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Saturday, May 31, 2008

TRILÖBIT

I knew Trilöbit by E1000 of Subburbia when they played in a gig in Curitiba in april, 2008. If you like mix-tapes, crossing noises, eletrorock and live performances you must know them. I am pasting the release on their myspace witch show better why this guys from Londrina are one of the faves on my ears. "While they were carrying some experiments in a remote solar system, the crew of the spaceship Millennium Falcon (Animau Gönzales, General Urkö, Moröder and Nösferatus) were suddenly sucked by a time-space hole, and within a millisecond, were transported to planet Earth. To be more specific, to a city called Londrina. In the beginning, they found Earth a very strange place, but what really surprised them was the use of hertzian waves by these humans to make music, because where they come from, the electromagnetic fields generated by these waves are very powerful weapons. Even capable of taking over entire galaxies. However, in the knowledge of the extraordinary capability of sound waves to make music, they decided to do the most logical thing: to form a band! And thus was born TRILÖBIT. Their mission is very simple: total domination of human kind"

Trilöbit Myspace

Saturday, May 03, 2008

MELLOTRONS


I have been listening zillion bands witch make me believe in my life working like a termomether between job and family. I knew Mellotrons when i was looking for bands for the UV radio from Recife, the northest brazilian city knowed like "Hellcife". When i listened "Tongue" it was love in the first sight. I told to myself how some guys from a distant place from São Paulo could be create a masterpiece song like this?! Their punch is fantastic crossing brit noisepop era 97/99 and acid guitar that reminded Drop Nineteens.

Myspace

Web

Saturday, March 29, 2008

XANDA LEMOS



Excellent video of Xanda Lemos that plays in Gianninis and Criaturas from Curitiba. Xanda played in a fantastic band called Wasted (1998 / 2001).

Criaturas on Myspace

Sunday, February 17, 2008

SUBBURBIA





I have been paying attention in this guys and i am sure they are on phocus in the new scene of Curitiba playing fun music and doing small but good shows around. I know Zero (or E1000) since 1999 when he played in a band named Shine Loser. Nine years after Subburbia is shaking his mind with new technology, new spirit, new life. New wave? Eletrorock? Choose. They are on my top to 2008.

Subburbia on Myspace

Saturday, January 26, 2008

FOTOGRAMA


Fotograma are based in São Paulo and have just finished recording their debut EP "Anda, Corre, Voa". I have been listening all the time to some of their tracks which are available for streaming on their myspace. There are much more things in their songs like urban conflicts, traffic jam, pollution but i know they love all of this. Why? Because they are from São Paulo and i am sure they fall in love for this. Even if you imagine the São Paulo chaos there are in their songs lots of sensibility, romance, flowers and love. This is life. This is Fotograma.

Fotograma (myspace)

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

AMPS & LINA


So better late than never and here is a new post in my UV Brazil Blog. Amps & Lina are from Recife, northest brazil. They start in 1995 and in 1999 the band decided to take it easy but in 2005 restart the project. In 2007 they released an Cd/Ep by Midsummer Madness from Rio de Janeiro. I like a lot of their tunes that is a very dificult to define but simple and candy to listen mostly if you like of Sonic Youth (soft era) and a american band named Dustdevils that i never more heard about. Recently Amps & Lina was included on the Best Free Downloads 2007 - Volume II by Indie MP3 Blog from UK, one the best indie/C86 blogs of the world. Below you can do free zip download.

Amps & Lina (My Space)

Amps & Lina - Curva E Linha
Palomar - Our Haunt
Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
Club 8 - Whatever You Want
Sunny Intervals - Sixty Seconds To Fall In Love
Bowerbirds - Dark Horse
Euan Hinshelwood - Actors And Actresses
Crystal Stilts - Crippled Croon
Apple Orchard - Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies
My Teenage Stride - To Live And Die In The Airport Lounge
Sambassadeur - Subtle Changes
Protestant Work Ethic - Weather Side
Sleeping States - Rivers
The Psychotic Reaction - A Moment Of Clarity
We All Have Hooks For Hands - Hold On, C'mon
Signed Papercuts - Only Fools Rush In
Punk TV - Day By Day
The Dreadful Yawns - You're Pure

Download (time limited) here
Below an Amps & Lina interview (in portuguese - use your babelfish) to Pop Laranja
Entrevista para o POP LARANJA

Terça-feira, Janeiro 29, 2008
Por Juliana Orange - Amps&Lina
A banda Amps&Lina, tocou na década de 90 e agora está de volta com nova proposta e músicas.Com o retorno veio o amadurecimento dos antigos integrantes, das letras e das músicas, a experiência adquirida no decorrer dos anos. Som que tem como característica principal melodias bem trabalhadas com arranjos de violino e guitarra que se casam harmoniosamente, unindo-se ao vocal de timbre suave e combinados com ritmos de batidas mais forte e efeitos eletrônicos.
Conversei com Alcides Vespasiano Guitarrista da banda sobre as expectativas da banda para 2008.
1.O ano de 2007 foi cheio de novidades pro Amps&Lina. Como foi a gravar o EP?
Realmente, foi um ano esquisito, mas no balanço geral foi muito positivo. Alguns momentos nublados, tempestuosos e angustiantes mas nos últimos meses o verão chegou. A gravação do EP foi um desses momentos difíceis. Começamos no estúdio de Guilherme Gadelha que na época assumia os synths e programações da banda, mas ele precisou interromper o processo por problemas de saúde e não pôde continuar conosco (na banda também), ai tivemos que refazer parte dos arranjos e por fim convidamos Enio (Os Mellotrons) pra gravar algumas bases de synths e efeitos já no estúdio de Proclo. A mixagem ficou por nossa conta mesmo e com a grande ajuda de Diego ( SFA).
2. A banda passou por algumas mudanças na formação. Quem entrou e quem saiu?
Isso influenciou diretamente no som?Eu, Lú e Henrique estamos juntos desde o inicio da banda por volta de 95 , uma galera boa tocou junto com a gente por esses anos, diversos bateristas (Binho foi o principal), alguns guitarristas e até naipe de metais já rolou. Depois da parada (99 a 2005) nós 3 nos juntamos, convidei Taciano um grande amigo para dividir as guitarras da banda e conheci Diego (SFA) que na época tocava bateria, assim recomeçamos, depois Lorena (violino/guitarra/vocal) entrou quando Taciano saiu. Ricardo (bateria) substituiu Diego quando ele resolveu tocar baixo e por último Rogério (guitarra e programações) o mais novo na banda entrou logo após o lançamento do EP no fim de 2007. Todo mundo que passa pela banda de certa forma mexe com o som porque somos muito abertos a idéias, respeitamos as diferenças internas e resolvemos os arranjos com soluções nossas, então tudo é permitido desde que seja consenso.
3. Falando em influências. Quais são as principais do Amsp&Lina?
Digamos, que entre todos da banda o rock inglês seria a interseção, talvez Ricardo o batera fuja um pouco disso, gosta mais de algo pesado, na real nem sei bem o que ele gosta, hehehe . Lú e Rogério curtem (além de muita coisa) som eletrônico, eu e Henrique já somos "old school " ( MPB , Blues, Folkrock), Lore além da formação clássica sei que gosta de Sigür Rós e Radiohead assim como todos da banda.
4. E como foi tocar no pátio do rock?
Foi muito bom, apesar de probleminhas no som e do eco (vindo da igreja) no contratempo, tirando isso foi tudo lindo. O principal de tudo foi a cobertura forte da midia, coisa rara de se ver no circuito alternativo a não ser nos grandes festivais. Já tô um pouco de tempo nesse universo e sinto falta disso pra que a coisa ande, como sinto falta também de pelo menos uma ajuda de custo, olha que não tô nem falando de cachê! É duro perceber que as pessoas que tem o poder de decidir ações ainda pensem como se tivessem dando uma ajuda ou fazendo favor, desse jeito ninguém pode ser profissional em qualquer um dos lados. Tocamos logo depois da maior dupla de dois que já vi a Julia Says, ainda teve o excelente show do Rama Seca e no fim China, que já abriu até um show nosso ainda no Sheik Tosado em 98, e no Pátio fez um grande show.
5. Soube que estão lista dos melhores de 2007 na INDIE-MP3 da Inglaterra. Ficaram surpresos?
Na real nada mais nos surpreende na internet, o mundo se tornou pequeno e a gente ainda reluta em acreditar, isso sim! Ficamos muito felizes porque foi uma coisa que aconteceu sem que fizesse-mos nenhum contato. Um camarada gente boa chamado Neri da UV - Último Volume alternative Radio Show de Curitiba, nos colocou na sua lista de melhores do ano e indicou para esse site da Inglaterra, a galera lá baixou e houve tipo uma votação. O próprio Neri que nos informou de que tudo isso estava rolando. Isso prova que as bandas daqui não precisam ficar se estapiando pra tocar nesse ou naquele festival e que ninguém é melhor que outro, se houver seriedade na coisa uma hora alguém vai olhar pra você. Abaixo estão os links:
6. Falem um pouco do que esperam em 2008 da cena Rocker recifense?
Esperamos mais oportunidades e que haja mais respeito, antigamente a falta de respeito com poucas exceções era sempre de quem detinha os espaços como a mídia e produtores de eventos, bares, etc. Entre as bandas não existia isso, hoje só vejo ofensas por quem deveria se unir pra buscar espaço, é um comportamento imbecil. Nós já pensamos várias vezes em chamar uma galera pra buscar caminhos alternativos a aqueles que estão ai fechados a anos, mas quando nos deparamos com esse clima de roer osso que existe desanimamos. Ainda existem bandas de brodagem na vera mesmo, temos muitos amigos que sempre estão nos dando uma força e sabemos retribuir com o máximo que podemos, porque a conquista de um será de outros também, parece papo de "crente" mas é a real de quem pensar grande.
7. Qual show de 2007 foi mais legal pra vocês?
O show de Caruaru no início do ano no FEJAP foi especial, foi um grande Festival de música e artes e estávamos com novas músicas do EP ainda não gravadas, era um público diferente e a recepção foi muito boa, acho que mexemos com quem estava lá de alguma forma, foi um teste para saber se estávamos no caminho.
8. Pensam em fazer alguma turnê?
Pensamos sim, a princípio pelo NE mas já recebemos convites pra tocar em SP Maringá, Curitiba mas ficou meio inviável pelos custos. Pretendemos lançar algo no segundo semestre e ai talvez cair na estrada lá pelo fim do ano.
9. Agora, o espaço é de vocês, podem falar o que quiserem...
A vida de banda alternativa é fodinha todos sabem, já foi pior até! Na época da panfletagem de xerox, putz!. Achamos que especialmente nesses últimos 6 meses aconteceram mais coisas consistentes que os últimos 12 anos. Foi bonito voltarmos a tocar em 2005 e ver tantas bandas com estéticas diferentes na cidade e com trabalho autoral forte depois daquela epidemia de bandas cover e tributos. Não nos importamos que falem bem ou mau da nossa música, nosso compromisso é com nós mesmos , já passamos a fase de querer agradar a alguém, faz tempo que nem lembro se isso veio a ocorrer alguma dia. Percebemos que espaços que eram pra revelar novos discursos estam sendo ocupados por uma nova modalidade de bandas cover, as de releituras. Acho isso perigoso e desanimador. Não é nada contra as bandas, conhecemos bandas que fazem isso pra manter financeiramente seus trabalhos autorais, não faríamos isso, mas respeito e até gostamos de muitas. A responsabilidade é de quem oferece a ocupação dos espaços antes heroicamente reveladores e agora banalmente recicladores.
Amps&Lina é:Luciana Medeiros - Vocais/teclado
Lorena Arouche - Violino/vocais/guitarra
Alcides Vespasiano - GuitarraHenrique Vespasiano - Baixo
Rogério Lins - Guitarra/Synths
Ricardo Couto - Bateria

Sunday, October 28, 2007

SMALL PLANET


I know Luciano Cordoni since the late 80's when he was in the Tessalia line up. Tessalia was one the best band that Curitiba ever heard. Crossing Dead Can Dance with Cocteau Twins they got lots fans in Brazil mostly me. Small Planet is the current Luciano Cordoni project that is more comtemporary than Tessalia and the tunes has heavy influence of Massive Attack and a little potion of Lambshop in my oppinion. Luciano that is from Curitiba knows what is doing and i am sure Small Planet will be going ahead like a band very soon.


Small Planet on MySpace

Sunday, October 07, 2007

PRIVATE DANCERS


In 2005 in a hot night in Rio de Janeiro Tatiana Rojas met Gabriela Campelo and decide to begin with some mates Private Dancers. Since then they are playing togheter around Rio and others brazilian cities. The band doesn't mind about get success and their label Midsummer Madness is cult in Brazil. They play what they want always trying to be original and creative. The influences are Duran Duran, Pretenders, Rio alternative music scene, Pretenders, Pulp but if you listen Private Dancers you will discover that their tunes are exactly everything that I mentioned with a self style. Eletronic, guitar, new wave...it doesn't matter. Listen now, please.





Saturday, June 30, 2007

CELESTINES


Luiz, the Trevo Artes Manager showed me these guys. They put out recently an cd/ep with 3 beautiful songs. Celestines play from the deep soul trying to explain the what happen with our complicated emotions. They are young poetries lost in Curitiba crossing streets, squares, looking for something that nobody understand. Hope you like.




Friday, June 15, 2007

I WILL BE BACK

Stay cool people that I am backing to write in my UV Blog. Really life is hard because I don't survival writing or doing things with alternative music. I have another ocupation but I love to write about brazilian music. Soon you will know more brazilian sounds like Celestines, Nielsen and others.

Saturday, February 03, 2007

CHARME CHULO


Listening Charme Chulo you must to open your mind and understand that the band is different than others alternative bands but they get make a beautyful music crossing Smiths with traditional brazilians folk/country artists like Tião Carreiro e Pardinho, Almir Sater, Nhô Belarmino e Gabriela. The avant garde people can't understand their propose but it doesn't mind. The more important is Charme Chulo has their own style and personality showing to the rock and roll scene there is possibility to make something smart and new. The new CD are coming and it must be out later February 2007. Before I forget they are from Curitiba.

My Space link

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Saturday, December 16, 2006

MÓBILES


There are something more between hell and sky. Yes I am talking about Móbiles from Curitiba that loves makes dirty pop music. We played on Último Volume a few months ago Dog On Wheels with the same kind of noise and I told to my partner on UV Marco Stecz that how Curitiba has a band like Dog On Wheels and nobody know them? Well, for my surprise Lucas Borba by Dog On Wheels are one of members of Móbiles and I am very happy these guys are playing together. The Móbiles music are fragments of Sonic Youth, Pelvs (from Rio de Janeiro), 80's noise bands and so much álchool. Lucas congratulation for your noise dirty poetry mostly the song "Carla is Really Dying" you wrote and recorded on Dogs On Wheels.

My Space Link
Trama Virtual Link

Sunday, November 26, 2006

GOOD MORNING KISS


Vincent Ash (Guit), Duda Couto (Voice, Guit), Pedro Porto (Bass) and Alexandre Nunes (Drums) are Good Morning Kiss. The band is Porto Alegre based but they could be from Manchester, New York City or Dublin because it sounds different than brazilian pop rock sounds. When I listen on the first time thought a kind of Sebadoh or Folk Implosion fragments but listening it carefully there are more than Lou Barlow influence. There are a punch precision of american bands from the 90's plus a selfband style that results in excellent and exciting songs.

My Space Link

Thursday, November 16, 2006

ORKESTRA MECÂNICA


Igor Ribeiro is a guy that combine creativity and sensibility while go into the soul deep with harmonies, depression and poetry tunes. He played on Tods, Iris, Ess and other jams friends but now he bets all his experience on Orkestra Mecânica. Finaly now he can do exactly what he wants. The songs comes from of another side of the life and sometimes seems his tunes is made for himself because in Curitiba nobody understand what he is doing. Don't worry about Igor, I know exactly you thinks!

Orkestra Mecânica on Trama Virtual
My Space Link

Friday, November 03, 2006

BLUE AFTERNOON


Blue Afternoon was born of the will of Guilherme Barrella to write sad songs in the style of some of his great idols, such as Tim Hardin, Leonard Cohen, Lambchop and Tindersticks, but it took some time to find the ideal partners to take the project ahead. Guilherme started to transform his ideas into songs, with a leading acoustic guitar and instruments as harmonica and cello following his melancholic voice.
Some years later, Blue Afternoon recorded Folxploitation, with the arrangements that Guilherme always imagined for his songs. In tuning with bands as Black Heart Procession and Smog, the sound of Blue Afternoon is simple and elaborated at the same time. Calm songs, where silence matters as much as each sound, fragile melodies, serious and moved vocals, delicate and intense arrangements, desolate and poetical lyrics, a sad mood and equal doses of folk, avant-rock, soul and country make of Blue Afternoon an unique band.
In late 2004, Blue Afternoon released Radio Sessions, an album comprised of two separate radio sessions, one acoustic and one electric. Guilherme is now recording his new album Countrypolitan, to be released in summer 2006.
Guilherme is also a member of the bands Vurla, Open Field, Maison, Ocean Pacific and occasionally plays with Open Field Church, Prelinger Archives and Tony da Gatorra. He runs the Peligro mailorder and the Open Field record label.

MP3 - I Can't Cry / The Fading Song


My Space link
Open Field
Bizzare Music
Peligro Discos

Saturday, October 28, 2006

MONOKINI


The 60s have been essential for nowadays´ pop music. It brought concepts and postures, along with styles and proposals that found each other odd and kept certain distance between them, despite the delicious and almost dismissible quality they had. In Brazil, the bossa crew could not stand the jovem guarda rebels, which thought that the bossa guys were too put. The geniality of Monokini is to join these styles and to find their own identity in the middle of that, with keyboards that recall the easy listening of Sergio Mendes and the elegant pop of Burt Bacharach. Guitars and basses find the balance between the pop of the Beatles, the irresistible moves of the Jovem Guarda and the electric bossa of Roberto Menescal. Drums and percussion in the exact key between music and rhythm; candy vocals, almost childish, recall Astrud Gilbert and Françoise Hardy; and yet a mood of Phil Spector and girl groups as Ronettes. The lyrics are naive and innocent, remembering the time where the important things were the good things of the life as the blue sea, the girl of Ipanema and the boy of Sampa. They had participated of compilations around the world and Mondo Topless, their debut, is one of the most appraised independent records in Brazil.

Video "Violetas"
Web
My Space

Friday, October 13, 2006

AUTOBAHN


I got an e-mail by my friend Fabiane telling me about AUTOBAN. Big surprise for me when I saw in the band line up my old friend Luciano Franco on guitar. Luciano played in excelent band in the 90's named LOVELESS that is a kind of Galaxie 500 from Curitiba. More later he played in a cover project called PLAYBACK SINGERS, a name band taken of one of Damon & Naomi album. Currently Luciano was (or is) playing in another electropop band ESS. But he is never satisfied because now he joined to a weird indie pop band AUTOBAHN line up by friends from Curitiba and the impossible to believe....they sing in germany(!). It is my first time that i see something like that in Brazil but let the things happen. AUTOBAHN maybe disagree your ears but the indie and hypes from alternative scene will love. Soon they are on Ultimo Volume airplay radio. I forgot to tell: I love them too.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

ONE MAN BARBECUE



I knew Norberto Pie in the 90's when he was playing in a set show in Curitiba with my fauvorite band in that time named VORVOLAKA PRAY. I introduce myself to him and said "I want be your friend, Norberto". Since then we have been friends although nowadays is so difficult to meet each other. Norberto Pie is an open minded rocker and it is interesting he is all the time creating new bands as Vorvolaka pray (1989-1990), Sour Puss (A.C. Temple album name, 1990-1991), Skijktl (1991-2005), Fucke (1994-2005), AAAAAA Malencarada (1996-2002), Carlos (2002), Aos Cacos (Globo da Morte, 2003-2004), Live Transmission (2002-2006), Vasodilatadores (2006) and currently One Man Barbecue. Norberto, go ahead playing feedbacks, noises and music for neighborhood.


Friday, September 22, 2006

MAGIC CRAYON

Contemplation, fun, laziness, affection, intensity. It is such as discovering something beautiful and/or vital in things that move you. It is trying to suck the marrow of life, whatever it may be. To colour feelings, sometimes colour, sometimes only black and white. Power indie pop! Easy poetry. Simple songs. Foolish Sincerity. Fake (?) existentialism. Disguised melancholy. Infantile joy. Pleasure. Currently the guitar, voice and magic head man of Cesar Zanin lives in Padoa, Italy with his family but the Magic Crayon still is going virtually making fun, noises and feedbacks between them on-line. Magic Crayon On My Space or you can met them at Vila Madalena southern São Paulo.

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