Television Personalities, LCD Soundsystem, Moldy Peaches, Peaches, The Fall, Knarf Relloem Trinity, The Velvet Underground, Joy Division, Young Marble Giants, M.I.A., Monks, Adam Green, White Stripes, DAF, Beck, Swell Maps, Jeffrey Lewis, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Architecture in Helsinki, Herman Dune, New Order, The Libertines, The Rapture, I Ludicrous, Sons and Daughters, Beat Happening, Of Montreal, Barbara Manning, Neutral Milk Hotel, Daniel Johnston, FSK, Kimya Dawson, Wire, Schwervon!, The Specials, Jad Fair, Sebadoh, Fun Boy Three, Jonathan Richman, The Go-Betweens, Moe Tucker, The Clean, Tall Dwarfs, Chicks on Speed, The Fiery Furnaces, Nico, Wire, The Unicorns, Belle and Sebastian, Dead Kennedys, B52s, Jamie T., Von Suedenfed, Menomena, Shitdisco, These New Puritans, to be continued...
In the fast rotating indie-subworld inhabited by the German-Italian Woog Riots, it’s just a quick short-cut from riotpop / garagefolk to twee-rave and dance-punk!
The band began their pop career in 2004 by compiling a tribute album for iconic Manchester band “The Fall“, which featured eclectic European and transatlantic contributions highly appreciated by John Peel.
Their own first single followed, released on German label “What’s So Funny About“. The two creative master-minds Silvana Battisti and Marc Herbert sharing the vocals for “King of Pop“, a brilliant statement of future intent.
They addressed the royal imbalance later by writing the lo-fi electro hit “Queen of Pop“, featuring on their debut album “Strangelove TV“. Favourable press reviews followed, bringing comparisons with the New York scene including Adam Green and Kimya Dawson with their band Moldy Peaches.
With a name derived from its four chapters People, Animals, Society & Places, the Woog Riots’ new album “PASP” is due for release in spring 2008. Song themes cover some key cultural, political and scientific developments in Western civilisation.
Battisti and Herbert do DJ sets at clubs in Germany and acts such as LCD Soundsystem and M.I.A. have become a major influence. As a result the band’s sound has moved in the direction of dance-punk and twee-rave, taking the slogan of label mates ‘Knarf Rellöm Trinity’ “move your ass and your mind will follow” to their hearts.
Tours of Germany, England and Finland have already made an impact, leading to a steady growth of their own underground network. In March/April 2008 they return to the UK for a short series of dates and are due to tour extensively through Germany in May/June 2008.
Button Up Your Overcoat returns this Monday at The George Tavern, Whitechapel. With Dufus, The Bobby McGees, Old Bamboo & Baron Bum Blood Advance tickets: www. wegottickets. com/event/32344
also euer konzert gestern war zwar klein aber sehr fein. weiter so! danke, dass ich stylophone spielen durfte. kam mir fast selber vor wie david bowie in berlin :-) viel spaß noch auf eurer tour! stephan
hallo silvana. freue mich auf deinen studiobesuch heute bei "populär- das interview-musikmagazin". hallo woog riots-fans. hört doch mal rein, heute 15-17 uhr auf www. radio-rheinwelle. de (15 uhr the blind circus, 16 uhr woog riots) schöne grüße, dirk
Na, wenn Ihr oder wer jetzt sagen würde er ist es nicht, wär man doch recht erstaunt hier: Die "moves", die Statur, etc. Im Grunde sogar das "Superheldenkostüm", oder? "People working with computers" hat mir übrigens letzte Woche ca. zwei Tage gerettet. Blumen auch dafür. Man schreibt sich! J.
Die neue Scheibe = sehr gelungenes Erzeugnis! Kann man jetzt so sagen, nachdem ihre Klänge sich ein bisschen setzen durften und man sie vorwärts UND rückwärts abgespielt hat. Um die geheimen satanischen Text-Botschaften zu entschlüsseln ... "Paul McCartney" = besonders charmant. - Feine, feine Grüße ins Lilien-Land!
Hello Woog Riots! How are you doing? I'm going to berlin in June, is there anywhere you'd recommend I go? Hope you are doing well, here's a little flier Andrew
Hey Ihr beiden, Ihr macht nicht nur schöne Musik, Ihr könnt auch gut feiern ! Nochmals vielen Dank, dass Ihr da wart am Samstag und danke für die Geschenke, vor allem die Zeitung mit den Insiderinfos zum Sexualleben von Walen...alles Liebe, moni*
O'bach und O'bach-West danken sehr für die feine Beschallung. Hoch die Oktopusse und Kopffüßler! Schaut Arte! Bildet Musik-Selbstbefreuungs-Kollektive und -Banden!
Hey! I'm so glad to hear that.. I enjoyed Thursday so much - it was a brilliant gig and you're a fantastic band to see live. I've been wanting to come and play in Germany for ages, so maybe I'll come over sometime and play a gig with you over there, that would be amazing!
Thanks so much for playing - hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
Would it be okay to play one of your tunes on 96.9 All Fm on 5th May? That's our next show (9pm-11pm)
sorry, in his case it's spelt 'muller' (but i don't have those lil dots that go over the letters on this computer),quite cultured as a footballer as far as i remember. am i right in saying he was a midfielder? rather bronzed he was. nice. your list of influences are as cool as your own brand of music. julian.
