InterviewsWe Interview UK electro darling Luciana
Stomping up the dance charts in high heels and bold lipstick, UK electro darling Luciana’s unique musical aesthetic and dirty house have been the perfect soundtrack for a sexy tryst on the dancefloors of the hottest clubs on the planet. Responsible for lending her powerhouse vocals and songwriting skills to a slew of the brattiest and bossiest dance floor anthems, Luciana’s music drips hot European panache with a gutter punk attitude, simultaneously electrifying and eclectic. The Queen of Dance Clubs will be hitting Family on the 9th of June and AAA Backstage had a chance to catch up with the talented electro diva while she’s in the country for a national club tour.
We Interview Velociraptor
The Eight Miles High min-fest is flaring up a second time around at Alhambra Lounge, Friday 8 June. Indulging in all things psychedelic, 60’s, surf, shoegaze and garage pop we caught up with Brisbane's biggest orgy Velociraptor ahead of their spot on the bill.
We Interview Dune Rats
After a national tour with fellow Brisbane upstarts Bleeding Knees Club, two-piece surf thrash band Dune Rats are just about to wrap up their first ever headline tour to coincide with the release of their latest single, the good time power punk stomper ‘Fuck It’. Having supported The Drums, Cults, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti and Best Coast, this tour gives Dune Rats the chance to showcase their own brand of musical madness, a juxtapose of foul mouths and angel faces. Delightfully apathetic and devoid of giving a shit, Dune Rats are definitely a band representing slacker revivalism with an infectious low-fi hazy sound that charms, jammed with energetic drumming and harmonies that were probably written somewhere between a carton of beer and getting really stoned. Bailey from AAA had a chat with Danny (guitar/vox) for an inside look into the mind of a Dune Rat.
We Interview Josh Pyke
The archives of rock history are not overflowing with albums conceived on the NSW Central coast, but troubadour Josh Pyke sets a standard in songwriting which has seen him go from Gosford to Greenwich Village and back again. With his dark eyes, full beard and wistful songs about nostalgia, loss and the distance between lovers, Pyke has carved a well worn path around our country and into our record collections. The album ‘Only Sparrows’ is his latest brilliant release, a dense and lyrically mature opus, and with each record displays evolution and altruistic progression. Touring nationally in May with his newest album, Josh Pyke got on the phone with AAA Backstage’s Bailey for an insight into what success, fatherhood and intimacy mean to him.
