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[sound bites] indie pop<br />
<strong>The</strong> Naked Hearts<br />
www.myspace.com/thenakedhearts<br />
<strong>The</strong> Naked Hearts By Claire-Marie Le Bihan Chappo By Christina Morelli<br />
This is one of those bands that<br />
make boys and girls fall in love.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Naked Hearts are a not-entirely-bass-less<br />
rock duo (live, the<br />
bass exists as if by magic even if<br />
nobody is playing it, as we have<br />
personally witnessed!) which offer<br />
some extremely well crafted,<br />
melancholic, guitar indie-pop.<br />
Amy Cooper (guitar and vocals)<br />
and Noah Wheeler (drums and<br />
vocals) are obvious musical soul<br />
mates. <strong>The</strong>ir debut full length<br />
“Mass Hysteria” exists in a musical<br />
limbo floating between Belly’s<br />
hyper-melancholic psych, the<br />
more straightforward and up-beat<br />
guitar pop of Juliana Hatfield and<br />
PJ Harvey circa 1992, and the<br />
obvious Nirvana influences.<br />
What is your inspiration behind<br />
your compositions?<br />
Amy: Romanticism. Painting a<br />
picture with sound and words.<br />
Which artists have influenced<br />
you most?<br />
Xylos<br />
www.myspace.com/xylos<br />
Noah: Our main musical influences<br />
are definitely rooted in a lot of<br />
the 90s bands we grew up listening<br />
to like <strong>The</strong> Breeders, Nirvana,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lemonheads, and Sonic<br />
Youth. We’re also really inspired<br />
by our friends here in the city She<br />
Keeps Bees, SuSu, Air Waves,<br />
Home Video to name a few.<br />
What is the background of<br />
Naked Hearts?<br />
Noah: We met at Pianos in 2007,<br />
where we were both playing the<br />
same night in different bands.<br />
What’s the story behind your<br />
band’s name?<br />
Noah: Naked Hearts is the name of<br />
the first song we wrote. <strong>The</strong> name<br />
and the song seemed to sum up<br />
the direction we were heading together,<br />
so it naturally stuck with us.<br />
Claire Marie Le Bihan’s full interview<br />
here: www.thedelimagazine.com/<br />
artists/nakedhearts<br />
Chappo<br />
www.myspace.com/chappomusicnyc<br />
From the midnight show at<br />
Rockwood Music Hall to the lofts<br />
of good ole’ BK, the guys from<br />
Chappo have been stirring up<br />
the indie music scene with good<br />
times, good vibes, and great<br />
sounds. <strong>The</strong> catastrophically<br />
crazy Southern duo, comprised<br />
of Alex Chappo and Chris Olson<br />
Chappo, have an energy that<br />
transcends from the stage to<br />
the streets, leaving a wake of<br />
“space dust” in their trail that<br />
keeps fans moving, shaking, and<br />
coming back for more. <strong>The</strong>ir<br />
music is fearless, innovative and<br />
downright fun, infusing classic<br />
indie pop with complete chaos,<br />
achieving their goal of making<br />
the Chappo experience one<br />
meant to be out of this world.<br />
What were you influenced by<br />
to create the tracks on your<br />
latest EP, “Plastique Universe?”<br />
We were excited about combining<br />
the styles of Tarantino and<br />
Xylos By Chloe Schiildhause<br />
Xylos has been compared to a<br />
number of bands since the release<br />
of their debut EP, “Bedrooms”, in<br />
2008. From ABBA to the Flaming<br />
Lips to the Talking Heads, the<br />
band’s sound is perfect for young<br />
couples in love who just want to<br />
listen to carefree happy music and<br />
go on leisurely picnics with golden<br />
retrievers. Xylos will continue to<br />
tour in venues throughout New<br />
York, but the rest of the country<br />
need not worry for they plan to go<br />
on tour this summer and early fall.<br />
<strong>Here</strong> is the Q&A with Eric Zeiler.<br />
What makes for a good show?<br />
You feel like the crowd is completely<br />
captivated and they’re moving<br />
with you through the songs.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y react to the dynamics and<br />
connect with the band. Also, when<br />
Bowie. We were listening to a<br />
lot of fun, new stuff last summer<br />
when we were recording the<br />
EP: Empire of the Sun, Phoenix,<br />
Flaming Lips.<br />
What has been your favorite<br />
place to play in New York<br />
City?<br />
We’ve played all over the East<br />
Village and LES and are now<br />
getting out more in Brooklyn. We<br />
just had our EP release at Glasslands<br />
and really liked the vibe in<br />
there. Lately, we’ve played some<br />
killer loft parties.<br />
What is the most unique instrument<br />
you’ve ever created<br />
sound from? Why?<br />
Our mouths. You can make any<br />
sound out of your mouth, and<br />
you don’t need to have a Masters<br />
in Jazz to do it.<br />
Christina Morelli’s full interview here:<br />
www.thedelimagazine.com/artists/<br />
chappo<br />
people take off their clothes.<br />
What bands are you currently<br />
listening to?<br />
<strong>The</strong> new Robyn single has been<br />
blowing my mind. And I’m getting<br />
into the Knife for the first time really.<br />
If your music were a<br />
soundtrack to a film, what kind<br />
of film would it be?<br />
It would be one of those cheesy<br />
Valentines Day releases... a romantic<br />
comedy with an ensemble<br />
cast of whoever the 30 biggest<br />
stars of the moment are. It would<br />
be terrible, but there’d be lots of<br />
sex and heartbreak.<br />
Chloe Schiildhause’s full interview<br />
here: www.thedelimagazine.com/<br />
artists/xylos<br />
the deli_6 summer 2010 the deli_7
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