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Sunday, 26 March 2017

Rubblebucket - If U C My Enemies




1. Who are Rubblebucket?

Rubblebucket are an indie dance band, with brass, from Brooklyn, New York. They have been lighting it up since 2007 and have four albums on their roll of honor. If U C My Enemies (Nov’16) is the lead single from the E.P. of the same name If U C My Enemies (Jan’17).


2.What is If U C My Enemies like? 

If U C My Enemies has a mellow brass intro but the tune doesn't take long to hit peak party. The chorus is an ass-shaker and the sentiment is make love not war. 


3. Who do Rubblebucket sound like? 

Ra Ra Riot, Bishop Allen, and MisterWives.


4. What have the press said about If U C My Enemies? 

“Fun, flamboyant sound” – The Wild Honey Pie.

“Boisterous, feel-good music” – The Revue.

“Fun, bubbly, funky, horn-filled” – Surviving The Golden Age.




5. Which bands inspired Rubblebucket?

Their main influences are Talking Heads, The Flaming Lips, Bjork, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. 


6. Why should I give If U C My Enemies a listen?

Because you love the rhythm. 


7. What are Rubblebucket's best songs? 

My Life and Carousel Ride. 


8. Any more words? 

Jog on.

“If you see my enemies, tell them I stand corrected”






Bishop Allen are an indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York. They started playing in 2003 and have recorded four albums. Bishop Allen are influenced by Tom Waits and The Kinks. Start Again was the lead single from their fourth album Lights Out (2014). Start Again is a bubbling, sunshine with wind blowing through your hair as you run down the sand dunes toward the inviting sky-blue sea, song that encapsulates optimism and a longing for adventure.


“If you wanna burn it down, if you wanna start again,
If you wanna turn around, then go ahead”








Saturday, 23 April 2016

The Anchoress - Popular






1.    Who is this lass?

The Anchoress is Catherine Anne Davies an indie pop singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who fights out of Buckinghamshire, England, by way of Glynneath, Wales. Popular (Oct’15) bounces off The Anchoress's debut album Confessions Of A Romance Novelist (Jan’16).


2. What’s spinning?

Popular is bouncy, piano assisted, pure pop. Both languid and spritely and with a smidgeon of lyrical depth.


3. Who does The Anchoress sound like?

MisterWives and Gwen Stefani. The Guardian compared Popular to Marina and The Diamonds.


4. What have the press said about Popular?

“It’s unconventional” – The Line Of Best Fit.
“Pleasant pop” – The Guardian.

“Cerebral” – Clash Music.

 


5. Which bands have put the pop in The Anchoress’s music?

Catherine Anne Davies major influences are PJ Harvey, David Bowie, Prince, Kate Bush and The Carpenters.

 
6. Why should I give Popular a play?

Popular is pop done well and evokes playground politics.


7. Does The Anchoress have any more bubbly ones?

Popular finds her at the peak of her powers.


8. More words?

Confessions Of A Romance Novelist was recorded with Paul Draper from Mansun.
In 2015 Catherine Anne Davies played in the Simple Minds live band.
 

 
“And I like to read about the girls that lost their heads and their minds”
 



 
It would be rude to go past Simple Minds for dessert. Simple Minds are a post-punk band from Glascow, Scotland. Formed in 1977 they have over eighteen albums and are still going strong. Alive and Kicking was a US number one and came from the band's most successful album Once Upon A Time (1985) and was called by Spin, “an ornate epic.”

 
“What you gonna do when things go wrong?”