Interview – The Pale Pacific
The Pale Pacific. Source:Myspace
The story has been the same for several of my favourite bands: the discount bin. Not because they aren’t good bands, but a certain major chain of stores in Mexico insists on not knowing what gems they have and eventually put a lot of great stuff at very low prices. Which means me and one of my best friends can go and blow our budgets on wonderful music. One of the recommendations from this friend (thanks, Emilio) was a band called The Pale Pacific.
I got Rules are predictable and listened to it with my dad while on the car back from the work. We both loved the EP and talked a few times about this sort of music and the bands and sometimes wondered what made the tick.
Couple of years later and some emailing afterwards, we managed to have a Q & A with Greg Swineheart (drums, backing vocals, stylish clothes) as the news of The Pale Pacific recording new stuff made us all giddy. So, get your dream pop drinks ready and read on… (more…)
Interview – Landing
Landing - Image from official site.
We have a thing here at Sloucher.org (besides blowing our own trumpets) about dreamy music (the term is included in 95% of all reviews – fact). We love it and it’s a genre that makes our hearts flutter and our minds wander into vast arc hues. So when we heard Landing were coming back to the breach with a spiffy new album, we emailed them a bunch of questions. In advance, thanks to the band, specially Aaron who took the time off his busy schedule to answer our tripe. (more…)
Whistle Peak – Half asleep upon echo falls
A second album by Whistle Peak drops on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14th for those absent-minded). The name is Half asleep upon echo falls and the sound is lo fi (but polished, so no details are lost) and the atmosphere is thick with folk and country sensibilities, but there’s a tinge of electronica and ambient, just to play with your emotions. (more…)
Singles : The Savage Nomads, King porter stomp, Birdeatsbaby, Mazzy Star
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Greetings, readers drinking Rice Juice (fairtrade, natch!) and biting on that Slutty Rutty Butty you blagged from the Rutland Arms while the boss tries his Billy Bellend Tour 2012 t-shirt.
Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. Mahalo.
This week’s singles come courtesy of B.S Johnson’s books and the letter Ch. Because when I was a kid, the nuns said it was a letter. So it is.
Ah, singles, right:
Where there’s a will, there’s a record
Sometimes, when you need to get your message out, what’s best
Emma Webb – Soulchime
Beauty in solemnity
Sleepingdog – With our heads in the clouds and our hearts in the fields
Stream – ‘He loved to see the world through his camera’
