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Remember last week when I blatantly promoted Camera’s show at the Empty Bottle? No? Well, screw you because the show rocked and, and if you’d heeded certain advice you’d be agreeing w/ me right now before scrambling to mark their next show on your calendar (that is, August 23 at the Bottom Lounge on Lake St.). Meanwhile, you can download their worthy EP Fire & Science, wait until the LP comes out next year, or just read on and see what Joe, David & Ryan think about things. 5 things, to be exact:
1. when historians listen to your most recent CD 1000 years from now, what will they say?
“Bzz nrt blnkt blnkt” That’s robot for satisfactory.
2. if you could play a show with any band/musician living or dead, who would you pick and why?
Roxy Music so I wouldn’t have to pay for a ticket to see them, and um, they are awesome.
3. what is the strangest band-related dream (one of) you have had?
I had a dream that I was asked to play guitar for the Verve and the guitar itself kept falling out of tune while I was on stage. How embarrassing!
4. what do your fans look like?
Attractive youngsters and our parents.
5. what bullshit do you run into at most every show that makes you think “man, this bullshit again?””
Door cost at a show: $10. We bring in: 100 people. We get paid: $60.
bonus question: does the band have a favorite drink of choice?
Joe likes Vitamin Water, David likes uncaffeinated tea, and Ryan drinks synthetic
i have spent much of the last few months mildly obsessing, as i tend to do, over beaks to the moon, the new album by nyc 5 piece band the shivers. it’s an eclectic, lonely album, always surprising and impossible to categorize. that being said, i’d categorize it as…hmm…slightly jazzy yet sparse folk music with a deliciously twangy center. because dammit, i like categories.
but regardless which of the many ways one chooses to describe beaks, it’s a treasure. not many bands are doing anything quite like this, it’s wry and mournful at the same time and even gets almost reggae-esque with the peppier “mr officer.” my favourite track is “lonely road” though, slightly reminiscent of beck at his most depressed. they make all kinds of odd sounds and samples work in the songs too…lots of piano, birds, an ice cream truck (?), and without even being annoying or pretentious about it. it all just works melodiously without being too obvious, if you know what i mean.
anyway, i called upon them to answer superstarcastic’s (in)famous 5 questions, and Keith and Jo of the shivers were kind enough to humor me. they also have a myspace page, so you can lend an ear and thank me later for hooking you up.
1. when historians listen to your most recent CD 1000 years from now, what will they say?
Why am I a historian, not a musician?
2. if you could play a show with any band/musician living or dead, who would you pick and why?
Keith: I would probably have to say Oval. Because his music inspires me.
Jo: I would say Ovaltine.
3. what is the strangest band-related dream (one of) you have had?
Jo: i dreamt evan was a pizza.
4. what do your fans look like?
Keith: we appeal to the transgender vertically challenged community.
5. what bullshit do you run into at most every show that makes you think “man, this bullshit again?”"
apathy.
bonus question: i’m not sending you the bonus question because it was used too much the first time around - make up your own.
why?
why not.
i used to feel really sorry for athens, georgia’s band now it’s overhead because i am a punctuation geek and people are stupid and kept leaving that apostrophe out, which changes the whole meaning, people…geez! but anyway, back when i was in my saddle creek phase, this was my favourite band of the lot, and i still quite enjoy their albums, especially their first self titled endeavor. and andy lemaster himself was kind enough to answer our five questions - check ‘em out and then go to their myspace to check out the tunes.
ps. best answer to question 2 EVAR.
1. when historians listen to your most recent CD 1000 years from now, what will they say?
“Good thing the World Court passed the law of 2286 that made mandatory the bio-engineering of melancholy out of the human genome .”
2. if you could play a show with any band/musician living or dead, who would you pick and why?
Paris Hilton and I’d choose dead.
3. what is the strangest band-related dream (one of) you have had?
No one in our band is actually related, but it’s a dream of mine to marry a band-mate one day. I’d choose Curtis.
4. what do your fans look like?
Angels of mercy.
5. what bullshit do you run into at most every show that makes you think “man, this bullshit again?”"
Sodomy laws.
bonus question: why won’t you forget to tip your bartender?
Karmic blackmail.
Portland’s New Bloods are amazing. Drums, bass, and violin in tow, they rock out riot-grrl/dance-party style. Their first full-length album, “The Secret Life” is coming out on Kill Rock Stars this Tuesday. They’re playing a label showcase with Panther and Horse Feathers of which I will be in attendance before heading out on a tour of the mid-west, east coast, and then Europe.
Bass player Cassia, my coworker and good friend (yes, we rep for our friends around here. big deal.) has taken time out from working, rehearsing, and planning a three month tour and answered The Five Questions.
1. when historians listen to your most recent CD 1000 years from now,what will they say?
>>>Well, I honestly am not so sure there will be anyone living on earth in 1000 years, let alone copies of our album still in existence, due to the great catastrophes that are only bound to occur…but, I guess if that were to happen, that they’d say, “What is this beautiful noise? We must find these ladies graves and resurrect them from the dead with our crazy technology so they can play for us in the future.”
2. if you could play a show with any band/musician living or dead, who would you pick and why?
>>>I think we would pick either Sun Ra or Fela Kuti. Everything about their performance, the music, the dancing, the energy, would just be amazing to see and be a part of.
3. what is the strangest band-related dream (one of) you have had?
>>>For me, I think it’s like dreaming about work. You just dream about the things you actually do during the day. So, when I dream about New Bloods, it’s us sitting in the car, driving for hours, farting, smoking weed and making jokes.
4. what do your fans look like?
>>>Like wonderful people. They all have special light in their eyes and are the kindest, sweetest, most loving. These are emotional people we’re talking about. Their eyes get moist.
5. what bullshit do you run into at most every show that makes you think “man, this bullshit again?”
>>>Well, loading, unloading, loading and unloading is always a pain. And, we are always losing or breaking equipment. On our last tour, during our first two shows, someone broke the tambourine so then we were out one for the rest of the tour. It’s cool though.
The Offering blipped onto my radar sometime in mid-2007, and I haven’t taken my eyes off the band since. Their self-titled EP, released by the exceptional Safranin Sound record label, was on my “Best of 2007″ list, which means a hell of a lot to me, and it should to you, too. Because my list was the only actually correct one made.
Just kidding, kids. Well, kind of. My point is, you should be listening to The Offering right now.
The band will be releasing a full length sometime in May on Safranin Sound. It will be “…the most adventurous, risky record we’ve done yet, all but abandoning our pop roots for a little more rock n roll inspired experimentation and psychedelia.” Sounds like it’s going to be awesome.
Charles of The Offering was kind enough to subject himself to our 5 Questions routine, and if you keep moving your eyes in a downward direction, you can read his answers.
1. When historians listen to your most recent album 1000 years from now, what will they say?
1000 years from now global warming, terrorism, the war to fight terrorism, the destruction of civil liberties, the total annihilation of music as art, and many other historical and sociological factors will have led to one of two things: 1. we’ll all be dead, or 2. music will no longer exist, or will be controlled as if in some sort of strange vonnegutian existence. Pitchfork Media will offer online degrees in music theory, and their writers will be considered the authority on all things music. They will probably still not know who the fuck we are.
2. if you could play a show with any band/musician living or dead, who would you pick and why?
There are so many to choose from. Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd, Ian Curtis, Kurt Cobain, the Velvet Underground, the Zombies, Can, the Doors, Black Sabbath in the good years. All of the above? Shit, actually I’ve got it. The Four Seasons just after Genuine Imitation Life was put out. Fucking phenomenal.
3. What is the strangest band-related dream (one of) you have had?
I dreamt that my brother, who passed last year, came to see me at my mother’s house. He had blisters on his hands and dirt on his body. He was tired and gaunt looking but still healthier than he looked near the end of his life. He was eating gummy worms with a spoon out of a cereal bowl. He told me that he was tired. I asked him why. He said it was because “they have us digging holes”.
4. What do your fans look like?
Parasites.
5. What bullshit do you run into at most every show that makes you think “man, this bullshit again?”
We don’t generally run into much bullshit because we don’t care enough to really get involved but recently a show we played in philadelphia turned out to be a pretty miserable experience involving a certain band and their now apparent hatred for us not only as musicians but as people. I’m going to leave it at that as this is already a pretty severe beating on a very dead horse.
For those who don’t know, Au Revoir Simone have been there for me in so many ways: when I cried during “Grey’s Anatomy,” when I didn’t know who was going to sing the girl part during “Young Folks” at the Peter Bjorn & John show at The Empty Bottle, and when I discovered I enjoyed dancing naked in front of my mirror to the soothing sounds that only the keyboard can make. This Brooklyn electro trio knocked socks and hippie halter tops off with their debut album, Verses of Comfort, Assurance & Salvation.
This past March, Au Revoir Simone released their sophomore album, The Bird of Music, and to celebrate my favorite electronic female threesome (no frat boy fantasies, thank you) Au Revoir Simone was kind enough to answer Superstarcastic’s dreaded Five Questions… Of FIRE! (Editor’s note: There is no fire, nor are the questions dreaded, but our writers do tend to be adjective-heavy.) On with the questions!
1. When historians listen to your CD 1000 years from now, what will they say?
Annie: Whoa! I can’t believe people used round pieces of plastic to put music on!
Erika: Keyboard revival!
Heather: Where are the guitars?
2. If you could play a show w/ any band/musician living or dead, whom would you pick and why?
Annie: ABBA, because I want to be them.
Erika: ELO, because they are geniuses.
Heather: Bjork, because she’s basically, well, god. Read more »
