The Velvet underground
The Doors
The Pixies
The Breeders
The cure
Bjork
My Bloody Valentine
Blonde redhead
Spacemen 3
Lydia Lunch
Jesus and mary chain
Devo
Massive attack
Tricky
Sebadoh
Chemical brothers
Liars
Deerhunter
Flaming lips
Mercury rev
PJ Harvey
The Stooges
Suicide
Ride
The Beatles
The Who
Dinosaur Jr
Television
Johnny Cash
David Bowie
Deerhoof
currently listening to:
the breeders: "mountain battles"; deerhunter: "microcastle" ; black angels:"directions to see a ghost"
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Biography:
Underground Railroad: new album "STICKS AND STONES" on One Little indian records UK -29 September 2008- released in Europe
Formed five years ago in Paris, Underground Railroad released their debut album ‘Twisted Trees’ on One Little Indian in the summer of last year – a ferocious squall of a record crystallising the band’s love for post-punk and New York’s No Wave scene, it won them a passionate following through its wholly uncompromising nature.
Drummer Raphael Mura, guitarist Marion Andrau (who both take lead vocal duties) and bassist/backing vocalist JB Ganivet return in the latter half of 2008 with ‘Sticks and Stones’, a new album that smoothes over the jagged edges of their debut, imbuing upon them a strong melodic drive, without losing a trace of the band’s trademark integrity.
Recorded in Seattle at the dawn of 2008 with renowned producer John Goodmanson at its helm (Death Cab For Cutie, Blood Brothers, Sleater Kinney and Blonde Redhead), it sees Underground Railroad gain maturity without sacrificing their angular, noisy leanings; a Velvet Underground / Jesus and Mary Chain psychedelic swirl is discernible in the hypnotic ‘Stuff in Your Pocket’, while the simple, overdrive-led buzz of Pixies or Sebadoh is palpable in the heady fury of tracks like ‘Kill me now’. The record also features Seattle’s prodigious cello player Phil A. Peterson, whose arrangements on ‘Poems For Freaks’ or ‘Six Pieds Sous Terre’ lend these songs an unabashed, epic edge.
A spectacular live show is long part of the band’s appeal, Mura’s presence behind the drum kit magisterial and Andrau’s vocals captivating. The end of 2008 saw them win a whole new Audience as UR shared the bill with American noise pop legends DEERHOOF (ATP London December 2008) or AUTOLUX (ATP London June 2008) and were invited to open for NADA SURF all accross Europe in October 2008.
Sticks and Stones: album out now
Out March 2009: New E.P. 'PICK THE GHOST...'
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