Archive for the 'Interviews' Category

Apr 02

Babington House: “Your cupcakes are the best I have ever tasted, even better than Magnolia Bakery”

ConversationsWithBianca.com readers will know that I love cupcakes and that I also love supporting local independent business! Babington House makes some of my favourite cupcakes on the Gold Coast. They use the finest ingredients, organic and Fairtrade wherever possible, free range eggs, unbleached flours, Lindt Chocolate, Dutch cocoa and will make you any flavour that [...]

Apr 02

UMA’s Ella: Inspired by Palm Trees, Alien Reptiles & Love

I first came across Berlin-based Ella’s music via her project Jools Hunter (she was also in Go Die Big City along with label-mate Monsterheart’s Anna Attar). Ella’s music is electronic, experimental, whimsical and at times intense. She’s currently focusing on latest project UMA, with her husband. What kind of music would you say that you [...]

Mar 27

Creator Spotlight: Little Trouble Kids’ Eline Adam

HI MY NAME IS ELINE ADAM. I’m in the Belgium band Little Trouble Kids. We like to call our music noisepop. Recently we’ve been into the music of Cat Stevens -Tea For The Tillerman. For some reason, I can sing along with almost every song. I asked my mother about it, and apparently she had [...]

Mar 25

Los Angeles’ Peter Pants: Kicked Out of Bars, David Liebe Hart, Riot Grrrl & AC/DC Love

I LOVE Peter Pants! They frickin’ rule! They’ve been described as “music meant to send you into a state of catatonic pleasure.” They are sooooooo much fun! Have a listen for yourself… here’s a Q&A with the whole band! How did you first come to making music? MICHAEL: I first came into making music by [...]

Mar 17

Creator Spotlight: Alex Wall

Here’s the first in a new series on ConversationsWithBianca.com where I spotlight creators whose work I love, in a way that’s a little bit of a departure from the Q&A style interview I usually run. First up, local musician-artist Alex Wall! I adore musicians (especially lo-fi artists) like Alex that do every aspect of their [...]

Mar 14

Tegan of Voltaire Twins: “Bands here are like bums. Everyone’s got one”

Perth-based indie act Voltaire Twins are one of my picks for ‘must see’ at this year’s SXSW Music festival (along with Indian Handcrafts and Tashaki Miyaki who will have Sneakpeek’s Dora Hiller performing with them). You can follow Voltaire Twins’ US/Canada tour adventures and SXSW journey on twitter, which they’ve already been updating direct from [...]

Mar 13

Artist & Musician Nadia Buyse: “I really felt music saved my life”

Recently I did interview with an inspiring Portland-based lady creator, Nadia Buyse. Nadia kicks ass in bands: Ghost Mom, Tombstalkers/Bloodbraid and most recently the Adrian Piper Cover Band. She works with “images, sounds, puppets, insecurities and regrets. Experimenting with adaptations of gender and sexuality.” She also teaches at the Rock n Roll Camp For Girls. [...]

Mar 08

Monsterheart: “An instrument is like a pet, it comforts you”

Monsterheart a.k.a. Anna Attar is one of my new favourite musical crushes. Her debut EP out on boutique indie label Seayou Records was written in Berlin, Tel Aviv and Vienna – she currently resides in Roma, Italy. As ConversationsWithBianca.com readers know, I love finding new music and I love sharing it with you! I knew [...]

Mar 06

A Q&A with Indian Handcrafts: James Brown’s Splits, The Warriors & Jeopardy!

Canadian duo (Brandyn James Aikins and Daniel Brandon Allen) Indian Handcrafts came to my attention last year, thanks to their signing to one of my favourite labels, Los Angeles based Sargent House; home to Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Le Butcherettes, Zechs Marquise + more. They’ve been likened to The Melvins, Death From Above 1979 and Karp since [...]

Feb 16

Tobi-lea: “I wouldn’t say I find salvation from punk music—I find truth”

Tobi-lea is a musician originally from Western Australia now living in Tasmania. I find her story inspiring and her music honest and straight from the heart. Her story, in her own words: “I ran away from my hometown Tom Price (a small mining town in the Pilbra, Western Australia) with dreams of starting a punk [...]

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