Interview // With Anarchicks

Anarchicks get together in 2001 to make a revolution and os composed by Pris, aka Playgirl (vocals, bass and synth), Helena aka Synthetique Red (bass, synth and also sings), Catarina aka Katari (drummer) and Ana aka JD (guitar and bass).

With a self-produced EP Look What You Made Me Do and an album Really?!, released through the independent label Chifre, two of the punk rock girls from Anarchicks gave us an interview where they talk about their music, the hard part of being a girl rock band and plans for their future.
Check our previous about them here.

Check the interview below:

[Special thanks to Anarchicks, especially to Helena and Catarina for their time, joy and kindness, to Raquel Lains for everything and to Jorge Antunes]

Interview // With TV Rural

TV Rural are a fresh Portuguese band created in 2001 and composed by David Jacinto(vocals and sax), David Santos (bass guitar and contrabass), Gonçalo Ferreira (electric guitar), Vasco Viana (electric guitar) and João Pinheiro (drums). Occasionally they count with Tomás Viana on sax, Roca on vocals and Manel Pinheiro on percussion.

This interview will talk about music, future and ideologies without forgetting meanings and personal opinions - including our traditional questions at the end of each interview.

Don't miss this revealing and complete interview with David J. and João. 

Part I:

Part II:

Part III:

[Special thanks toTV Rural and especially David and João for their time and kindness, to Raquel Lains for everything and to Jorge Antunes]

Anarchicks - Restraining Order

Anarchicks get together in 2001 to make a revolution. The magic formula?! Four girls. They are:

• Pris, aka Playgirl (vocals, bass and synth), founder of the electronic project Press Play, played bass and synth in U-Clic and is currently parto f the Ilplaygirl project;
• Helena aka Synthetique Red who plays the bass, synth and also sings. She was the founder of Mediatic Slaves, and was also bassist/keyboardist of different projects and is currently part of After101 (a music electronic project);
• Catarina aka Katari, the drummer. Played in Act of Anger and Living Dead Act. Recently, collaborated with JESUS K & the sicksicksicks and is nowadays drummer and vocalist of CASAL VENTOSO.
• Ana aka JD, in guitar and bass, she was the founder member (as a drummer) of Random Notes, a Funk project, guitarist in Too Much To Touch and currently plays in a tribute band to The Beatles, Oh! Darling, as guitarrist and keyboardist.

Look What You Made Me Do was recorded by them and it was their very first EP. You can hear it here: http://chifre.org/project/anarchicks/ .

Restraining Order is the first music to be released as the first single of their first album – Really?! - to be released in the end of January by Chifre, an independent editor. It was recorded by Blacksheepstudios by Makoto Wagyu (Paus, If Lucy Fell) and Fábio Jevelim (Riding Pânico), and mixed by Pedro Chamorra (Voxels).

The single is available for free download in their page: http://chifre.org/anarchicks-restraining-order .

Following is a video of their live performance in Seixal:

From the Pop, Punk, Funk and a bit of Kuduro and Disco, these girls explore a bit of everything.

So far, the Anarchicks have 2 confirmed shows to take place at Vodafone Mexefest, in the 7th and 8th of December, in Vodafone Bus!

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AnarChicks

TV Rural, Correr de Olhos Fechados

TV Rural are a young Portuguese band created in 2001 and composed by David Jacinto (vocals and sax), David Santos (bass guitar and contrabass), Gonçalo Ferreira (electric guitar), Vasco Viana (electric guitar) and João Pinheiro (drums). Occasionally they count with Tomás Viana on sax, Roca on vocals and Manel Pinheiro on percussion.

They've released two albums: Filomena Grita! in late 2007 and A Balada do Coiote, a few weeks ago.

Their unique sound complemented with strong lyrics written entirely in Portuguese, turn them to something really special and worth listening to.
Described by Pedro Puppe as "anti-pop for their constant rejection of the composition formulas from radio friends, search for the spontaneous, joke and sometimes ugly. It's all freedom of musicians who come from psychedelic and progressive want to do, with elaborate arrangements and several melodic and rhythmic moments on each song, giving them this big theatrical dimension".

It's clear how creative, how revolutionary and how fresh TV Rural are and that reflects on their music and the way they expose themselves.

They are a really exciting band, I'm eager to discover more about them and their last record A Balada do Coiote it's absolutely great!

Correr de Olhos Fechados is a very catchy and grunge first single, I almost believe I listen to Ornatos Violeta's singer Manel Cruz at some point on this song. The choirs really complement this anxious feeling, it really represents some kind of rush.
I like these type of songs.

On this video, directed by David Jacinto and counting with the skaters João Martins, Gonçalo Vilardebó and Rui "Ruca" Ferreira.

"A pedra é dor entranhada na pele 

São lascas de mármore entranhadas na pele 

Coço as feridas que tenho na pele 

Fica a mazela, essa sim, carrego com ela "