Tommy Haccou: Bass
Joel Agterbosch: Keys
?? : Drums +++ In search of a new drummer! +++
Influences
the Beatles, the Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, David Bowie, Neil Young, Barry White, the Pixies, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Sean Na Na, the Elected, the Shins, the Decemberists, the Weakerthans, the Good Life, Two Gallants, Ben Folds Five, Elliott Smith, Songs : Ohia, Pedro the Lion, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Unicorns, China Drum, Faith No More, Violent Femmes, Green Day, Rilo Kiley, Ash, the New Amsterdams, Favez, Azure Ray, Ryan Adams, Hot Water Music, the Network, the Brandos, Metal Molly, Atom and his Package, Elf Power, Piebald, All, Face to Face, Lagwagon, Rancid, Limp, Bracket, Bright Eyes, Death Cab For Cutie, Hayden, Menomena, The Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Eels, Teenage Fanclub, the Jealous Sound, Iron and Wine, Arcade Fire, John Vanderslice, Boudewijn de Groot, the Muffs, Chixdiggit, the Mountain Goats, the Promise Ring, Maritime, Smoking Popes, the Allmighty Clueless...etc
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PAPER TIGER
While Medi puts on her jammies and a lullaby for bed / Sandy puts on her coat to hit town / a funny girl drinks shabby bar red wine / a little boy on the backseat changes radio channels / Jolien sings along with punk rock bands / Cynthia is sending question marks and Darrell gets some from Susan.
It’s in a living room in this nowhere town, with not a soul around, where Témy and Chris picked up the guitars again / to paint you a picture of everything they’ve come to be this year.
Right. So here we are with Chris (Regtop) and Témy (Phem). Two Dutch lads in their late twenties, who form a tight singer songwriter unit: Paper Tiger. They’ve known each other forever, went to grammar school together and are still closest friends. Although they started writing tunes at early age, the songs never really found a way out of their bedroom. How could they? At the time Chris and Témy put most of their time and effort in playing punk rock and indie bands. It was only for the last few years that they returned to their bedrooms and started writing songs again. Legitimate Paper Tiger-songs: strong yet subtle tunes.
Beep Beep, Everyone Here
Their debut album Everyone Here was released on Hecticrecs late last year. These fourteen tracks tie together bits of folk and rock with a great pop sensibility and some unmistakably punk rock roots. Paper Tiger manage to create a near perfect balance between upbeat and downbeat, extravert and introvert, catchy and, eh…, catchy. For references you might want to check out: Violent Femmes, The Weakerthans, Sean Na Na or The Decemberists.
Chris and Témy played most of the instruments themselves. Sometimes some of their peeps dropped by to play along. Recording this album was a domestic affair: Chris nailed most of parts in the comfort of his own living room. Their freshest outing, a song called 1995, is just released on a promo compilation by indie label Beep! Beep! Back Up The Truck.
Full-on or stripped-down
Paper Tiger enjoys performing and does so on numerous occasions. They bring it to you as a full on, five-piece band, but also stun as a stripped-down, acoustic two or three piece.
Since the release of Everyone Here, Paper Tiger has been playing 100+ gigs, among which support shows for Rilo Kiley, The Rifles, The New Amsterdams, Murder By Death, Snailhouse, Subtitle, Antennas and Air Traffic. They also performed on some of the bigger Dutch radio stations and played throughout Italy, France, Spain, Austria and Germany recently. Last winter Paper Tiger did a 2 weeks tour through Europe with their friends Snailhouse from Canada. At the moment the guys are recording new tunes for a new EP and CD and booking new shows. Catch up with them. You deserve nothing less.
Meet Paper Tiger on the internet
Homepage: www.papertiger.nl
Label: www.hecticrecs.com
Community sites: www.myspace.com/papertigerholland & http://papertiger.hyves.nl/
label: www.beepbeep.nl
LiveXS
Waar Hectic Recordings zich eerder voornamelijk richtte op herrie uit de hardcorehoek, brengt het kleine label tegenwoordig ook alternatieve hiphop en indie uit. Paper Tiger is een goed voorbeeld uit die laatste categorie. Het duo maakt een ietwat gekke combinatie van van indierock en folk op deze debuut-cd. Everyone Here klink gevarieerd, soms ingetogen, dan weer lekker stevig, zoals op Juice. De band voert zelf uiteenlopende acts als Traveling Wilburys, The Decemberists, Violent Femmes en The Weakerthans op. Zeker de twee laatstgenoemden kan ik me in vinden. De verzorging van het geheel is uitstekend: goede kwaliteit opnames en een mooie hoes. Het enige probleem is naar mijn idee de lengte van de plaat: Met een speelduur van over de veertig minuten is dit voor een debuut-cd misschien iets too much.
OOR
Of er een link bestaat tussen uitgever de Papieren Tijger en indiepopband Paper Tiger? Vast niet, maar de openingszin staat. Belangrijker, dit Utrechtse duo debuteert op Everyone Here met veertien uiterst vriendelijk klinkende pop-liedjes. Het multi-instrumentale duo speelt compacte deuntjes waarin stukjes The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Weezer en The Shins onder wisselende begeleiding van (akoestisch) gitaar, bas, drums, toetsen, mandoline en accordeon handig samenvallen. Niet-meezingen lijkt al snel geen doen. Soms lijken deze twee knapen vol van (spel)vreugde door de woonkamer te stuiteren - de plek waar deze charmant klinkende huisvlijt ook werd opgenomen. Op andere momenten wordt de upbeat indiepop teruggebonden naar klein akoestisch. Maar ook dan blijven de liedjes onverminderd catchy. Naar het einde toe misschien wel iets te catchy. Temeer er geen extra dimensie aan het liedboek wordt toegevoegd. Paper Tiger houdt het simpel. Met lekkere liedjes over Jolien, Susan, Sandy, Cynthia, voor jou en mij. Dank, zeggen we dan.
Why?myspace The addictive antidote for onedimensional hip hop. The ultimate mixture between indie pop, electronics en avanthop!
the Burning hellmyspace Sometimes loud, sometimes quiet, sometimes rock, sometimes roll. Always folk, never anti. Quirky? Maybe. Cute? Never. Combining happy little melodies and depressing Old World fatalism, the music of The Burning Hell is sure to make you smile and want to give up.
We rate this gig stars on the scale of awesomeness!
Hey, sorry it has taken me a few to finally drop by your page, but here I finally am. Thanks for the friend accept, in any case. If you get a free second or two, drop by, have a listen...
Vette Analoge Shit strikes again!! Fan van Deerhoof? Cryptacize is de band van gitarist Chris Cohen (ex-Deerhoof) en singersongwriter Nedelle Torrisi. Het tweede album Mythomania is inmiddels alweer verschenen op het Asthmatic Kitty label (bekend van Sufjan Stevens, DM Stith en My Brightest Diamond) en is nu te beluisteren op de Luisterpaal. Cryptacize tourde al met Why?, Danielson, Shearwater, Ponytail, Magik Markers en Marnie Stern. Hou je van boven genoemde bands, dan wil je hier bij zijn! Eerste Nederlandse clubshow ooit!
when: 22-05-2009 where: db’s, utrecht time: 21.00 price: €7,00 with: Cryptacize, Snailhouse, Zetho this show on last.fm
ALIAS EMPIRE UPDATE!
www. aliasempire. com has recently gone live and on sign up members can download 'AEmix', a 6 track remixes EP, for free. This includes remixes of our own tracks as well as tracks by Messiah J and the Expert and Cars in Walls. Half of the remixes are by us while the rest have been handled by Philth and Seki, Nina Hynes, and Klass of '83. Each track has its own unique artwork included in the download. Hope to see you on there soon.
hola tigers! how are you? I'm very good, the sun is coming finally and I think it's time for writing songs. And you? are you working for new songs? I hope that you return in italy sooner or later! good luck for all, Giorgio SOTD
stars on the scale of awesomeness!
