Christina Picciano • Percussion, Loop Pedals, Guitars
Influences
right now:
sigur rós - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
sonic youth - dirty
the zombies - odessey and oracle
built to spill - you in reverse
lake - lake
my bloody valentine - isn't anything
quasi - featuring "birds"
can - future days
mirah - (a)spera
ozma - rock and roll part three
sleater-kinney - the hot rock
talking heads - sand in the vaseline
twin sister - vampires with dreaming kids ep
elvis costello, talking heads, my bloody valentine, pixies, the zombies, patti smith, mirah, jon brion, stereolab, leonard cohen, emily haines, phil elvrum, elliott smith, air, television, sloan, wilco, cibo matto, beck, the violent femmes, juliana hatfield, the velvet underground, jobim, the beatles, the kinks, neil young, tom waits, björk, sonic youth, slowdive, cornelius, sufjan stevens, os mutantes, aimee mann, pizzicato five, richard d. james, that dog, sparklehorse, mogwai, the stooges, new england, distance, and wonderful friends...
My name is Rachel, and you have stumbled upon some of my music. That's awesome!
Here are some fun facts, just for you:
• I started my first girl rock band when I was 13. We made music and abused distortion pedals throughout most of high school, and we had so much fun.
• All of my high school dreams came true when the Pixies reunited for long enough for me to see them play live. Thanks, Pixies.
• I am a Sagittarius. Yeah, I know this is totally meaningless, but it does count as a fun fact. Probably. SAGITTARIUS!
• I just finished getting my Bachelor of Music from the Purchase College Conservatory of Music with a concentration in Studio Composition (best program ever?). That was a barely comprehensible sentence.
• I love to design and build websites for people. You can investigate this further here if that's what you're into right now. I'm not going to stop you.
• One of my favorite guitars to play is the Eastwood Airline, but I tend to stick to my trusty old Telecaster... she is a lovely Sage Green Metallic and we talk about feelings.
• Delay pedals are dreamy.
• I am working on a side project called Moonbear with Andrew Futral of the lovely Age of Rockets
• The EP I currently have for sale is a collection of songs I wrote and recorded during my time at Purchase, spanning about four years.
• You can hear me singing on some records by Toby Goodshank, Apse, Arms and Legs, Michael Greenberg, and Kyle Gilbride. All of these people inspire me and I am so grateful to have been a part of their work.
• I love to play shows, which I do with a wonderful band whenever possible. Our altername is sometimes Field Mouse... sometimes.
