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Schande has no idea what's on the horizon - and that's pretty badass

Author: Mike G
Published: Thursday, September 22, 2011
Wiretap has had an ongoing love affair with Schande for years now. We just love them to pieces, and not only because when I asked them to send me a band photo to accompany this interview, they sent back the awkward family photo I photoshopped all their heads onto for the release of our Wiretap covers compilation oh so long ago.

My buddy told me the other day that he thinks Jen Chochinov, singer/guitarist, is totally hung up on the 90s. And he was right. She is — in the best possible way. ...

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Wiretap has had an ongoing love affair with Schande for years now. We just love them to pieces, and not only because when I asked them to send me a band photo to accompany this interview, they sent back the awkward family photo I photoshopped all their heads onto for the release of our Wiretap covers compilation oh so long ago.

My buddy told me the other day that he thinks Jen Chochinov, singer/guitarist, is totally hung up on the 90s. And he was right. She is — in the best possible way.

Schande's music is composed of everything good about 90s indie punk/rock. More straightforward rockers like Sleater-Kinney and The Archers of Loaf have an influence on the band, no doubt. But over the past few years, I've been stoked to hear more noise rock creeping into Schande's music, bringing elements of bands like Sonic Youth and the Melvins into their sound.

Schande's new "Still Returning" 7" has all of these influences on full display. It's out now via Future Farmer Recordings, but you better hurry because there's a limited number available.

Don't miss Schande's newly expanded lineup, now including a third guitarist (told you they were introducing more noise), this Sunday, September 25th, at Cafe du Nord. Schande is playing with The Shondes (from New York, and no relation to Schande, presumably) and Wild Assumptions. As an added incentive to get your ass out to the show, Jen Chochinov tells me: "I can't wait to hear Wild Assumptions since the guitarist/singer Megan is the drummer/singer for Street Eaters and the girl is fucking amazing. She sings like Janet Weiss and plays just as well as her. It's sick as shit."

I had a chat with Jen about the new 7", the direction the band's sound is going in, and more. Check it out:
WTM: Where were the three songs on the new 7" recorded?

JC: We recorded the songs for the 7" with Monte Vallier at Ruminator Audio on Harrisson St. here in San Francisco. I love Monte. No, scracth that, I fucking love Monte. It's the first time I've ever worked with an engineer who would come to band practice before studio time began to get a feel for the songs and talk about what sorts of mics we'd like to use for the sound and fidelity we wanted. Free of charge. How can you not love a guy like that? Super laid back and knows what he's doing inside and out — he's a hell of an engineer.

WTM: How'd the recording process go? Were you trying anything new, trying to capture anything new? Did it turn out how you planned?

JC: The recording process was pretty straight forward — recording everything live, minus vocals, adding extra layers and then doing vocals. All songs were already written and developed before going in the studfio so there wasn't much to discover about the songs, in terms of the song's direction, until it was time to mix.

As a band we hadn't been in the studio for a long time, and so I think the only thing on our minds was making sure we not only got a solid recording quality-wise, but that we walked away with tracks that really captured the feel as they were intended. Capturing the feel is always my main priority, I think once you do that everything else falls into place. We experimented a bit, with backwards autoharp tracks & things like that, but nothing too new or crazy. For future recordings I can see us going way more buckwild since the dynamics and sound of the band has evolved quite a bit, but these ones were pretty simplistic.

WTM: Is this prelude to a forthcoming Schande long player? (If not, can it be? Pretty please?)

JC: I love you. I realize that's a weird response to an interview question, but it's true. I also love watermelon gum and kale chips (separately, together would be nasty) if that helps make it less weird.

A full album.....ideally yes. We've written new songs/are writing new songs and are hoping to start working with Monte again as soon as we can. He's a busy guy so we're probably looking at early '12, but he's truly worth the wait. Will [Cline, guitarist] has recorded with Monte with his other band Sleeptalks (Sleeptalks was started by Jim, our new band member). I've recorded with Monte as well with my other project This is Thunder. So Monte really knows what we want as a band and individually. It makes it so much easier when you have that history and connection with an engineer. Plus, anyone who puts up with me during the mixing process has definitely earned their keep.

But, getting back to the album... Since we're officially an unofficial but kind of official 5-piece now, I'm honestly in no rush to get into the studio until we've really explored each song we want to record as a new band. Going into the studio unprepared can work, but only with a band that's played together forever, which, as a 5 piece, we have not.

WTM: How did you like working with Future Farmer?

JC: Funny story, actually.... Future Farmer and I go back to 1996/1997. The label was started by Jeff Klindt and Dennis Mitchell, who were also in a band called Joaquina. Joaquina were fucking great and my band at the time, Shove, played with them and met them through our friends who were in a band called Ranch 51. Through the Ranch 51 connection and the fact that we all had a blast together, Jeff and Dennis asked Shove to be on a compilation they were putting out on Future Farmer. The compilation was called Inbred and featured bands like Beluah, For Stars, Rodriguez (featuring a pre-fame M. Ward), Ranch 51 and more. Naturally we were really ecstatic about being a part of the comp and said yes. Sadly, I don't really like the song we wound up giving them, which is a bummer, so booo for not being able to turn back time. I look back on the initial stages of my relationship with Future Farmer very fondly, truth be told. We (Shove) were 21 year old kids at the time, and those guys were so supportive of us. It was very cool.

The recent reconnection to Future Farmer was again through my good friend Darren, of the aforementioned Ranch 51. He was helping Dennis rebuild Future Farmer as the label had been on hiatus for quite some time. Darren asked if Schande wanted to do a 7" with Future Farmer, and naturally that was a no-brainer.

So I guess, the shorter answer to this question would simply be Darren Lee. Whether in 1996 or 2009, Darren is behind any involvement I've ever had with Future Farmer. If you read this Darren, thanks buddy.

Darren no longer is working for the label, but Matt Johnson, who is, is a real nice guy. Sadly the label isn't distributing the 7"s, but hey what can you do?

WTM: What else is on the horizon?

JC: Schande just released a new song on a 20 Sided Records compilation. 20 Sided is run by David Mitchell, younger brother of Dennis Mitchell of Future Farmer, so it really does all come full circle.

I suppose what I am most excited about is that Schande is rediscovering itself as a band as a 5-piece, and so what truly is next on the horizon is a mystery that I am really happy to not know the answer to.

WTM: I like that you guys are incorporating more noise and kinda experimental, psychedelic sounds, like the loop on "Former Idle". That's not a question, I know. It's a statement.

JC: Hahahaha. Thanks man. Yeah, we're definitely trying to find new ways to make the songs more interesting. Jim, our newbie, plays Moog as well so we may full well be getting loose with it. I know that I'd definitely like to be writing more songs predominantly instrumental (although worry not, we've got a lot of wordy new ones too) so now that we have the manpower to really explore different ways to fill the space with new sounds, shit's gonna get more interesting for sure.
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Cannons and Clouds release new album, play Rock Make this Saturday

Author: Mike G
Published: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Cannons & Clouds started as a folky duo, but is now a six-piece making music that has grown in many ways, both figurative and literal. Three- to six-part harmonies and a full-time harpist take the balladeering of singer-guitarist Zachary Blizzard into musical terrain far more lush and symphonic than your average indie folk band.

Cannons & Clouds has just released June, its second album. Come on out to the Rock Make Street Festival this Saturday for your chance to catch some of the new tunes live. ...

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Cannons & Clouds started as a folky duo, but is now a six-piece making music that has grown in many ways, both figurative and literal. Three- to six-part harmonies and a full-time harpist take the balladeering of singer-guitarist Zachary Blizzard into musical terrain far more lush and symphonic than your average indie folk band.

Cannons & Clouds has just released June, its second album. Come on out to the Rock Make Street Festival this Saturday for your chance to catch some of the new tunes live.

I had a chat with Zachary Blizzard about the new album and its plans for the future. Check it out:
WTM: What's the significance of the name of the new album, June?

ZB: The album name June is a reference to the correlation between the sixth month in the Gregorian calendar and the six members in our group. It is also loosely referencing the shared birth month for some of us.

WTM: Self-released? Label?

ZB: We released it on new local label 2 Channel Records.

WTM: Where was it recorded?

ZB: The instrumentation was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, and Brittany's apartment by her husband Davey Gale.

The vocals, additional, guitar, mixing, and mastering, were achieved at Studio SQ near the Alemany Produce District of San Francisco.

WTM: What were you trying to capture with this record? Are there any departures from past work? Did you accomplish everything you'd hoped to?

ZB: June is a mixture of older songs we felt were necessary to record before they evaporated into the cosmos, and never saw the audial light of day... Along with newer songs that we were eager to record.

Our goal was accomplished. All at lightning speed. Having been conceptualized, recorded and released in the span of a couple weeks.

WTM: Does San Francisco have any influence on your sound? What I mean is, would you be making the same music in another city? Has SF helped shape y'all's music?

ZB: I would say our city is extremely influential to our sound, songs, and mood. It's a major part of my lyrical writings having family roots and experiences here since early childhood. Along with other members being Bay Area natives, we naturally create a sound that paints a picture of our home. Along with historically and regionally significant musical artists that most of us grew up listening to.

Surviving here can certainly be a struggle. Many of Cannons & Clouds have taken turns being "homeless" in San Francisco. And have manged to prevail with the help of friends and family. The struggle helps the creative process...As long as the pain doesn't get the best of you. I also feel we would be playing the same genre of music even if we lived in Manhattan or Brooklyn.

WTM: Any tour plans in support of the release?

ZB: We are tentatively planning on nationally touring in 2012

WTM: Anything else you want folks to know?

ZB: We will be playing the San Francisco Rock Make Street Festival in The Mission District September 17th 2011.
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Wiretap Music on BTR: New Religious Girls, Magic Trick (Tim Cohen), You Are Plural, and so much more!

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New music from the Bay Area's own Religious Girls, Magic Trick (Tim Cohen of The Fresh & Onlys), and Vetiver, plus friends from up and down the West Coast, like You Are Plural from Olympia, WA. Hope you dig this edition of Wiretap Music on BreakThru Radio!
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Rock Make is going to be awesome. If you volunteer, it could be even awesomer!

Author: Mike G
Published: Friday, September 09, 2011
The fourth annual Rock Make Street Festival is coming up next Saturday, September 17th! Put on by the fine folks of TheBayBridged.com, Tartufi, and Cookie the Dude, it's a whole day of fun in the sun (seriously! it's in the Mission!) for the whole family -- especially if that family has lots of live music-lovers in it. So many of our local favorites are playing it's ridiculous: Tartufi, Battlehooch, Phantom Kicks, James & Evander, Birds & Batteries, and more. (Full disclosure: My band Mist Giant is also playing the fest this year. But that has nothing to do with how excited I am about the lineup! Well, okay, a little.) ...

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The fourth annual Rock Make Street Festival is coming up next Saturday, September 17th! Put on by the fine folks of TheBayBridged.com, Tartufi, and Cookie the Dude, it's a whole day of fun in the sun (seriously! it's in the Mission!) for the whole family -- especially if that family has lots of live music-lovers in it. So many of our local favorites are playing it's ridiculous: Tartufi, Battlehooch, Phantom Kicks, James & Evander, Birds & Batteries, and more. (Full disclosure: My band Mist Giant is also playing the fest this year. But that has nothing to do with how excited I am about the lineup! Well, okay, a little.)

Also exciting is the fact that Lagunitas Brewing Company will be pouring brews at the "local beer and wine garden," which will also feature Bear Flag Wines.

If you want to help make Rock Make a smashing success this year, consider volunteering. Per The Bay Bridged: "Volunteer roles for this year’s festival will include donation taking, guest interaction, bartending and other general assistance. If you are interesting in helping out on the 17th, please email volunteers@thebaybridged.com as soon as possible with your name, phone number and email. We look forward to working with you!"
Check out RockMake.com to get the full scoop on the festivities and the full lineup for the two stages of live music, or RSVP on Facebook. More info below the poster, too.

From the Bay Bridged:

Now in its fourth year, the Rock Make Street Festival has become one of the most anticipated outdoor events in the Mission District, a free, all ages, all day celebration of the San Francisco Bay Area’s independent arts, crafts, and music communities. Uniting these diverse creative worlds, the festival offers attendees a unique opportunity to sample the best of San Francisco DIY all in one place, which is why thousands of attendees flock to Rock Make every year.
On Saturday, September 17th from 12pm to 7pm, Rock Make 2011 returns to Treat Avenue at 18th Street in San Francisco (RSVP on Facebook). Presented by The Bay Bridged, Tartufi, and Cookie and the Dude, Rock Make 2011 will feature 70 local arts and crafts vendors showcasing their wares between two stages of local independent bands, with performances by Tartufi, Battlehooch, Birds & Batteries, Bare Wires, Phantom Kicks, James and Evander, Cannons & Clouds, Sean Smith, ChuCha Santamaria Y Usted, Mist Giant, Vons De Qua and the SF Rock Project’s House Band.

New to Rock Make this year, a number of local food trucks will be selling tasty items throughout the festival grounds, including Spencer on the Go, TomKat, and Gorilla Pete’s. There will also be a local beer and wine garden serving offerings from Lagunitas Brewing Company and Bear Flag Wines.

All told, Rock Make 2011 isn’t just a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon in the Mission. It’s also a vital intersection of local talents gathering to celebrate the unique creative spirit that makes the San Francisco Bay Area great.

Interested in volunteering at this event? Find out more about how you can help.

The fourth annual Rock Make Street Festival is presented by:

The festival is also generously supported by our sponsors: Deli Radio, Scoutmob, Faultline Studios, KOOBA, Purebred Productions, Good Vibrations, El Rio, The Verdi Club, Lexington Club, and Rock Band Land.
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You are totally missing out if you don't go see You Are Plural tonight

Author: Mike G
Published: Thursday, September 01, 2011
You Are Plural is new on the scene, and I'm beyond stoked to see the band live for the first time tonight at the release party for its new EP, No More.

The duo's music is primarily built around Ephriam Nagler's Wurlitzer piano and Jen Grady's cello, with plenty of vocal melodies contributed by both. The arrangements are minimal but lush at the same time, or at alternating times, as the pacing and arrangement of a song may dictate. The music has an earthy, organic feel akin to folk music, but I hate to really even plant that seed in your brain because I don't think this is folk music. It's intriguing, beautiful, and many other things, but not easily categorizable. ...

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You Are Plural is new on the scene, and I'm beyond stoked to see the band live for the first time tonight at the release party for its new EP, No More.

The duo's music is primarily built around Ephriam Nagler's Wurlitzer piano and Jen Grady's cello, with plenty of vocal melodies contributed by both. The arrangements are minimal but lush at the same time, or at alternating times, as the pacing and arrangement of a song may dictate. The music has an earthy, organic feel akin to folk music, but I hate to really even plant that seed in your brain because I don't think this is folk music. It's intriguing, beautiful, and many other things, but not easily categorizable.

I have to say, though, that I'd watch Grady play cello in just about any kind of band. Her gorgeous, haunting voice and cello first captivated me years ago when she was playing in a band called The Waxfire (also hailing from Washington, like You Are Plural) that toured extensively throughout the Pacific Northwest. Then she moved down here to SF and was heavily involved in the scene for a few years, playing with the likes of Garrett Pierce, Adam Stephens (of Two Gallants), and Emily Jane White.

The release party is tonight at Bottom of the Hill. No More is out as of today on Side With Us Records and Olympia, WA's YoYo Records.

I had a chat with Jen about the new band, the new album, and their plans for the foreseeable future. Check it out:

WTM: How'd the two of you start collaborating?
JG: It started with the two of us working on a tour together in Europe. During the long drives between cities, we hypothesized a band we could start when we returned home. On one of the last days of tour, there was a piano in a green room along with a lot of wine. We sat down and for an hour, we shared melodic ideas. It wasn't awful, as some first musical encounters can be, so we continued hanging out when we returned to the States.

WTM: What was "the sound" you were trying to capture? Did you succeed, or were the results at all surprising or unexpected?

JG: We were curious how it would sound with just the two of us. Both the Wurlitzer electric piano and the cello are mid-ranged instruments. We were worried about them competing for the same sonic landscape, so we layered extra harmonies with the cello and our voices to make fuller arrangements. Vignettes turned into entire songs and some had a shift in mood from their beginnings. Ephriam recorded both of our albums with little resources. I was really impressed with his creative use of space and microphones.

WTM: Where was it recorded?

JG: Hand It Over [the band's debut EP] was recorded in my father's basement in Seattle. This new album was recorded in my mother's living room in Olympia. We had a recording budget of zero, so it is really helpful to have supportive family members who don't mind wires running through their house. It makes it a little more complicated than a studio, but I think the sounds of birds and other bleeds of regular life added more intimacy to the albums.

WTM: What non-musical influences inspire y'all's music?

JG: This past year had a lot of major news stories that infiltrated into our lyrical content. The tsunami in Japan, the revolution in Egypt, people believing in Judgement Day. It felt as though while we were writing, these events were occurring and we could not ignore them.

WTM: Jen, we miss the days when you were playing with what seemed like a dozen acts around SF at the same time. Are you still playing with any Bay Area bands/musicians?

JG: Ha! Yeah I was in quite a few bands last year, but that completely changed when I met Ephriam. He and I really connected with wanting a project where we had equal songwriting responsibilities and we really listen to each other's crazy ideas. Also it is really easy to tour with just one other person. With our van we can carry our gear and sleep in the back if we need to.

I still record cello with bands occasionally and Ephriam will be touring with The Velvet Teen doing live sound this late fall.

WTM: Where is the tour taking you other than SF?

JG: We are doing a giant loop of the West. We are playing most of California, Arizona, Utah and we will end in Boise, ID.

WTM: What else does the future hold for You Are Plural?

JG: We are going to write a full length this winter and hope to do a lot of touring next year. We have received incredible support from friends, Side With Us Records, and Pat Maley from YoYo Records in Olympia. We feel energized by the generosity and want to give back musically.

WTM: What else should we know about You Are Plural?

JG: We are very grateful for all of the support and are excited to release our new EP No More on Sept 6th at Bottom of the Hill.
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