set up a label called Saponaria a few months ago and I’ve already put out a small run of cassettes with my breakthrough album “Netheriser.” So the label is one thing I would like to develop in the future. The other thing is going forward and creating next albums in various projects, of course.

Q: Any parting words
Whoever reads these words, be well and thrive.
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https://www.facebook.com/Suffering-Astrid-221349974560857/
https://sufferingastrid.bandcamp.com

Killer On The Road with Bysts - An Interview

Um poderosa combinação de beats dançantes com noise, envoltos numa ambientação mezzo trip hop mezzo electro com doses cavalares daquela charme sensual, se é que me entendem.

O duo estadunidense Bysts na ativa oficialmente a pouco mais de três meses e ainda sem nenhuma registro oficial, somente com três avalassadoras canções em sua página no bandcamp já deixa explícito o que vem pela frente.

Uma das belas revelações de 2015.

***** Interview with Bysts *****

Q. When did Bysts start? tell us about the history...
Stefanie and I have been collaborating off and on with this project for about 6 months just playing covers and working on our sound. But we've only actually been writing and recording as BYSTS for about 2 or 3 months. We've been making music together for about 7 years in various bands. Our other projects didn't work out but we gained a ton of experience playing with bands that we admire like Autolux, Black Angels.... Because of our previous experience when we were ready to start BYSTS and we had the sound that we really wanted we were able to move pretty quickly.

Q: Who are your influences?
Musically we listen to a lot of Primal Scream. Blonde redhead, The Raveonettes first album never seems to get boring. We're really big fans of Massive Attack and Tricky. Lords of the New Church, Love and Rockets. You can't go wrong with Hawkwind and Spiritualized is always great. But we also listen to a lot of Hip Hop which seems to be a big influencer these days as well. Honestly we listen to so much stuff it's hard to pinpoint one thing. We don't really draw from one specific influence we're just open to good music whatever the genre. Sorry, that was a really long answer to a straightforward question.

Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time...
That's a hard question but here are the top 5 for us, right now based on what we're listening to the most, in no particular order. Just a side note Spacemen 3, BJM, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Chameleons, the Kinks, Telescopes and a million other bands belong on this list but we're just not listening to a ton of that right now.

1. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
2. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
3. EL-P - Cancer For Cure
4. Love and Rockets - Express
5. Suicide - (self titled)

Another side note (Bryan and I ended up getting into a 30 minute debate about all the great bands and genres and what should actually go on this list. It's not an easy question.)

Q. How do you feel playing live?
(Bryan) - We love it! Every show is exciting and nerve racking up until we get on stage and then it relaxes and just clicks. (Stefanie) - Before every show I feel like my heart is going to explode and then when I get on stage it just clicks and I get lost in the music.

Q. How do you describe Bysts sounds?
In regards to genre we see ourselves spanning across dark wave, shoe gaze, trip hop, and psychedelia but I guess we just imagine it sounds like the emotion your having when you have it. The songs are meant to tell stories and embody specific emotions so hopefully that's what they do.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
It's kind of a two fold process where we write and record at the same time. So when a song is finished being written it also is finished being recorded and at that point just needs to be mixed and mastered. Since we record everything ourselves in our studio we're able to really tweak the sounds as we go. We've worked more traditionally in the past where you write a finished song and then go record it but I prefer the way that we do it now.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
Some of these are newish bands or not new at all and some aren't actually bands but are producers and rappers. We really love METZ and listen to them pretty non stop. Tobacco is incredible. Mac Demarco is a great song writer and hilarious. Acid Mothers Temple is so good live. Ohbliv is pretty chill and I can't recommend enough. White Fence is fantastic live. I just got int Tajima Hal which is really, really good. Scapeghost Purp might not be for everyone but his 4AD stuff is fantastic.

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
We currently cover Lords of the New Church, Hawkwind and Love and Rockets and we're actually in the middle of recording these covers so they'll be out before the year ends.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
We're writing songs and releasing videos for our singles in promotion for our album release next year and we plan to follow that up by playing some festivals and tours. Thats on our mind at the moment and things have been going really well thanks to our friends and fans support which we're really thankful for so who knows what may happen in the meantime.

Q: Any parting words?
Thank you so much for doing the interview with us. Everyone has been so great and supportive we're just super excited that people are enjoying our music and videos.

If anyone wants to contact us, listen to our music or watch our videos they can see them here.
https://www.facebook.com/bysts.band/
https://twitter.com/BYSTSband
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvXGGxMr0sDyl8U8NuUXAcw
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Highway Cruising with U.TA - An Interview

Diretamente de Taiwan, China, vem o comboio mezzo psicodélico, mezzo trip hop, mezzo dreamy U.TA que acabou de debutar agora no início de dezembro com o belíssimo e hipnótico Highway Cruising.

Uma doce mistura de Mazzy Star, Portishead e Cocteau Twins, com ambientações sonhadoras e sofisticadas os chineses impressionam principalmente pela desenvoltura, qualidade e principalmente por se distanciarem do que usualmente acontece com as bandas orientais, que sempre possuem uma enorme influência de MBV o que para o U.TA em nenhum momento fica explícito.

Um discaço.

***** Interview with U.TA *****

Q. When did U.TA start? Tell us about the history...
U.TA is a psychedelic / dream pop band from Taipei, Taiwan,formed in 2006.

Urayn (vocal&guitar) and Garry (bass) unplugged dreamy folk duo and released the debut single Boys , Girls as a Artist-in-residence programs In Hualien . In 2009, the first official single [good, night] released by the independent label "Magic Lane". For the first time invited Xiang-zhu (space cake-guitarist ) recording and mixing , and the band "Bearbabes" Lead vocal Cookie, and guitarist Wei Chun co-produced , known by Garry as the use of " one-piece vertical cross-comparison recording a complex mix of models Act " of DIY perfectionist , so that the whole series of four singles to become Taiwan's decadent beauty of a rare psychedelic folk . Immediately Garry’s younger brother Johnny joined as a rhythm/solo guitarist. Summer 2013, U.TA became a full band with JC Tao (drum) joined, and preferred the dark side of psychedelia with sound of noise.

Q: Who are your influences?
Mainly Influenced by Mazzy star, Cocteau Twins, Faye Wang, Portishead, Radiohead, Massive Attack, NIN, King Midas Sound, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

Urayn (vocal and amp;guitar) put her long-term concern on female music group. And her favorite record label is 4AD (works for early period)

Rage Against the machine is our bassist Garry’s hero all his life. And he is so easy to be attraced by Latin America music groups, such as Molotov, Puya…ect.

Notorious MSG is the reason that JC Tao (drum) and Garry (Bass) know each other. And recently year, JC Tao introduce Team Sleep to Garry, which is the group formed by vocal of Deftones. They love to share funny stuff and insistence on old fashion style. Maybe you can call us the 90’s

The youngest member, Johnny (rhythm/solo guitar), has a 100% soul of King Krule Soul in his body.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
˙Faye Wong (CN)– Impatience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwC__3unXCs
- by Vocalist Urayn ˙Fishmans (JP)- Air camp Something In The Air https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJBbYBXAoiU
Rage Against The Machine - RAGE
- by Bassist Garry ˙Deftones - White Pony - by Drummer JC Tao -
Primal Scream – Screamadelica - by Guitarist John Lu

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Feel alive, feel the reality. And want to give people the real thing, receive our spirit from music. Just like watch a movie alone or with a stranger. Don’t like to say the same words twice, so all the time, make some difference every time on stage.

Q. How do you describe U.TA sounds?
The following lyrics in the movie “Lucy” can completely and perfectly explained:

Yes -I feel everything Space, air... the vibrations, the people... I can't feel the gravity... I can feel the rotation of the earth... the heat leaving my body. The blood in my veins... I can feel my brain. The depths parts of my memory.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
It’s a very long-term work to do it. Because basically we all have job to do, fashion designer, photographer, speaker sales….ect. Then we have to pick all rest of time doing recording after working. So our first new album has been recorded over 1 year. There are some interesting opinion from John and JC Tao: “I feel so sorry, I have admit that I was doing guitar recording and arranging at the same. It costs plenty of time. But it seems nobody knows my secret those days.” Says John. “For me, that would be another live show while recording.” JC Tao says so.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
Mothercoat (from Japan) https://youtu.be/Zk0b7V4Z6sQ https://mothercoat.bandcamp.com/album/gohum/

Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
Rage Against The Machine – Guerrilla Radio
Mazzy Star – Fade into you

Q: What´s the plans for future....
With the life style make music all the time, keep touring, performing, without worried about money. And stay healthy.

Q: Any parting words
Perhaps people may think of our music when they are unhappy.
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Cheers!
˙2015/11/23U.TA First album Highway Cruising digital released iTunes—https://itun.es/tw/kiAl_ ˙2015/12/04 The album will release on http://utaband.com
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http://utaband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/uta25/

Dream On, Baby Blue with Chorusgirl - An Interview

Noise pop bubblegum, com trejeitos de class of 86, daí meu caro não tem como não adorar, e adorar é o mínimo.

O quarteto londrino Chorusgirl que acabou de soltar seu debute pela Fortuna POP! exala aquele frescor de girl groups, Blondie e Shop Assistants, uma delicia sonora que vicia a cada audição, e quando termina, a mente imediatamente força a dar play novamente e o ciclo vicioso segue cada vez mais intenso.

Chorusgirl é simplesmente apaixonante.

***** Interview with Chorusgirl *****

Q. When did Chorusgirl start? Tell us about the history...
I (Silvi) started Chorusgirl on my own as my recording project about 3 years ago. The last band I had been in had just fizzled out and although I had initially wanted to join another band, I couldn’t because my parents fell ill and I spent a lot of time going back and forth between Germany and the UK. So instead of joining another band, I started writing songs at home and polishing my bedroom demos. My friends had just started a recording studio roundabout the same time (the excellent Bear Cave Studio in Cologne) and they invited me over to help me with the recordings. It was there that I first realised that this could be a real project, a band even. Once I had a few songs together, I began recruiting the live band in 2014. We had a line-up change after a few months, and now we have Udo on bass, Mike on drums, and Diogo on lead guitar. We played 30 gigs in a whirlwind of a year and then got signed by Fortuna Pop! after Indietracks Festival this summer, to release our debut album with them on 13th November.

Q: Who are your influences?
The Cure, Lush, the Breeders, Pulp, the Bangles, girl group harmonies, films. I nick and take from a wide variety of influences.

Q. Make a list of the 5 best albums of all time…
1. The Cure - Disintegration
2. Pulp - Intro
3. Kraftwerk - Computer Welt
4. Sparks - Kimono My House
5. Suicide - Suicide

Q. How do you feel about playing live?
I greatly enjoy playing live. It draws me out of my head in the best way possible. The DIY scene in the UK is pretty fresh as well with a lot of great bands; it’s a good time to be in a band there.

Q. How do you describe the Chorusgirl sound?
Deceptively sweet with a dark undercurrent.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
The starting point are my bedroom demos. I lay down the parts and hone them, will then take them to the band, they add and then we record in the studio. There is a lot of attention to detail in the bedroom demos already, and we add further little hooks and details here and there in the studio, so hopefully, listeners will keep having something to discover.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
Wolf Girl, JUNK, Charla Fantasma, Flemmings, Beds in Parks, Grubs, FVC.

Q: Which bands would you love to make a cover version of?
We have just worked out a cover of Ex-Con by Smog, which is one of my favourite songs. We’re normally pretty tight as a live band and this one will be quite loose with a noisy ending. It’ll be really fun to play. I can’t wait.

Q: What are the plans for the future?
Lots of gigs, and we will tour the UK and Europe next year.

Q: Any parting words?
Don’t let anyone tell you that your dreams and nightmares aren’t real!
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