Für gut 15 Jahre war Kristin Hersh in den 80er/90ern mit den Throwing Muses eine der zentralen Figuren des US-Indie-Rocks. Neben den Throwing Muses wandelt Hersh auf Solopfaden und veröffentlicht gerade ihr bereits elftes Solo-Album, das im Sound immer noch dem Ideal des 80ies Indierock verpflichtet ist und keine Altersmilde zeigt:
* Your three favourite Punk singles/songs?
** X “Motel Room in my Bed”
** Circle Jerks “Coup d’Etat”
** Mission of Burma “Mica”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g65tN9UWEy4
* A record that will make you dance?
Chubby Checker’s “Chequered”
* Your favourite song lyrics?
“I took a sad envelope of seed from you/I just could never get something to take root/you never can tell about the growth shoot/I am crouched with a weak shovel and you are tending the mysterious tunnel”
– Vic Chesnutt, “Arthur Murray”
* The best “new” artist / band right now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXnbvEsyfnk
Tomorrow’s Tulips:
Unpretentious, hypnotic, sweet, low-fi neo-surf
* Your favourite song about rebellion/revolution?
“The Harder They Come” – Jimmy Cliff
* Your favourite song this year so far?
Fred Abong’s “Avalon”
* Your favourite movie about music?
Harold and Maude, as much about music as any documentary that tries to autopsy music and leaves it in pieces. Harold and Maude shows what a soundtrack really is: life stories.
* The best song you’ve ever written / recorded?
“Pneuma” by 50FootWave
* Your favourite german song/record?
“Deadlock” by Can
* Your favourite record of all time?
Of all time?? Haha….is there such a thing? Lemme think.
“Violent Femmes”: Their eponymous debut. Probably across the board, one of the most successful ventures in rawness; from the songwriting to the production, to the performances.
Das neue Album von Kristin Hersh ist gerade erschienen.
