SEAPONY European Tour 2013
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No soy muy amigo de remezclas o re-edits de temas tan sumamente machacados por la radiofórmula (o HypeMachine), pero lo que hace SAINT PEPSI me parece que está a otro nivel. El otro día descubría esta deconstrucción del ‘Love Comes Quickly’ de los Pet Shop Boys titulada ‘Love Disaster’ (Vimeo · Bandcamp) y esta misma noche acaba de subir a Soundcloud lo propio con la sobadísima canción cuyo nombre no hace falta ni que lo escriba. Siete minutos de vaporwave que transforman el mayor hit pop de los últimos años en una pieza de electrónica pop underground escandinava de última generación.
Y como no sólo desensambla canciones ajenas para montar otras nuevas, aquí va una composición propia que me tiene enganchadísimo. El homestudio y la bedroom electronica siguen dando alegrías.
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Me cuesta resistirme a los lanzamientos (y descubrimientos) de la joven manic pop! records, y con StarTropics no es una excepción. Son de Chicago y la referencia inmediata que se atisba en su indie pop son The Field Mice. Voces femenina y masculina, dos guitarras, bajo y caja de ritmos; todo tan sencillo y emotivo como la cinta que le grabaste con ‘Sensitive’ al principio de la cara-B… Su primera maqueta, publicada el año pasado, se puede descargar gratis en su FB y este mismo mes debuta en vinilo con el 7” ‘By My Side’ / ‘Tempest’, del que no sé qué cara me parece más bonita.
Spring is here and it seems our hormones are racing at the speed of light as miss Aguilera once noted. Lately there’s been a lot of discussion on sexism in underground music - about a month ago the fuss around Nina Kraviz the DJ being too pretty to save our lives, followed by Kraviz’ upset reply; then Grimes posted her personal anti-sexism manifesto on tumblr. On both instances the issue was the objectification of women in underground/dance music. Last week Kitty Pryde wrote this really cool piece analyzing the Danny Brown on-stage blowjob incident, pointing out that as a black male rapper Brown is also dealing with issues concerning sexism and objectification. All these articles are a must read if you care about current matters in underground culture.
Ever since I got into music I have been dealing with this stuff, and seen other (female) artists struggle. I have been forced to read almost everything ever written on Maria Minerva (as my US visa application requires compiling as much press as possible and I do not have someone do it for me, not kidding, hundreds and hundreds of pages of shit). I do not enjoy this. But I have also become immune to comments criticizing my looks etc by now. I recall how below the very first video I ever put out, “California Scheming”, someone commented I look like Anthony Kiedis from Red Hot Chilli Peppers. That was real funny. That was only the beginning. I think the culmination was this article published in February - I played a show in Manchester after which a local music journo wrote a whole review glorifying my breasts. I did reply, thanking him for his kind words. I get that the guy was never a fan, but having photos published online of JUST your tits, with no head/face even showing in the picture, was a bit too much, even for me.
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CHROMATICS. Music
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ALWAYS. Son de Toronto y en la bio de su Twitter sintetizan describiéndose como jangle pop, y se etiquetan a sí mismos en Soundcloud como New Glaswegian, Haligonian o Bandwagonesqueesque. Lo único que sé es que con estas 4 canciones a mí me han desarmado y arreglado este lunes de abril lluvioso (y más cosas). ♡
Y aquí suenan a los Beach House del ‘Devotion’. Y, claro, a mí…
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