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q and also a :: Girlfriends

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Ben, Supriya and Andy of Boston jangle pop outfit Girlfriends sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of the q and also a series.

q: What is the last song you (really) heard?

b: Baby Blue Marine (youtube) by The Groove Farm

s: Never Let Down (youtube) by Andrew WK

a: Stars (youtube) by Nina Simone

q: What is your favorite beverage?

b: Cafe de olla, Sazeracs

s: Bhang

a: a REAL_BREW

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

b: Black Eyes (rip)

Downloadable: Someone Has His Fingers Broken (mp3)

s: Now Denial

Streamable: Burn On (bandcamp)

<a href="http://store.nowdenial.net/track/burn-on">Burn On by Now Denial</a>

a: Jonathan Richman

Streamable: Roadrunner (youtube)

q: What is your favorite venue (in NYC, if applicable)?

b: I really like Cake Shop. I miss Silent Barn.

s: Lulu’s in Greenpoint (free pizza)

a: Death By Audio was fun when we played there last.

q: What piece(s) of culture are you really really excited about right now?

b: Resurgences in Echo & Mary Chain haircuts. A VHS copy of White Nights I got at the thrift store. I think it’s a Cold War drama where Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines battle the forces of Communism with dance, but I haven’t actually watched it yet.

s: African Cats.

a: Tebowing.

q: Anything we should know about your latest project (whatever that might be)?

b: I’m 4-tracking some songs as Pale Yellow on the side, and finally finishing up the first issue of a zine called Cake Time. Andy and I also book shows and might release some zines and music under the name http://www.caketimeboston.com.

s: We have a full length on the horizon; I, personally, have been pushing to hook up with SKYSCRAPER MUSIC MAKER “super music production” company at SKYSCRAPER STUDIO and get Andrew WK some engineering credits on these tracks. But who knows, that may be a couple projects down the line.

a: Girlfriends is in the process of making an album, and it won’t be recorded through a boombox for the most part.

Here is the first track from that recording process…

Listen.

Downloadable: Big Machines (mp3)

You can stream a few more using the widget below.

Streamable: Nothing Nice to Say (bandcamp)

<a href="http://girlfriendsband.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-nice-to-say">Nothing Nice To Say by Girlfriends</a>

Upcoming NYC Show:

January 14th, 2012 @ The Gutter w/ Four Eyes + Aye Nako

Girlfriends is on Tumblr
Girlfriends is on Bandcamp
Girlfriends is on Twitter
Girlfriends is on Facebook
Girlfriends is on elbo.ws

BONUS: Good To Be True (mp3)

Girlfriends by Mary Lewey

Tags:Andrew WK, Black Eyes, Girlfriends, Jonathan Richman, Nina Simone, Now Denial, The Groove Farm
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q and also a :: Wonder Wheel

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Paul (Vocals/Guitar), Raul (Bass) and Danny (Drums) of Wonder Wheel sent us these laconic answers to our questions in this next installment of the q and also a series.

q: What is the last song you (really) heard?

p: Raymond Scott‘s Little Miss Echo.

r: rights for gays OH YEAH by John Maus.

d: Mr. Chainsaw by Alkaline Trio.

Streamables:

rights for gays OH YEAH (youtube) by John Maus

Mr. Chainsaw (youtube) by Alkaline Trio

q: What is your favorite beverage?

p: Strawberry Crush.

r: DP and Sierra Nevada.

d: Ice cold water with lime.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

p: Colleen Green

r: Forever Baby

d: The Gromble

Downloadable: Y Do U Call Me? by Colleen Green

Streamables:

Forever Baby @ avalon bar 2011, dude in wheel chair rap (soundcloud) by Forever Baby

Parking Lot (Live @ The Soda Bar) (youtube) by The Gromble

q: What is your favorite venue (in NYC, if applicable)?

p: Cake Shop, I played there with R. Stevie Moore 2 years ago!

r: i played at Don Pedro’s once and it was alright.

d: I’ve never been, but I’ve always wanted to go to Santos Party House, Andrew W.K.‘s venue in NY.

q: What piece(s) of culture are you really really excited about right now?

p: 3D without the glasses.

r: Dragon Ball.

d: Comic Books. I forget your question.

q: Anything we should know about your latest project (whatever that might be)?

p: WWest Coast Tour in June, WW26 completion, composition for London Design Museum and second band LP by year’s end.

r: Wonder Wheel tour is gonna wreck the west coast.

d: O’DOYLE RULES!

Wonder Wheel West Coast Tour 2011 Poster

Downloadables:
IMHO (mp3)
Get That Girl Away (mp3)
Eyes (mp3)
Boston (mp3)
How To Slow Down (mp3)

Streamable: Young (Vimeo)

(direction: stefan frederic walz)

You can d/l WW24 LP for free @ beko-dsl.com.

You can d/l Wonder Wheel beko_20 single for free @ beko-dsl.com.

You can purchase the digital of WW25 and WW7 LPs @ wonderwheel.bandcamp.com.

You can purchase the cassette of WW25 @ freewebs.com/burgerrecords.

You can purchase the cassette of WW23 @ sixteentambourines.bigcartel.com.

And be sure to check out the rest of the q and also a series… here.

Wonder Wheel is on Blogger
Wonder Wheel is on Tumblr
Wonder Wheel is on Bandcamp
Wonder Wheel is on Soundcloud
Wonder Wheel is on Twitter
Wonder Wheel is on Flickr
Wonder Wheel is on Youtube
Wonder Wheel is on Vimeo
Wonder Wheel is on Myspace
Wonder Wheel is on elbo.ws
Wonder Wheel is on Hype Machine
Wonder Wheel is on Burger Records
Wonder Wheel is on Life’s Blood
Wonder Wheel is on Hobo Cult
Wonder Wheel is on Sixteen Tambourines
Wonder Wheel is on Beko DSL
Wonder Wheel is on Care in the Community

Wonder Wheel Live

Tags:Alkaline Trio, Andrew WK, Colleen Green, Forever Baby, John Maus, Raymond Scott, The Gromble, Wonder Wheel
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q and also a :: Anamanaguchi

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Peter Berkman of the 8bitrockandroll outfit Anamanaguchi sent us these here answers for the latest q and also a.

q: What is the last song you (really) heard?

a: Literally the last song I heard was Graveyard Girl (mp3) by M83, makes me all teary/nostalgic every time. Love it!

q: What is your favorite food?

a: Pizza without a doubt. Pretty much the only reason that I live in NYC, it’s part of my quest to live out the lifestyle of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: So many great bands playing live today, but I’d have to say at least recently, this band Peelander Z from Japan is my current favorite. We played with them at Santos Party House and they blew us away! The bass player came out on stage in a red squid costume, and they played some true high energy punk rock. They won an unsuspecting crowd over in seconds. Audience members playing instruments, human bowling, conga lines, furiously shouting unintelligible English through a thick Japanese accent, Peelander Z is not to be missed.

Listen: Ninja-High Schooool (mp3)

q: What is your favorite venue in NYC (if applicable)?

a: In Manhattan I’d say Santos Party House; Brooklyn, Death By Audio. Both places treat artists and the audience with 100% gratitude, and are just great environments to see a show. There’s no bullshit at either place which is REALLY (and I mean really) refreshing in an NYC venue.

q: OK, President Obama appoints you as the first Secretary of Culture, to whom do you give your first grant?

a: All monies will be hereby granted to director/producer/writer/movie star Tommy Wiseau to finance his multi-million dollar followup projects to his epic film, The Room. If that doesn’t work out, I think it’s about time that Andrew WK and Fred Willard get their own talk show.

Watch:
Nardwuar vs. Andrew W.K. (youtube)
Fred Willard joke about blind prostitutes on Letterman (youtube)

q: Anything we should know about your latest project (whatever that might be)?

a: We have so many projects coming up! First off, there is the 8-Bit Alliance Tour this March – we’re touring with our friends Starscream from NYC and some UK friends Sabrepulse and Henry Homesweet. The common thread that ties it all together is that we’re all ’8-bit artists,’ but we’re all also young and try not to tie ourselves down to just the 8-bit world. We want to use this tour as a way to welcome in a new audience who maybe has no idea what the hell this kinda music is.

Listen:
Future, and It Doesn’t Work (mp3) by Starscream
Cityscape Dreams (mp3) by Sabrepulse
Tragic But Magic (mp3) by Henry Homesweet

Look:
8-bit Alliance Tour Poster

We also have tons of NEW MUSIC to be released soon. One of the projects is top secret, but it’s video game related and it’ll be out this summer. We are SO excited about that one. The other one is NOT secret, it’s a full length album – and it will probably be ready to go by early 2011! We’re writing it right now and it’s the best stuff we’ve ever written!

Listen:
Dawn Metropolis (mp3)
Jetpack Blues Sunset Hues (mp3)
Danger Mountain (Training Montage Remix by Makeup and Vanity Set) (mp3)

Anamanaguchi is on Myspace.
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Anamanaguchi is part of 8-bit Collective
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8-bit Peoples discography is here.
Insound page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.