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What's On The Hi-Fi...Cocorosie
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:58:00 +0100COCOROSIE _Coconuts, Plenty of Junk Food (EP)_ Self-Released (2009) Download: "Coconuts" The sisters Casady, Sierra and Bianca, are both a unique and simple pair. One born in Hawaii, one in Iowa, the part Native American girls were out exploring the world on their own terms from an early age. Before forming the duo each spent time developing outside of the alternative-pop world. Sierra studied opera at the Conservatoire de Paris and Bianca visual arts and linguistics while living in Brooklyn, NY. After years being apart the older Bianca migrated to her sisters Paris' apartment in Montmartre and immediately took to writing a simple bedroom EP, _La Maison de Mon Rve_, that was to be distributed only to a few friends. The quirky yet inspiring group of songs made its way to the folks at indie label Touch and Go and Cocorosie was born. (The name comes from nicknames Coco and Rosie from her mother) Since their first EP release the duo has added full lengths _Noah's Ark_ in 2005 and _Adventures of Ghosthorse & Stillborn_ in 2007. The latter yielded the excellent "Rainbowwarriors". Both albums show a steep progression in the quality of the songwriting and production but still retain Sierra's controlled guitar/harp playing and Bianca's Billie Holiday purr alongside her tinker toy drums and samples. A lot of this growth could be contributed to the seemingly endless tour that the girls have been on. Their current EP _Coconuts, Plenty of Junk Food_ (only available at live dates) continues where the last single release "God Has... (Read complete news)
sounding off: april/may 2009 (I)
Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:00:00 +0100Time to round up some of the releases we haven't had time to cover in full over the last couple of months. We've got 15 mini-reviews for you – a bumper edition as we skipped out on doing this in May. Our bad. In Part I, reviews of Allo Darlin', Alondra Bentley, The Breeders and [...]... (Read complete news)
Touch & Go – R.I.P?
Fri, 15 May 2009 23:16:00 +0100Along with the likes of SST, Chicago based label Touch & Go was the citadel of hardcore / punk / noise rock in the 80s, with such luminaries as Butthole Surfers, Big Black, Killdozer and Laughing Hyenas filling the label's roster. Unlike SST, however, the label didn't gave up its original direction and by the end [...]... (Read complete news)
Eventi Passati
Nov07 21 |
Cocorosie Tour 2007 Auditorium Flog - Firenze - Italia |
Nov07 20 |
Cocorosie Tour 2007 Rainbow Club - Milano - Italia |



