04.05.
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB(USA)
Bis zum Mai 2010 müssen sich Fans noch gedulden bis der Black Rebel Motorcycle Club wiederkehrt, um hiesige Bühnen mit seinem düsteren Rock’n’Roll zu bespielen. Wie sich seine Live-Shows anhören werden ist dabei noch schwer zu sagen, da die Veröffentlichung des neuen Albums „ Beat The Devil's Tattoo“ erst für März 2010 angekündigt ist. Dass es eine optische Veränderung geben wird, steht hingegen jetzt schon fest. Nach dem Ausstieg von Drummer Nick Jago im Sommer letzten Jahres, wird der BRMC mit Leah Shapiro durch ein weibliches Mitglied verstärkt.
Wer sich die Wartezeit bis zu den Liveshows versüßen möchte, dem sei die Ende November 2009 erschienene Live DVD/CD-Box der Band ans Herz gelegt.
ZAZA(USA)
ZAZA is the musical union of multi-instrumentalists Jennifer Fraser (formerly of the Warlocks) and Danny Taylor, both west coast transplants who connected by fate in New York. The duo started creating textural loops and aural soundscapes, yielding strange ideas during the isolation of New York winters. Quite insular in the song-writing process, all the dreamy melodies, lyrics, and timbres are written about/for each other. The band describes their sound as "a love affair that feels like metal on metal". They exist between hazy drones and sultry, melodic hooks, intimately inviting you in closer.
Sonically contrasting their guitar-pop brethren from Brooklyn's recent exploding indie-pop scene, ZAZA favor something darker and more mysterious. They’re sound is driven by haunting, ethereal vocals and rolling, cavernous rhythms. Recently releasing their debut EP ‘Cameo’ on Kanine Records (Chairlift, Grizzly Bear, Surfer Blood), Speak N Spell in Australia, and Rallye in Japan, the duo have just finished mixing tracks for their new album to be released later in the year.
For their live performances, ZAZA incorporate the sonic and visual into their shows with Jennifer constructing sets and Danny altering and configuring their electronics and instrumentation. They have been favorably compared to acts like Ride, Slowdive, and Mercury Rev and have supported such acts as Raveonettes, Echo & the Bunnymen, Tricky, and BRMC.
