Tour stories from San Francisco based indie-pop group Loquat sound a lot more like a haphazard family vacation with a tight budget than a trip to perform in cities around the U.S. [...]
Typing to their own beat
Dec. 2, 2008 1 Comment
While other music groups may opt for little-known folk instruments or vintage Baroque violins, the Boston Typewriter Orchestra (BTO) adds a distinctive flavor to the colorful Boston soundscape with the use of manual typewriters and vocal talent. According to executive typist Derrik Abertelli, the group’s endeavors are “partly musical and partly theatrical”. Influenced by artists [...]
The Presets tear up the dancefloor
Nov. 3, 2008 Leave a Comment
Australian electronic duo The Presets deliver one clear message on their aptly-titled latest album, “Apocalypso” — It may be doomsday, but at least people are dancing. The sophomore effort from Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes, released earlier this year, was partially recorded in Berlin and has a distinctly Euro feel, with a dark, Depeche Mode-inspired [...]
Uh Huh Her: Opposites Attract
Aug. 1, 2008 5 Comments
NEW YORK — It’s an unusually chilly afternoon when I interview Camila Grey and Leisha Hailey, collectively known as electro-pop duo Uh Huh Her, in the lounge of their midtown Manhattan hotel. Since there’s no driving or playing on the schedule, their tour manager explains, it’s the first true “day off” the ladies have had in weeks. But you’d never know it. [...]
Chad Perrone, music after Averi
June 8, 2008 2 Comments
It’s not easy to talk about Chad Perrone without recalling his seven-year membership in one of Boston’s favorite unsigned bands, Averi. Nor is it right to overlook his dramatic exit that shocked both Perrone and Averi fans alike. Three years later, no one is really sure as to the real cause behind the lineup change. [...]
Party of Five: Indie rockers Eisley keep it all in the Family
May 1, 2008 3 Comments
One might assume that the members of indie quintet Eisley are given a hero’s welcome when they return to their suburban hometown of Tyler, Texas between touring. After all, the group (four siblings and their cousin) has toured with the likes of Coldplay and Snow Patrol, earned critical acclaim for their sophomore effort, last year’s “Combinations,” and had a song from the record featured on MTV juggernaut “The Hills” – all while most of them were still in or barely out of their teens.
Well, not so much, according to singer/guitarist Sherri DuPree, who chatted with Blast from a recent tour stop in Hoboken, N.J. [...]
Great Northern
April 1, 2008 1 Comment
Rachel Stolte, one third of L.A.-based trio Great Northern, has no misgivings about her band “selling out” or losing their proverbial “indie cred.” On the contrary, Stolte displays a refreshing enthusiasm as she speaks excitedly about the fact that her band’s song “Home,” off of their debut album Trading Twilight for Daylight, was featured in [...]
Q&A with The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner
April 1, 2008 1 Comment
Even though Sune Rose Wagner has hundreds of finished and unfinished songs "lying around" his home studio in New York’s East Village, the prolific songwriter — one half of Danish duo The Raveonettes — finds it impossible to compose on the road. ("There’s people all over," he laments.) Wagner, along with bandmate Sharin Foo and [...]
Kaki King’s dream world
April 1, 2008 1 Comment
Some people may find the sight of diminutive songwriter Kaki King lugging around a guitar case a bit incongruous. And unfortunately, they’re often not shy about pointing it out. “I walk through the airport with a guitar case … and like half the time, swear to God, some douchebag’ll be going, ‘Oh, you gonna play [...]
The diva of the violin
March 3, 2008 1 Comment
Ditching a tenured seat in the Houston Symphony to pursue a dream as a recording artist terrified Christine Wu. But on the cusp of 30, she knew it was the only way to go. “All or nothing,” Wu said in a recent interview. “And it scares the crap out of me, probably almost every day.” [...]
Sister Sister: Tegan and Sara
Dec. 3, 2007 12 Comments
Sara Quin wouldn’t want to date herself … or any other musician, for that matter.
The Fire and Reason
April 1, 2007 2 Comments
Bella Saona is a self-proclaimed Mozart fanatic. "His music is so happy and then dark: suddenly you’re in another world. That’s what I love about Mozart," she said. "He’ll bring you to two worlds at once." Saona compared the legendary composer’s work to the music she crafts with her band, The Fire and Reason: they [...]
