Holograms - The block busters, the interview

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Holograms is certainly one of our favorite crushes of 2012. For those who didn't follow, they are some young folks from the suburbian area of Stockholm expressing themselves through punk music.
It does of course not stop at this, because just after blowing our minds with their first songs (ABC City and Hidden Structure), in the beginning of the past year, we wouldn't have imagined that they could confirmed their talent with a first LP (eponymous), already a classic.
So yes, it brought us back to life and yes they can have at the same time this fire and this freshness of a musical mastery, a direction.
We picture them and this whole youth, going around in circles, locked up in those huge concrete blocks, sometimes as a social maze, or as a weight attached to their foot that keeps them from heading out of the water. Nobody's paying them any attention and that's from where they'll draw their power. If nobody sees them, then they can do what they want, explore what they like without any disturbance of any kind. This is what made Holograms.
It's grey, it's urban, but it changes into colors thanks to some pop touches that cross and melt into their punk rock, krautrock (and many other inspirations) brûlot...

Their album came out last summer on Captured Tracks and they'll be back in France this very month, with a show we're dying for at the Mo'Fo festival, on saturday 26th with many other dream bands (Feeling of Love, Datsuns, etc.).

For the record, we already met them during their first tour in France last May, and logically we went to see them again (last November) for their second show (sold out this time), at L'Espace B. What follows happened just after the show, around a beer and we talked about all and nothing...


“The first show we played was with the Vaccines. And I don’t think anyone came for us… We were like « we’re gonna play another song » and they were like « oh no… » (laughs).”






x I read you like D.A.F (Deutsche Amerikanische Freundschaft) music, could you tell us more about that?

Andreas: For me it was a big influence, in my musical tastes. I started to listen to DAF when I was a teenager (maybe when I was 14 or 15). It’s something about the drive of the music, how they do it, they have like live drums and synthesizers, the sound of it… The synthesizers, the beats, the really simple 2 beats drums, I love that, and the image they have.
But I don’t think it is a big inspiration for us as a band...

x Is it a kind of way you could experiment with Holograms future material?

I don’t think so, but I’m gonna do a synth band with Anton the drummer, who really likes this kind of stuff. He has a band called “I've Become Vapour” which is really good. He’s doing everything by himself. So we’re gonna try to do something like that.
But for Holograms, I don’t know, I don’t think we can do such a big sudden change, but maybe we’re gonna do some more synth drums and we actually bought another synthesizer, a JUNO 60.



x Did you already record new stuff?

Anton: No, not yet but we’re gonna do it as soon as we’re coming back home.
With the same guy as for the LP, he’s like a producer but not … He’s really good … and he has a lot of good ideas. Maybe he will be more motivated because now he knows there is big stake (laughs).

x Your music is surrounded by a lot of symbols (lyrics, titles), what is your though about it?

Ant: It’s a way of approaching to write lyrics. It’s about creating an atmosphere.
And: We never went to university but I’m really interested in a lot of different stuff, I really enjoy that. I read a lot of books and I want to write stuff on thing that interests me, at a personal level and on some things that can evoke emotion. I don’t want to write about generic stuff…
There is the image of Orpheo (greek), ABC city is about the suburbs where I’m living, Monolith is about Le Corbusier, the Swiss architect, I read a lot about him etc.





x Is there a kind of underground scene in Stockholm? I’m thinking about a place like Push My Buttons…

Ant: No, not really.
When we were kids, it’s like we played in different youth centers like when you’re not old enough to go to the bar, you go to some place for young kids. That’s where I started to rehearse and that’s where we played our first kind of shows. There, there is really a kind of scene with a lot of crappy bands (laughs).
And: When I was older, like 18/19 years old, I started to go to Thomas and Lotta from Push My Buttons. That’s where we met, at a show actually. They do like everything there. That one is maybe the only scene you could call underground. They were also the first guys who booked us…

x And concerning music labels?

Ant: There are not really indie labels in Stockholm, in Sweden most of them are in Gothenburg. Like Luxxury and stuff. It’s better than in Stockholm for music. It smells like fish over there (laughs), I’m kidding.
Sincerely Yours is also a really good label. If you really are into the music in Sweden, they released lots of big stuff. Like The Tough Alliance, JJ etc…

x Do you feel that there is some kind of a “new“ Nordic punk scene which is emerging these days?

And: No. They have a scene in Copenhagen; a lot of those guys come from the Posh Isolation comp. But we have nothing like that in Stockholm. We really like, Iceage, Lower but most of us didn’t know about them when we started. Iceage have been playing for a long time. I used to talk with them on myspace like 5 years ago or something, when they’re were like 13 years old (laughs) and then we just met like once…





x Last time we met, it was your first tour. Do you have some kind of foggy/weird story about it?

Ant: We have many from that tour… Well, from France, it was a wet story as our car broke down in Nantes.
And: We bought this car one day before going on tour, like for 1000 euros from this like “swedish farmer”. We got all the way down to Nantes, where it’s just started leaking oil, like crazy; you couldn’t drive for ten meters because all the oil went down/out from the car.
Ant: But I would say the best thing about our time in France was in Nantes, we met a lot of really good people we hanged out with… We played at Le Stakhanov, it was the first show where a lot of people came to see us. We played with the locals “Von Pariahs”, maybe that was the reason (laughs). We were stranded for a couple of days because the car didn’t work out and we were supposed to come to Paris to play here at l’Espace B. So we dropped the car off to a garage and we had to go there by train. Then we went by bus to Amsterdam and came back to Paris again. And the bus ride from Paris to Amsterdam was kind of the scariest moment in my life. The bus driver was fucking crazy! He ran and ran red lights all the time driving like he was a fucking racing car driver. The toilet didn’t work in the bus, it was a fucking mess. My god…Then we came back and we stayed here for like a week, at Charles’ place, it was really nice.
Then when the car was finally repaired, the guy from Von Pariahs drove it here because they have to play in Paris. So we were lucky…
Ant: It was our first tour, I think we lost 3000 euros or something. Since then we’ve been bankrupt… That’s the life of a touring band… (laughs)


x I can’t let you without having a word from you about Zlatan Ibrahimović, he’s favorite Swedish guy in France now. Did you read his biography?

Ant: No I haven’t read it, but actually, I worked at a book warehouse, and I packed that fucking book, I lifted like tons of that book… (laughs)
That’s funny because in France you say Zlatan as we do in Sweden but in Italy they say “Ibra”, this is weird. But I’m not really into football, so we should get Anton, our drummer.

And: I really like Zlatan and the funniest thing about him is a documentary about his old team Malmö FF. And he’s like a teenager, and he is so stupid (laughs).
The funny thing is the dialect from Malmö, and there is one scene where he is in a bus and he’s talking about what he’s gonna do if he’d get some money: “I’m gonna buy a Diablo, a purple Diablo, and the license plate will say “TOYS”, (and he translates in Swedish) it means toy in english” it’s so funny…
And then in another scene he’s sitting in a couch in his mother's place. Well it’s funnier in Swedish but anyways, he’s talking about his mom like “when is mom’s birthday, I don’t really know like, how old is she now? fifty? no I don’t know” then he’s like “how many kids did she have? 8? 5?” (laughs).
He’s such a weird guy, but I like him.


They're playing at festival Mo’Fo on saturday 26 of January (event here) and across France and Europe from mid january. 

- Holograms – S/T – (09/07/2012) Captured Tracks 

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Big thanks to JL, AE, Dylan Gordon (Dirty Snapshots) for the main pic.

Holograms - The block busters, l'interview

©Picture by Dylan Gordon (Dirty Snapshots)

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Holograms c’est assurément l’un de nos coups de coeur 2012. Pour ceux qui n’auraient pas suivi, ces jeunes gens viennent de la banlieue de Stockholm et s'adonnent à la musique punk.
Cela ne s’arrête bien sûr pas là, car après nous avoir soufflé avec leurs premiers titres (ABC City et Hidden Structure), au début de l’année dernière, on ne se serait pas douté qu’ils puissent confirmer avec un 1er LP (éponyme) déjà classique.
Alors oui, ça nous a réveillé, ils ont la fougue, la fraîcheur mais aussi une certaine maîtrise musicale, une direction.
On les sent, eux, comme cette jeunesse, tourner en rond, enfermés dans ces grands blocs de béton, parfois labyrinthe social, parfois boulet au pied qui vous empêche de sortir la tête de l'eau. Personne ne leur prète la moindre attention et c'est de là qu'ils puiseront cette force. Si personne ne les regarde, ils peuvent donc faire ce qu'ils veulent, explorer ce que bon leur semble sans rendre le plus petit compte. C'est donc cela qui donne Holograms.
C’est gris, fulgurant et urbain, et ce gris laisse souvent place à de la couleur grâce à des touches pop qui se croisent et s’entremêlent dans leurs brulôts punkrock, kraut et j’en passe….

Leur album est sorti l’été dernier chez Captured Tracks et ils seront de retour dans toute la France ce mois-ci pour un passage qu’on attend de pied ferme au festival Mo'Fo 2013 (25 au 27 janvier à Mains d'Oeuvres), le samedi 26 avec plein d’autres super groupes (Feeling of Love, Datsuns, etc.).

Pour la petite histoire, on les avait déjà rencontré pendant leur 1ère tournée en France en mai 2012
et on les a logiquement revu en novembre dernier lors de leur 2e tournée et 2e passage (complet cette fois-ci) à l’Espace B.
Ça s’est passé après le concert avec Andreas et Anton (qui chantent et tiennent la basse et la guitare), autour d’une bière et on a parlé de tout et de rien…

« Le 1er concert qu’on a joué pour cette tournée était en 1ère partie des Vaccines… et je pense que personne ne venait pour nous. On disait « On va vous jouer une autre chanson » et le public était là « oh non… » (rires) »








x J’ai lu quelque part que vous appréciez la musique de DAF (Deutsche Amerikanische Freundschaft), vous pouvez en parler?

Andreas: Pour moi c’est une grande influence dans mes goûts musicaux. J’ai commencé à écouter DAF quand j’étais ado, vers 14,15 ans. Il y a ce truc au niveau de la dynamique de leur musique, de comment ils la conduisent. Ils utilisent des synthétiseurs mais de la batterie live, donc le son de tout ça, les synthés, les beats, c’est très basique en 2 temps, j’aime beaucoup ça et aussi la façon dont ils se représentent. Il y a bien sur aussi Kraftwerk qui viennent de Düsseldorf.
Après ce n’est peut-être pas une grosse inspiration pour nous en tant que groupe...

x Est ce que ça peut donner des pistes pour les prochaines chansons d’Holograms au niveau des expérimentations par exemple?

And: Je ne pense pas mais je vais faire un projet “synth band” avec Anton le batteur, qui lui est très branché sur ce genre de choses. Il a déjà son propre projet “I've Become Vapour” qui est vraiment bien et où il fait tout tout seul. Donc on va peut être essayer de faire quelque chose dans le genre.
Mais pour Holograms, je ne sais pas, je ne pense pas qu’on puisse changer autant, mais peut être qu’il y aura plus de synthés différents, pour la batterie par exemple et en fait, on a justement acheté un JUNO 60…




x Vous avez déjà enregistré des nouvelles choses?

Ant : Non, pas encore mais on va le faire dès qu’on rentre à la maison. Avec le même mec que pour notre LP, il est plutôt bon et a de bonnes idées. Peut-être qu’il sera plus motivé car maintenant il sait qu’il y a plus d’enjeu ! (rires)

x On retrouve beaucoup de symboles dans vos chansons (et environnement graphique), c’est voulu ?

Ant: Oui c’est une certaine approche pour les textes. Ça permet de créer une atmosphère.
And: On n’a pas fait de grandes études mais je m’intéresse à plein de choses, en lisant beaucoup par exemple. Mon but est d’écrire sur les choses qui m’intéressent, au niveau personnel mais aussi sur ce qui peut évoquer/ provoquer de l’émotion. Je ne veux pas écrire sur des choses « génériques ».
Il y a par exemple l’image d’Orphée, ABC City parle de la banlieue où l’on vit, Monolith a pour thème Le Corbusier, l’architecte suisse sur qui j’ai beaucoup lu…





x Il y a une scène underground à Stockholm ou pas? Je pense à un lieu comme Push My Buttons ?

Non pas vraiment.
Quand on était gosse, on jouait de la musique dans les centres d’activité pour jeunes en Suède (sorte de MJC), tu fais ça quand tu n’as pas l’âge pour aller dans les bars. C’est en quelque sorte là que tu commences à répéter, à jouer et à faire tes premiers concerts. Là, il y a une sorte de scène musicale avec plein de groupes pourris ! (rires)
Plus vieux (vers 18,19 ans) on a commencé à trainer chez Thomas et Lotta qui tiennent le shop Push My Buttons et organisent des concerts. C’est d’ailleurs à l’un de leurs concerts qu’on s’est rencontré. En fait, s’il y a une scène underground c’est eux qui la font vivre, ils font tout d’ailleurs. Ils sont aussi ceux qui nous ont fait jouer les premières fois…

x Au niveau des labels, c’est pareil?

Ant: Il n’y a pas vraiment de labels indé à Stockholm, ça se passe plutôt à Göteborg, avec des choses comme Luxxury entre autres. C’est plus dynamique là bas qu’à Stockholm d’ailleurs. Ils sentent le poisson là-bas (rires), je plaisante....
Il y a aussi Sincerely Yours, un très bon label, ils ont sorti des bonnes choses comme The Tough Alliance, JJ etc…



x Est-ce que vous sentez une espèce de vague Nordique au niveau de la scène punk, par rapport aux autres groupes qu’on a pu voir émerger récemment?

Non. Ils ont une scène à Copenhague, d’ailleurs pas mal de ces groupes étaient sur la compilation Posh Isolation. Mais on n’a rien de tout ça à Stockholm. On aime beaucoup Iceage et aussi Lower mais la plupart d’entre nous ne connaissaient pas quand on a commencé. Iceage, ça fait un moment qu’ils jouent d’ailleurs, je me souviens que je leur parlais sur myspace il y a, peut être, 5 ans, ils devaient avoir 13 ans (rires)… Et sinon on ne les a rencontré qu’une fois en concert.





x La première fois qu’on s’est rencontré, c’était au moment de votre 1ere tournée qui est réputée pour être la plus galère… vous avez une petite histoire à nous raconter ?

Ant : On en a plein de cette tournée… donc on va dire une histoire qui s’est passée en France, où notre voiture est tombée en panne…
And : On l’avait acheté un jour avant de partir, pour 1000 euros à une espèce de fermier suédois. Elle roulait bien jusqu’à Nantes où elle a commencé à fuir de l’huile de partout. On ne pouvait pas conduire plus de 10 mètre car le moteur se vidait...
Ant : Bon, malgré cette galère on a aussi passé un super moment à Nantes où on a rencontré plein de gens biens avec qui on a pu profiter de l’endroit. On a joué au Stakhanov, et c’était le 1er concert où il y avait un peu de monde pour nous voir. Les locaux « Von Pariahs » jouaient avec nous donc ça explique aussi pourquoi c’était rempli (rires)…
And : La voiture était HS et on devait venir à Paris pour jouer à L’Espace B donc on l’a laissé à un garage et on a pris le train… Après ça il fallait aller à Amsterdam… On a donc pris le bus et c’était franchement l’un des moments de ma vie où j’ai eu le plus peur…. Le chauffeur était complètement dingue, il grillait tous les feux rouges et se prenait pour un pilote. En plus les WC ne fonctionnaient pas, bref c’était un bordel sans nom.
Ant : Ensuite on est revenu à Paris et on est resté quelques jours chez Charles, donc c’était plutôt cool. On a eu de la chance car les Von Pariahs jouaient à Paris et nous ont ramené la voiture….
C’était notre 1ère tournée et je crois qu’on a perdu environs 3000 euros, on est ruiné depuis… C’est la vie… (rires)

x Je ne peux pas éviter le sujet Zlatan qui est le suédois le plus connu en France. Vous avez lu sa biographie ?

Ant: Non je ne l’ai pas lu mais en fait, j’ai travaillé pour un entrepôt de bouquins, et je devais notamment emballer son putain de livre, je crois que j’en ai chargé des tonnes et des tonnes…. (rires)
C’est marrant car en France vous l’appelez Zlatan, comme nous en Suède, alors qu’en Italie par exemple ils disent Ibra… Mais moi je ne suis pas trop le foot, il faudrait plutôt demander à Anton le batteur.

And: Moi j’adore Zlatan. L’un des trucs les plus drôles sur lui est un documentaire sur son ancien club, Malmö FF où on le voit jeune, ado et il est tellement bête… (fou rires).
Il parle avec une espèce de dialecte/accent de Malmö et c’est tellement drôle…
Il y a cette scène où il est dans le bus et il parle de ce qu’il fera quand il gagnera de l’argent : « Je vais acheter une Diablo, Lamborghini, une Diablo violette. Et sur la plaque d’immatriculation, il y aura marqué « TOYS », ça veut dire jouet en anglais »…
A un autre moment, il est allongé dans le canapé chez sa mère. Bon c’est surement plus drôle en suédois mais peu importe… Donc il parle de sa mère avec son frère « C’est quand l’anniversaire de maman ? je ne sais plus, elle a quelle âge maintenant 50, 51 ? ouais je sais pas… elle a donné naissance à combien d’enfants ? 8 ? 5 ? » (rires).
C’est vraiment un mec bizarre parfois, mais je l’aime bien…


En concert au festival Mo’Fo le samedi 26 janvier 2013 (event ici) et dans toute la France à partir du 16/01. 

- Holograms – S/T – (09/07/2012) Captured Tracks 

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Merci à JL, AE, Dylan Gordon (Dirty Snapshots) pour la photo d'illustration

Foggy Girls Club's Merry Best Of 2012

 


x On termine l'année 2012 avec une grosse liste assez illisible mais pleine d’amour de tout ce qu'on a écouté et adoré (il y a surement des oublis, on s'en excuse).
Pas de top car c'est beaucoup trop prise de tête mais une liste d'une centaine d'albums, d'EPs et de singles qu’on vous conseille assurément d’acheter (les yeux fermés) et on remercie chaleureusement tous les artistes, groupes, labels, organisateurs de concerts et le public avisé pour cette magnifique année musicale.
Pour information, on débutera 2013 en passant par la Suède, l’Est de la France et la Californie avec les interviews d’Holograms, Feeling Of Love et White Fence.

En attendant, bonnes fêtes de fin d’année et gardez la foi !


x We’re ending 2012 with a big unreadable list with all that we loved and listened (sorry for the one we forgot).
There is no “top” because it’s impossible to set, but a list of more than a hundred LPs, EPs and singles, that we advise you (without hesitation) to buy.
Thanks to all of the artists, bands, labels, bookers and happy audience for this wonderful musical year.
For your information we’ll begin 2013 around Sweden, Eastern France and California with Holograms, Feeling Of Love and White Fence's interviews.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and keep the faith!


 

Bare Wires // Idle Dreams  // Southpaw Records // http://www.southpaw-records.com/

Bazooka // I Want To Fuck All The Girls In My School EP // Slovenly Records // http://www.slovenly.com/

Beat Mark // Two Bit Dezperados // Split // Shit Music For Shit People / Way Out There Records // http://www.shitmusicforshitpeople.com / http://www.facebook.com/wayoutthererecords

Bitch Prefect // Big Time // Bed Room Suck Records // http://bedroomsuckrecords.com/

Black Bug // Reflecting The Light  // Eighteen Records  // http://www.eighteenrecords.com/

Blasted Canyons // 2nd Place // Castle Face Records  // http://www.castlefacerecords.com/

Blissed Out Fatalists // Blissed Out Fatalists (reissue) // Body Double // http://www.bodydoubleltd.com/releases.html

Brothers in Law // Gray Days EP // We were never being boring // http://www.wwnbb.net/store/

Can // The Lost Tapes Box Set // Mute // http://mute.com

Cheap Time // Wallpaper Music // In The Red Records // http://www.intheredrecords.com/

Cheval Sombre // Mad Love // Sonic Cathedral           // http://www.soniccathedral.co.uk/

Chris Cohen // Overgrown Path // Captured Tracks // http://capturedtracks.com/

Cleaners From From Venus //  Reissues // Captured Tracks // http://capturedtracks.com/

Clinic // Free Reign // Domino // http://www.dominorecordco.com

Craft Spells // Gallery // Captured Tracks // http://capturedtracks.com/

Crash normal // Your Body Got a Land' // Born Bad Records // http://www.bornbadrecords.net/

Crocodiles // Endless Flowers // French Kiss Records // http://www.frenchkissrecords.com/

Crusaders of Love // Take It Easy! But Take It! // FDH Records // http://www.fdhmusic.com/

Dead Mellotron // Glitter // Sonic Cathedral // http://www.soniccathedral.co.uk/

Destination Lonely // Kiss or Kicks // Les Disques Steak // http://lesdisquessteak.bandcamp.com/

Dexys // One Day I'm Going to Soar // Major

Dick Diver // Alice EP // Chapter Music // http://www.chaptermusic.com.au/

Die Jungen // At Breath's End // Lebensstrasse Records // http://lebensstrasse.bigcartel.com/

Dignan Porch // Nothing Bad Will Ever Happen // Captured Tracks // http://capturedtracks.com/

DIIV // Oshin // Captured Tracks // http://capturedtracks.com/

Dreamscape // La-Di-Da Recordings // Kranky // http://www.kranky.net/

Dum Dum Girls // End of Daze // Sub Pop // http://www.subpop.com/

Each Other // Heavily Spaced // Self released // http://eachotherssongs.bandcamp.com/album/heavily-spaced

Featureless Ghost // Personality Matrix LP // Night People //    http://www.raccoo-oo-oon.org/np/index.html

Foxygen // Take The Kids Off Broadway // Jagjaguwar // http://www.jagjaguwar.com/

Gap Dream // Gap Dream  // Burger Records // http://www.burgerrecords.org/

Girls Names / Weird Dreams // A Troubled See / House of Secrets // Slumberland Records // http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/

Grizzly Bear // Shields // Warp // http://warp.net/

Halasan Bazar // How To Be Ever Happy // Moon Glyph // http://moonglyph.com/

Half Church // Half Church 1980-1986 // Body Double Ltd // http://www.bodydoubleltd.com/releases.html

Happy Jawbone Family Band // ST  // Night People // http://www.raccoo-oo-oon.org/np/index.html

Hellshovel // Hated by the Sun // Slovenly Records // http://www.slovenly.com/

Henry the Rabbit // Year of the Rabbit // Self released // http://soundcloud.com/henrytherabbit

Hhappiness // Banana 7" // Almost Musique // http://www.almost-musique.com/

Holograms // Holograms // Captured Tracks // http://capturedtracks.com/

Home Blitz // Frozen Track  // Mexican Summer // http://www.mexicansummer.com/shop/home-blitz-frozen-track/

House of Love // House of Love (Deluxe Edition) (Reissue) // Cherry Red Records // http://www.cherryred.co.uk/

Innergaze // Mutual Dreaming // Minimal Wave // http://minimalwave.com/

JC Satan // Faraway Land // Teenage Menopause // http://teenagemenopause.bandcamp.com/album/faraway-land

Jessica Bailiff // At the Down-Turned Jagged Rim of the Sky // Kranky // http://www.kranky.net/

Jessica Pratt // Jessica Pratt // Birth Records // http://birthrcrds.com/

Kendrick Lamar // good kid, m.A.A.d city // Aftermath

King Tuff // King Tuff // Sub Pop // http://www.subpop.com/

Klub Des Loosers // La Fin De L'espèce   // Disques du Manoir // http://www.klubdesloosers.com

Lantern // Dream Mine // Bathetic Records // http://batheticrecords.com/

Lantern // Burned Youth // Night People // http://www.raccoo-oo-oon.org/np/index.html

Lee Hazlewood // A House Safe For Tigers Soundtrack // Light in the Attic // http://lightintheattic.net/releases/739-a-house-safe-for-tigers

Lee Hazlewood // The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes & Backsides (1968-71) // Light in the Attic            http://lightintheattic.net

Lonely Walk // Lovergeist // Self released // http://monsieurcranethelonelywalk.bandcamp.com/album/animal-blood-spell

Lotus Plaza // Spooky Action at a Distance // Kranky // http://www.kranky.net/

Lower // Walk On Heads // Escho // http://escho.net/

Mac DeMarco // 2 // Captured Tracks // http://capturedtracks.com/

Magic Trick // Ruler of the Night // Harldy Art // http://hardlyart.com/

Medicine // Reissues // Captured Tracks // http://capturedtracks.com/

Mind Spiders // Meltdown // Dirtnap Records // http://www.dirtnaprecs.com/

Moonbell // S/T // Loglady Records // http://theloglady.com/

Naomi Punk // The Feeling // Captured Tracks // http://capturedtracks.com/

New Candys // Stars Reach The Abyss // Self released // http://newcandys.bandcamp.com/album/stars-reach-the-abyss

Peak Twins / Scott & Charlene's Wedding // Split // Night People / Bed Room Suck // http://www.raccoo-oo-oon.org/np/index.html

Peaking Lights // Lucifer // Mexican Summer // http://www.mexicansummer.com/

Pop Singles // All Gone // Night People // http://www.raccoo-oo-oon.org/np/index.html

R Steevie Moore // Lo Fi Hi Fives. A Kind Of Best Of // O Genesis // http://www.ogenesisrecordings.com/

Radar Eye // S/T LP // Hozac Records //

Rayon Beach // This Looks Serious // Hozac Records // http://hozacrecords.com/

Royal Baths // Better Luck Next Life // Kanine Records // http://kaninerecords.com/

Royal Trux // Accelerator (reissue) // Drag City // http://www.dragcity.com/

Second H. Sam //  7"  // Shit Music For Shit People // http://www.shitmusicforshitpeople.com

Shimmering Stars // Ghosts Past EP // Almost Musique // http://www.almost-musique.com/

Sic Alps // Sic Alps // Drag City // http://www.dragcity.com/

Slim Twig // A Hound At The Hem   // Self released // http://www.slim-twig.com/

Sonny & The Sunsets // Longtime Companion // Polyvinyl // http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/

Strange Hands // S/T // Shit Music For Shit People // http://www.shitmusicforshitpeople.com

Sundaze // Snow Falling (EP) // Self released // http://sundaze.bandcamp.com

Tamaryn // Tender New Signs // Mexican Summer // http://www.mexicansummer.com

Tame Impala // Lonerism // Modular // http://www.modularpeople.com/

The Band in Heaven // HoZac 7" // Hozac Records // http://hozacrecords.com/

The Box // 7 " // Plastic Spoon Records // http://plasticspoonsrecords.bigcartel.com/

The Brian Jonestown Massacre // Aufheben // A Records // http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com/

The Durutti Column     // Short Stories for Pauline            // ? //

The Feeling Of Love // La Peur est une Illusion    // Les Disques de la Face Cachée / CAPTCHA Records         // http://www.hbsp-2x.com // http://www.la-face-cachee.com/

The Feeling Of Love & Ty Segall //  Split 7'' // Permanent Records // http://www.permanentrecordschicago.com/news.php

The Fresh & Onlys // Long Slow Dance // Mexican Summer // http://www.mexicansummer.com

The KVB // Always Then // Clan Destine Records // http://thekvb.bandcamp.com/album/always-then

The Limiñanas // Crystal Anis // Hozac Records // http://hozacrecords.com/

The Mallard // Yes On Blood // Castle Face Records // http://www.castlefacerecords.com/

The People's Temple // Looter's Game // Hozac Records // http://hozacrecords.com/

The Raveonettes // Observator // Vice Records

The Soft Moon // Zeros // Captured Tracks // http://capturedtracks.com/

The Sufis // The Sufis // Ample Play // http://ampleplay.tumblr.com/

The UV Race // Racism // In The Red Records    // http://www.intheredrecords.com/

The Velvet Underground & Nico // The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th Anniversary (Reissue) // Major

Thee Oh Sees // Putrifiers II // In The Red Records // http://www.intheredrecords.com/

Thieves Like Us // Bleed Bleed Bleed // Captured Tracks // http://capturedtracks.com/

Thulebasen // Forever Grinings 12" // Tambourhinoceros // http://tambourhinoceros.net/

Tim Burgess // Oh No I Love You // O Genesis // http://www.ogenesisrecordings.com/

Total Control // Scene from a Marriage // Sub Pop // http://www.subpop.com/

TOY // Toy // Heavenly Recordings // http://heavenlyrecordings.com/artists/toy/

Twerps // Work It Out 7" // Underwater Peoples / Chapter Music // http://underwaterpeoples.com / http://www.chaptermusic.com.au/

Ty Segall // Twins // Drag City // http://www.dragcity.com/

Ty Segall & White Fence // Hair // Drag City // http://www.dragcity.com/

Ty Segall Band // Slaughterhouse // In The Red Records // http://www.intheredrecords.com/

Useless Eaters // C'est Bon! // Southpaw Records // http://www.southpaw-records.com/

VA Burger Records // The Kitty Comp // Burger Records // http://www.burgerrecords.org/

VA Castle Face Records // The Velvet Underground & Nico by Castle Face and Friends // Castle Face Records // http://www.castlefacerecords.com/

VA Factory Records  // FACTORY Dance 02 // Strut Records // http://www.strut-records.com

VA La Rennes Garage // La Rennes Garage // Open Art Surgery // http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Art-Surgery/315985299093

VA LTM#1 (Le Turc Mécanique) // Le Turc Mécanique Cassette // Le Turc Mécanique // http://www.leturcmecanique.org/

Vermillion Sands // 7" // Shit Music For Shit People // http://www.shitmusicforshitpeople.com

Volage // MADDIE E.P // Self released // http://volage.bandcamp.com/album/maddie-e-p

War // At War For Youth // Sacred Bones Records // http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/

White Fence // Family Perfume vol. 1 // Woodsist // http://www.woodsist.com/

White Fence // Family Perfume Vol. 2 // Woodsist // http://www.woodsist.com/

Woollen Kits // Four Girls // RIP Society / Trouble In Mind Records // http://troubleinmindrecs.com / http://ripsocietyrecords.tumblr.com/

Wymond Miles // Under the Pale Moon // Sacred Bones Records // http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/

Younolovebunny // Happy Nation II cassette // Almost Musique // http://www.almost-musique.com/

 



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Holograms en concert à Paris 29/05/2012 – Espace B

Le mois de mai est riche en concerts mais celui-ci n’est à rater sous aucun prétexte !
Après avoir écumé les sous-sols de Stockholm, Holograms va jouer pour la première fois à Paris à l’occasion de leur première tournée européenne.

Héritiers directs d’un punk rock suédois culte et trop rare comme The Manikins et The Locomotions (entre autres), ces gamins se sont affirmés fraichement et brutalement sur des brûlots ravageurs qui sont déjà des hymnes. Ils ont sorti leur premier 7’’ il y a peu et leur album est prévu pour le 10 juillet prochain chez le meilleur label actuel, Captured Tracks, que de belles choses en perspective ! A écouter sur notre dernière sélection musicale et ci-dessous. A noter que les parisiens Towers joueront aussi ce soir là.

Ça se passe à L’Espace B, 16 rue Barbanègre dans le 19e, M° Corentin Cariou / Ourcq
Le 29 mai 2012 / 20h30 / 8 euros (préventes digitick ici)


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x _ Holograms _ABC City

It has been a while now that Stockholm has been waiting and Holograms are finally here. Mike Sniper should not have hesitated to sign this young and fresh proto punk band on his label Captured Tracks. This is a great start for them as this collaboration could only result in good vibes. These young fellas are preparing their first LP which will be, according to their label, one of the big things of this year. We’re not doubtful to this forecast as ABC City is such a hymn. While waiting, you can get their first 7’’ with the brilliant B side Hidden Structure.



x_ Pow Wows _ Killing Me

We have some good news from Pow Wows , a new 7’’ Killing Me on Get Hip Recordings, and another good news: these guys are still great!



x_ The Limiñanas _ Tu es à moi (Come Now)

“No man is a prophet in his own country”, The Liminanas are a good example of the fact that the true rock and roll wealth from France is outrageously ignored. They come from Perpignan and play a pure garage rock with an obvious French charm. American labels such as Hozac and Trouble in Mind (between others) weren’t wrong in releasing their songs. It’s for the Record Store Day that Trouble In Mind released a brilliant “Cover Split” with Mikal Cronin, Paperheads, Apache Dropout and our frenchies who are, with all their elegance, covering « Come Now » from The Troggs…



x_ Radar Eyes _ I am

Radar Eyes are Shelley, Anthony, Lucas and Russ from Chicago. They released their first LP (which is amazing) on last February via Hozac Records and on the label webpage it says that they’re making « modern noise pop ». To be metaphorical, their music is a beachcomber smashing everything around and we love it.




x_ Blasted Canyons _ Holy Geometry

A new song and a hit from the Californians Blasted Canyons. They just released a new EP « 2nd Place », still with Castle Face Records. It is excellent and beautiful.



x_ Thulebasen _ Forever Grinning

These Scandinavian people… We have already talked about Copenhagen and Iceage, now let’s talk about Thulebasen. There is nothing to compare, musically speaking, but they crossed each other’s ways on the great Danish labels Escho and Tambourhinoceros. Their rock music is experimental and becomes completely addictive. They released their new EP Forever Grinning (available here on Tambourhinoceros), and it also contains a couple of remixes, one of them by our Swedish friends Hhappiness. To be continued…


x_ Moonbell _ Nothing Less

Moonbell Their 1st LP (S/T) was released on Loglady Records (from Twin Peaks of course…) and is a great discovery. We can dig into it and find an obvious connection to our heroes My Bloody Valentine and Ride (between others) but these Californians take up the torch with tremendous skills and a truly new edge while so many try, and fail, at this. Voices of Lisa Dawn Colvin (keyboards) and Garen Igleby (guitars) get tangled up while moving up to the 7th heaven, a melodic and powerful layer surrounded by the robotic and hypnotic drums from David Paslay.



x_ Permanent Collection _ It's Alright

Permanent Collection Moonbell (encore Loglady Records), they’re not making the same kind of music but they as well are from San Francisco. This was originally the solo project of Jason Hendardy with the first and bright EP 12’’ Delirium (2011). He then decided to form a band with Megan Dabkowski, Brenden Nerfa and Mike Stillman and this collaboration became fruitful as they soon will be releasing a new album « Newly Wed Nearly Dead » in which we find the fabulous song All Right. We’re looking forward to it !




x_ Hellshovel _ Summer's Over

Hell Shovel is Demon’s Claw’s Jeff Clark other band. After having toured everywhere in the world to play his joyful rock and roll, they’re real soon going to release their new LP « Hated By The Sun » on the wonderful label Slovenly Recording. The title of the song « Summer’s Over » is not really going along with the season but it shows perfectly how great the LP is. For all the parisian people, you’ll have to make place in your agenda for Hellshovel’s gig the 31th of May at La Mécanique Ondulatoire with War Toy Machine (via Inch Allah Records). Demon’s Claw are also playing at La Méca the 8th of May with Sic Alps. Busy schedule in may…


 
x_ Bazooka _ Monkey Town

Greeks and high powered garage, still thanks to Slovenly Recording (encore)(thanks for all of these releases guys !). Bazooka have the perfect name for their music and they just released an amazing EP, which also has a good title « I Want To Fuck All The Girls In My School » which is available on the label’s website. They’re soon playing in Paris, the 9th of May with Gay Anniversary still at La Mécanique Ondulatoire and still with Inch Allah Records.




x_ Actual Water _ Pencil-Legged

Actual Water is a great band from Toronto. Sharp guitars, innate melodies, we’ll meet all of these qualities on their albums and EPs. It’s kind of difficult to find some information about them so the best thing to do is to get their brilliant songs on their bandcamp here.
By the way, the last album is called The Paisley Orchard and is brilliant.



x _ Vermillion Sands _A Sweet Bitter Winter

Vermillion Sands are Italians. They have released plenty of things on several of the best labels around the world : Rijapov , Fat Possum, Sacred Bones, Alien Snatch !, Hell!yes , Trouble In Mind...
Today, they’re coming back on the excellent italian/portuguese Shit Music For Shit People who released the 7’’ Summer Melody. Here you’ll find 2 great songs that would have set perfectly with Billy Childish and his Headcoatees stuffs… Available here .
They’re currently preparing the release of their 2nd LP.




x _ Allah-Las _Sacred Sands

Allah-Las sounds as californian as we french imagine it: sun, sea, surf etc. This beautiful instrumental song is available on their new EP « Tell Me (What's On Your Mind) – EP » which was released a couple of weeks ago on the label Innovative Leisure. Here we can also find some of their great, older songs.



x _ Tonstartssbandht _Shot To La Parc

A weird name for a crazy music, it’s kind of like that with Tonstartssbandht. We discovered the two brothers Edwin Mathis and Andy White on the excellent mixtape Expressway and they recently released their first LP (Arbutus Records). For some extra information, they’re originally from Florida but they are now living between Montréal and Brooklyn. They will play the 18th of may at L’Espace B !



x _ Lotus Plaza _Strangers

Lockett Pundt is Lotus Plaza but is also known as Deerhunter’s guitarist and singer along with Bradford Cox (who took the picture above). The numerous and excellent projects of M. Cox could have outshone his bandmate but if you dig a little bit you can understand the importance and influence of each one in the american quartet. This can be experienced in Lotus Plaza’s magnificent album « Spooky Action At A Distance »(Kranky). His 1st one « The Floodlight Collective » was already amazing and we hope that he’ll soon come and play in France.



x _ The Fresh & Onlys _Do What I Came To Do

Tim Cohen’s Team is back with a new song which is devilishly good. Apparently it won’t be on the next record but it’s from their recent recording sessions. You can also notice that Fresh & Onlys’ , guitarist, Wymond Miles, released a couple of weeks ago a very nice EP, Earth Has Doors on Sacred Bones Records and he is preparing his first LP. A lot of things are going on in San Francisco. Anyway, it would be nice if Fresh & Onlys would come and play here soon, come on Tim !



x _ Ty Segall & White Fence _I Am Not A Game

At last, they did it !, Ty Segall and Tim Presley (White Fence) teamed up for their new album ! What else can you ask for… It’s called « Hair » ( Dragcity) and it’s a sick psychedelic punk joint on which they perfectly complete each other. I’m not a game sets the bar high and you can check it out live here.
This year only, Ty is to release 3 albums, one by himself, one with his band (Emily Epstein, Charlie Mootheart and Mikal Cronin) and so, one with White Fence. Same game for Tim Presley with his two volumes Family Perfume (one which has already been released and the other which is announced for the 15th of May thanks to Woodsist). 5 albums in total for the two of them in 2012 and all at the same quality, hats off to you gentlemen ! I tried to count their whole production but it’s obscene (40 for Ty alone !). Those guys are profoundly marking our generation. Now we can only hope that they’ll tour together around here, as they do at home.



x _ Mikal Cronin _Situation (Violitionist Sessions)

We don’t have to introduce Mikal Cronin. He is currently touring with his band, with Ty Segall in charge of the guitar, and with Ty Segall’s own band , where he’s responsible for the bass. Apparently, Mikal would come by France in June while Ty is announced for July. For now, there is no clear information and they are NOT announced for any show together except for a little festival in Brittany in august. Dear festival managers, you can’t miss these guys! It’s musical discrimination when considering the sad lineups of some festivals.
Situation is extracted from the first Mikal Cronin’s album S/T, from Trouble In Mind Records and an acoustic version has been recorded for the Violitionist Sessions. You can watch it here and also some other songs.



x _ Second H. Sam _Mama Was Right

Another nice release at Shit Music For Shit People, Second H.Sam is the solo project of Samuele Gottardello who seems to be Italian. His first eponym EP is taking us into a lo-fi fresh and touching blues. It makes us think of a kind of modern Johnny Cash. Thank you Shit Music For Shit People and you can get this new EP right here.






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thanks to A and JL