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 [...]

Tags: alien reptiles, Anna Attar, Austria music, Berlin music, Drop Your Soul, Enraptured Records, Flower Goth music, Jools Hunter, Mirapuri, Monsterheart, Red Bull Music Academy, Seayou Records, UMA

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 [...]

Tags: Adventureland (album), Cat Stevens, David Bowie, dEUS, Doctor Guislain Museum, D’arcy, Eagles of Death Metal, Eline Adam, Everyday by Buddy Holly, Ghent Belgium music, Jan Stoop, Kim Deal, kim gordon, Little Trouble Kids, Micha Volders, Millionaire, Thomas Werbrouck, Tim Vanhamel, Vermin Twins

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 [...]

Tags: AC/DC, Awesome Show: Great Job!, David Liebe Hart, fun party punk style songs, Greg Shilton, Le Butcherettes, Lia Braswell, Michael Reyder, Nikki Godinez, Ostrich Eyes, Peter Pants, Riot Grrrl, Silverlake Jubilee, SXSW, The Del Talk Show, Tim and Eric

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 [...]

Tags: Alex Wall, black flag, Bleeding Knees Club, brat punk, lo-fi, punk rock, Stoner, SXSW, velvet drag, Wax Witches, wiener records

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 [...]

Tags: 80's/new wave/electro/synth pop/indie, Animalia, bjork, Caroline Polachek, Chairlift, Nylon magazine, Perth Music, Romulus EP, SXSW music, The Kate Bush (song), Voltaire Twins

I first heard The Hives on a compilation mix tape of Swedish punk and hardcore that Millencolin drummer Fredrik Larzon had made and gave me on the band’s first ever tour to Australia. The mix tape also introduced me to other great Swedish punk bands such as 59 X The Pain, Refused, Mindjive and more! [...]

Tags: Coachella, Fredrik Larzon, Go Right Ahead, Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, Letter writing, Lex Hives, Millencolin, Radio Birdman, Rolling Stone magazine, Stephen Booth Photography, Swedish Punk, The Hives, The Saints, The Victims

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. [...]

Tags: A Director Prepares (book), Adrian Piper Cover Band, Anne Bogart, bikini kill, Bloodbraid, Bratmobile, Ghost Mom, Grace Slick, Maya Kiko Stoner, Nadia Buyse, Rock n Roll Camp For Girls, The Raincoats, Tombstalker, x-ray spex

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 [...]

Tags: Anna Attar, Go Die Big City, graveyard pop, Monsterheart, Seayou Records

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 [...]

Tags: Brandyn James Aikins, Daniel Brandon Allen, Death From Above 1979, Indian Handcrafts, Karp, Sargent House, SXSW Music festival, The Melvins, Toshi Kasai

Fiona Horne is a rock goddess, best-selling author, Wiccan priestess, actress, TV writer-producer and more! This year sees her back in the spotlight in a big way as her band Def FX gear up for a reunion tour, the first in 15 years. In her first interview since announcing the tour dates last week on [...]

Tags: Ant Banister, Australia Celebrity Survivor, big day out, Clan Analogue, Crass, Dave Stein, Dead Kennedys, Def FX, Def FX reunion tour, Even Witches Get The Blues (book), Fiona Horne, Harry Potter, Harvard University, iggy pop, Mad Mad House, majick, Marty Basha, Mary Kay, Metropolis Touring, Mindy McTaggart, PADI, Paul McDermott, PETA, Rolling Stone Australia, Sean Lowry, veganism, Wiley Cochrane, Witch Web (album), Witch – A Summerland Mystery (book), Witch: A Magical Year (book), Witch: A Personal Journey (book)