Pine Tarts
Pine Tarts
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.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
We're green....
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
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...
Your musical influences
The Beach Boys, The Libertines, Leonard Cohen, Pulp, Gordon Lightfoot, (earlier) Ash, (earlier) Weezer, Stone Roses, Flaming Lips, Rufus Wainwright, The Ramones.
What equipment do you use?
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