lunedì 27 giugno 2011

Miss Chain my heart pt. 2





5) You've recently set up an amazing brand new label!!!! We want to know everything about it!

Yeah!!! WAY OUT THERE RECORDS! Me and Alberto, my partner in crime, didn't know how to do with our lives. The best idea we had was investing a bunch of money in a record label! Isn't that a great idea?!!! The name comes from an old traditional song that Pete Seeger usually sings and it reminds us of some faraway unknown lands where people live happily in their wooden house in the middle of the nature!


The label is not just about records. We don't know what it's about yet but I think we will figure it out while running it! Ahahah

Wes Coleman is the guitarist and singer of the amazing Golden Boys from Austin, TX. He did a couple of solo records (out on Goner) that blew our minds away. And he's one of the funniest guys ever! He came out with the idea of the split with Followed By Static, another Austin's band and we literally jumped in!


http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/wayoutthererecords
http://wayoutthererecords.blogspot.com/

6) The most amazing r'n'r show you've ever been to...

Guilty Party Boat with the fucking FEVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!


That was a r'n'r show!!! My fav band on a boat in the Venice lagoon! Awwwwwwww!!! Another one was the MARKED MAN in Tuscany! I think it was 2006! Crazy show and another best band ever!





           7) 5 songs for a rainy day in bed, 5 songs for the beach, 5 songs for a car journey

Rainy day:
Follow the sunshine – Yellow Baloon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MAicpd1Dxw


Bad Girl – Lee Moses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8EjNktwZU
Come on my baby – Joey Levine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc6sOCRab9w
Stay – Virginia Wolves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf9dm9amVIg


Beach:




Beach Party Tonight - Annette Funicello
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48ATDiKF08I
Balliamo senza scarpe – La Cricca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7hrx3F7Zxg
In the summer time – Mungo Jerry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc9wIzi96_E
Alalalala long – Inner Circle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc-6-7lOJlI
Hold tight – Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beacky, Mick & Tich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwODy5xSrcc


Car journey:

 Sirtaki – Zorba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzlcxN0lxSo&feature=related
Dancing the night away – Van Halen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvpreZcAfI
I'm so sick of you – Weird Al
http://web2txt.co.uk/weird-al-yankovic-im-so-sick-of-you-mp3-download-46805-3153548/

Mama tried – Merle Haggard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffHcGlF0xDw
Waterloo - ABBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85yMOPKR94M


8) Your style icons (if any)
Malvina Reynolds. She is the Style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ60n_-BK6Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvC4xq32AX8&feature=related




Miss Chain my heart pt. 1

This week's interview features a natural blonde (yet peroxide ad honorem) beauty queen: Miss Chain, former leader of the amazing punk rock Italian band The Nasties and currently leading the powerpop sensation Miss Chain and the Broken Heels.



In her restless appetite for music she's also the most popular dj-ette as well as head honcho of a brand new label that's going to rock your world: Way Out There Records.


Way Out There is a record label based between Thiene and Bergamo, Italy. Our name comes from our deep love for folkway lifestyle, small towns, wooden houses, dream-catchers and, of course, fine and spontaneous music!
 Here she talks records, songs, fun & style.

1)   The soundtrack to your best teenage days in 5 songs...



When I was a cute teen I use to listen to these songs on my walkman everyday, everywhere:

1- Teenage kicks – Undertones

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVrP6JaPUv0
2- All kindsa girls – Real kids

3- Wouldn't it be nice – Beach Boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--cqAI3IUI

4- Boombastic - Shaggy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN3uxnrCsOI

5 – Rockaway Beach - Ramones

2) I was a huge fan of the Nasties. Is the band still on or we shall hope for a reunion? Any funny memories from the Nasties' days you want to share with us?



The Nasties are gone. Actually we always said that the Nasties were never born so that the band could never die. Bullshit. We had too many troubles with male drummers + me and Laura are not very well organized with life. We didnt care that much about promoting and searching for shows. We were just accepting what God was giving us and surfing the wave if there was one. I'm always very surprised when people ask me if there will be a reunion! I didnt know we were so popular! Some months ago I was hangin' out in a bar with my friends and suddenly I heard some teens singing “Bevi lo sperma divino” which was one of our hits! I still dont know if I was glad about it or just really embaressed! Lots of funny memories... all shows were about being drunk, changing lyrics from English to Italian and play as bad as possible... in Boston, in front of a 1000 people, we played with Queers, Meatman and Unnatural Axe and it was a disaster. That was fun.



http://blog.masslive.com/soundcheck/2008/08/unnatural_axe_at_the_middle_ea.html


3) Dear Miss Chain, what are your next plans with the Broken Heels?

martedì 21 giugno 2011

GIMMIE GIMMIE GUMMIES!

The Gummies are an all-girl Italian rock band. They have a charming "grunge yet melodic" vibe!
CHECK THEM OUT HERE!!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-GUMMIES/299094337055?sk=wall#!/pages/THE-GUMMIES/299094337055?sk=wall
http://www.myspace.com/thegummiesrockandgirls




THE GUMMIES ARE:
Denise Meles: guitar/vocals
Elena Della Rocca: bass
Giulia Centineo: drums


THE GUMMIES HAVE THEIR SAY:
"Everything we listen to has an influence on our music. Our songwriting is not "devoted" to a single genre and our band doesn't have a "model". So much depends on the mood, on what we want to express. Sometimes we feel like having fun with rock'n'roll or punk, sometimes we get more melodic and "darker".



Musically there's a whole load of different things each of us listens to (Denise: alt rock/Italian rock from the '70s; Elena: punk rock/garage/soul/beat, Giulia: hard rock)



and we love to move freely when we write our songs.
 PJ HARVEY
Naturally, we do have a few "favourite bands", namely:
PJ Harvey, Led Zeppelin, and Pixies for Denise
YEAH YEAH YEAHS

Beatles, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, White Stripes and Velvet -underground for Elena".


"If we weren't playing in the Gummies we'd love to play:
Denise: in a BRAZILIAN CHORO BAND. I'd love to play the MANDOLETTO
Elena: THE KILLS..ehm no I'm joking....GUMMIES FOREVER (but I'd love to be a drummer, too)
Giulia: THE GUMMIES! It's my first band and...I love it!!

THE MOST AMAZING SHOW I'VE EVER BEEN TO
-Denise: SONIC YOUTH in La Spezia

-Elena: SZIGET FESTIVAL (BUDAPEST). I especially enjoyed Muse and Peaches

- Giulia: VASCO ROSSI (FIRENZE 2005)-I WAS 9 YEARS OLD!!!"

VASCO ROSSI IN A TYPICAL "VASCO" POSE




THE GUMMIES HAVE LOTS OF COOL PLANS IN THE WORKS!!!FIRST OF ALL THEY'RE GOING TO RECORD THEIR FIRST ALBUM!!!THE RECORDINGS WILL START IN A FEW WEEKS AND THEY'RE DETERMINED TO GET MAGNIFICENT RESULTS!!AFTER THAT, THEY WILL GO ON TOUR TO PROMOTE THE RECORD AND THEY...CAN'T WAIT TO START!!!
GOOD LUCK, GUMMIES!!!WE LOVE YOU!!!







martedì 14 giugno 2011

EVERYTHING SHE MAKES IS A MUST-HAVE: WELCOME TO HORRORLANDIA!!


 This is one of my favourite shops ever!!!!
It's run by an AUTHENTIC GENIUS named Perfidia De Mon (perfidiademon@yahoo.it)!


http://www.horrorlandiacreations.com/chi.php
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Horrorlandia-Creations/130044660350852
http://www.horrorlandiacreations.com/info.php

She's one of the most talented girls I've ever met: illustrator, seamstress, dj-ette



and everything cool and nice you can think of!! Next week I'm going to raid her cute shop in the heart of Florence:  HORRORLANDIA CREATIONS - Original Handmade Clothes & Accessories - Abiti e accessori originali fatti a mano.
Via Taddea, 1r - 50123 - Firenze  http://www.horrorlandiacreations.com/dove.php
but for those of you who live too far from one of the most beautiful cities in the world...a click will do!!
ENJOY THE TRIP!
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