When current Big Shot cover stars The Faint were in New York City to support their new album, Fasciinatiion, we caught up with singer Todd Fink and keyboardist Jacob Thiele and asked them why they started their own indie label, blank.wav. They were more than candid with their response.
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Saam Farahmand Talks About Directing Soulwax’s ‘Part of the Weekend Never Dies’
Saam Farahmand is one of the hottest directors around, and he’s also an avid dance music fan. So it’s not surprising that Farahmand linked up with Soulwax and created the excellent tour documentary Part of the Weekend Never Dies. The film captures key moments during Radio Soulwax’s grueling global jaunt, which included 120 live shows and DJ gigs (where the band’s Dewaele brothers, David and Stephen, spin as 2ManyDJs). in North America, Europe and Asia. Armed with a video camera, passion for the music and the ability to stay up all night, Farahmand also interviewed close friends of the Belgian act, including Justice, Klaxons, Peaches, Tiga, LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy and Nancy Whang. In the end, he captured what life on the road is really like for a band who also DJ at their own gigs, and provide the first cinematic document on the nu rave scene.
“I have been a Soulwax fan since seeing them play in 1999, and I have followed their evolution closely since then,” Farahmand tells Big Shot. “It was an honor to be asked to collaborate on a film project with them… we didn’t know exactly what it would be, but we knew if we worked on it together it would be right.”
Look for a full interview with Saam Farahmand in Issue 24.
BSTV: The Presets Rave About Heartbreak
We were instantly smitten when we heard the advance of Heartbreak‘s upcoming album on Lex Records. Apparently we’re not the only ones who are enamored with this Italo pop duo—Argentinian singer Sebastian Muravchix and British/French keyboardist Ali Renault—from the UK. Yesterday Big Shot met up with The Presets, who are in the midst of a US tour with fellow Aussies Cut Copy. The opening act? Heartbreak! In this exclusive video shot a few hours before their show at Webster Halll in New York City, The Presets’ Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes talk about how much they love Heartbreak and why anyone going to the remaining dates on their US tour should arrive early.
BSTV: The Presets Rave About Heartbreak
BSTV: Midnight Juggernauts
After a support U.S. tour with Justice exposed them to a legion of new fans, Australia’s Midnight Juggernauts are poised to become headliners in their own right. Big Shot met up with the trio from Down Under backstage at their show at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City, where they talked about this month’s mini tour of America and their debut album, Dystopia, which was recently released in the States. Guess which Juggernaut confessed about a case of mistaken identity with one of the members of Justice?