Twist and Shout has asked some bands performing at the UMS to answer a few questions for us- check out these bands July21st-July24 at the UMS. (LESS THAN 8 DAYS AWAY!)
Snake Rattle Rattle Snake:
Where and when are you playing at the UMS?
Goodwill Outdoor Stage (not sure what the "official" name is), Saturday 07/23 @ 9:00pm
Do you have your cd for sale at Twist and Shout?
Currently our 7'' record is for sale there and August 16th we will be doing an in-store for our new record Sineater.
How long has your band been together?
Around 3 years, we're technically a toddler.
What was your band's first live show/ performance?
Valentine's Day house show 2009
What was the first album you purchased?
Beastie Boys---Ill Communication (Wilson)
Bartman cassingle (Doug)
Paula Abdul---Forever Your Girl (Hayley)
Cure---Head in the Door (Andrew)
Blind Melon (James)
Do you have any (quick) advice for new bands?
Don't do drugs, do drugs, don't do drugs, do drugs...
Besides your own band- who do you want to see at the UMS?
Night Sweats, Black Heart Procession, Mark Mallman, Git Some
Best past UMS experience?
Sweaty gigs at 3 Kings, Munly and the Lupercalians last year at Hi-Dive, impromptu electro-goth on Bayaud in 2009
Do you have any tips for festival goers?
Wear a disguise!
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during the festival?
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during the festival?
Senor Burrito or any available street-meat.
Who is your all time favorite Denver band?
Bright Channel, Fucking Orange, Slim Cessna's Auto Club
If you were behind the counter at Twist and Shout, what three albums would you recommend to our customers?
Anything Bill Withers, the new Kills record Blood Pressures, Laserfang Mammoth
Is there anything we forgot to ask you about the UMS that you think people need to know?
Bounce around, don't just see bands you're familiar with...make a new favorites!
Birdy
Where and when are you playing at the UMS?
The Hornet - Sunday the 24th @5p
Do you have your cd for sale at Twist and Shout?
No - the second it's finished it will be!
How long has your band been together?
Various members of the band have been playing together in projects forever, our current lineup has been together for two years.
What was your band's first live show/ performance?
Good old Larimer Lounge!
What was the first album you purchased?
Couple of answers (from Tim and Lacey)
Men at Work - Business as Usual
Salt n' Pepa - Very Necessary
Do you have any (quick) advice for new bands?
Don't let the business of music (and the drag that it can be) effect the creative process!
Besides your own band- who do you want to see at the UMS?
The Raven and the Writing Desk
Jesse Manly
Joshua Novak
Do you have any tips for festival goers?
Come early, rooms can fill up quickly!
Come early, rooms can fill up quickly!
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during the festival?
Deluxe - top class!
Who is your all time favorite Denver band?
Born in the Flood
If you were behind the counter at Twist and Shout, what three albums would you recommend to our customers?
Metric - Old World Underground
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself
Santogold
Rob Drabkin
Where and when are you playing at the UMS?
Goodwill stage with the full band! Sunday 3pm.
Do you have your cd for sale at Twist and Shout?
Heck yes!
How long has your band been together?
I've been writing songs for four years and have had a band for two
What was your band's first live show/ performance?
I was paid $100 to play my song 'little steps' in cheeseman park while this guy proposed to his girlfriend at the time. she said no. :/
I later learned they had only been dating two weeks.
What was the first album you purchased?
Michael Jackson, Bad
Besides your own band- who do you want to see at the UMS?
Cody Crump and the little Giants
Best past UMS experience?
funniest experience- playing solo at the walnut room pizzeria and dropping my capo off the balcony into food:)
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during the festival?
definitely the goodwill parking lot 3pm vendors
Who is your all time favorite Denver band?
Big Head Todd and The Monsters
If you were behind the counter at Twist and Shout, what three albums would you recommend to our customers?
Recent albums I've liked- Two recent My Morning Jacket (Circuital), Bela Fleck and The Flecktones (Live Art) and Teseschi Trucks Band (Revelator)
Safe Boating is No Accident
Where and when are you playing at the UMS?
8:00 PM on Saturday at Indy Ink
Do you have your cd for sale at Twist and Shout?
Yes, and our split tape with SAUNA.
How long has your band been together?
About 3 years in total, 6 months with our current lineup.
What was your band's first live show/ performance?
Rhinoceropolis with Yuzo Nieto & the Hand that Rocks the Dreidel
What was the first album you purchased?
the Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Do you have any (quick) advice for new bands?
We're not in a position to give advice, but just focus on doing good work. Don't mind all the political horseshit. You'll be happier people for it.
Besides your own band- who do you want to see at the UMS?
Nathan & Stephen, Oh No, Oh My!, Spires, Bad Weather California, Night of Joy, SAUNA
Best past UMS experience?
Nathan & Stephen at the Mayan last year.
Do you have any tips for festival goers?
Sunscreen.
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during the festival?
Sunscreen.
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during the festival?
Find the Whiskey Beef guy. Those sandwiches are amazing.
Who is your all time favorite Denver band?
Pee Pee will always have a place in my heart. Currently, it would be either Pink Hawks or Bad Weather California.
If you were behind the counter at Twist and Shout, what three albums would you recommend to our customers?
"Get Happy" - Elvis Costello & the Attractions - One of Elvis' classic first 5 albums. 20 genius songs in an hour. It's a perfect summer album.
"Mclusky Do Dallas" - Mclusky - If you like Rock and Roll and you don't own this album already then you need to fix that immediately. It's in your syllabus. Produced by Steve Albini and it shows.
"I See the Sign" - Samamidon - Almost every band that references Americana in their sound claims to be updating and recontexualizing the genre. Samamidon is one of the few that actually do it. This album features awesome arrangements by Nico Muhly and the best R Kelly cover you will ever hear.
More interviews to come!
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