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jesse powell
libertines
pine tarts
sexy
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pinetarts
» genre:
Alternative >
Indie
» location:
JJ Powell
» label: unsigned
» for fans of: Weakerthans, Libertines, Ash, Pulp, Hot Hot Heat
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Hailing (cabs) from Bankview, Calgary, these four young sweethearts make sweet, naughty, dirty, pretty songs about being children of the wilderness, made of mud, roots, blood and sun. Pine Tarts are craftily crafting their messy debut demos as you read this.
Why this name?
A beautiful and multiconotational image---Pine: sharp, green, bitter, fresh, to want, to wine; Tarts: sweet, soft, also (as in a person who's a tart) cheap, showy, bubbley, and a little dirty.
Do you play live?
We were second runner-up at the 2005 Calgary Folk Music Festival Songwriting Competition which was our first show, we learned to play in two weeks. More shows to come...
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
eg. Arctic Monkeys
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
yes, if we retained an appropriate amount of freedom over our work.
Band History:
We're green....
Your influences?
The Beach Boys, The Libertines, Leonard Cohen, Pulp, Gordon Lightfoot, (earlier) Ash, (earlier) Weezer, Stone Roses, Flaming Lips, Rufus Wainwright, The Ramones.
Favorite spot?
Banff, The Okanagan, Calgary: The Ship & Anchor, Broken City; Birmingham UK: The Jug of Ale, Moseley, Snobs on indie night.
Equipment used:
A no-name electric guitar with the pickups falling out of their holes, a bass that works on several frets, a no-name drumkit, a tascam 4-track.
Anything else...?
Love love love fun fun fun