Last year I had the chance to see David Santos, (that’s one-man-band Noiserv for you), perform live two days in a row here in Vienna, in two completely different settings. It was a mesmerizing experience, and the more I talked to him afterward (I also interviewed him, proof here!) the more I found him lovely, [...]
February 12, 2010
Tell me a bit about your background first. Where did you grow up? Are there any musicians in your family? I was born in 1982, on a wednesday. April 7th. I was born in Lisbon… And I always lived near here… First in a small house in the suburbs and nowadays I live in the center… My [...]
August 13, 2009
Matthias Frey, in the music world known as Sweet, Sweet Moon, doesn’t make you dance. He doesn’t make you nod in rhythm or tap your feet. He will make you stand immobile, maybe pull a half-smile as he kicks off his shoes on stage and grabs his guitar nonchalantly, but that is all. And somewhere [...]
June 17, 2009
I dragged my friend N to this 7” release show on Monday, since we had an Ether magazine meeting AND we were in the area. Well, the first thing he said when Werner Kitzmüller Trio came on stage was, “this is depressing music. it makes me want to kill myself”. And this is sort of true. [...]
April 20, 2009
10 AM and second coffee of the day. After jumping hectically between mailbox, desk (comic deadline in five), and kitchen, I’m starting to feel that the second Is this Thing Loaded? (Northstar) stops playing, I’ll put on some Noiserv. I’ve slowly but surely gotten hooked to his debut album – and I’ve only owned it [...]
April 19, 2009
My review of the two Noiserv/Bernhard Eder gigs I went to will be up soon, with photos. In the meanwhile I feel I have to share my massive obsession with David Santos (aka Noiserv), a wonderful musician from Portugal who is, on top of being extremely nice, also very talented and engaging live. He is [...]
April 17, 2009
Tonight: Bernhard Eder and Noiserv at Subterrarium. Current obsession(s): Gimme Sympathy by Metric, Alone Again Or by Calexico+Nicolai Dunger. Today I: went to the Botanic Garden and took some pictures. The sky is blue and I have messy hair and a big big heart. time for coffee now. then gig. happy.
April 13, 2009
I have just found out that Michael Azerrad – journalist who worked for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Spin, wrote the world-famous Nirvana Biography Come As You Are, and was present at By:Larm 2008 in Oslo where he gave an amazing speech about hardcore and punk music in the 80’s – is in a band! They [...]
My name has five letters in it, and comes up in some Bright Eyes songs. I am (apparently) an artist, with too much time on her hands. Well, enough to blog (almost) daily. I am 1/4 (the smallest one, actually) of Lazy Acre Records; I also write & photograph for a local magazine based in Englaaand and make used to draw musically-inspired comics for a canadian mag (RIP Inscribed). Sometimes I can be quite cute. I used to still have a crush on Marty McFly; I like baking, overusing semi-colons, the smell of the sea, and thunderstorms.
I tend to be quite the busy bee, but if you make VERY sexy music and want me to listen and enjoy and possibly even (!!) write about it, shoot me a mail, baby. music(at)alicetragedy(dot)org
July 19, 2010