#twintapes

For the 20th episode of 'Tell Me About Your Song', I talked to Twintapes frontman Pavel Rivera about his song 'Fast Forward'.

If you can't listen to the episode using the audio player in this post, here's a direct link to the mp3.

In the course of our discussion, we touched on the following topics:

Writing Better Lyrics by Pat Pattison

Paul Simon's 'Still Crazy After All These Years'

Counterpoint

Twintapes live videos

Jon Estes

Jon Estes's remix of 'Fast Forward'

You can hear more of Twintapes's music on their website, where you can also find out about their upcoming shows. You can purchase their music on iTunes or Amazon.

Thanks to Damien Choy Smith of Girlie Action Media for helping to set up this interview.

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Last Thursday was a pretty typical night for me in some respects -- I first stopped at Rockwood Music Hall to catch a very dear friend of this site, Nicola play an acoustic set and ran into a dear friend who i don't see as often as I'd like. And naturally, I wound up losing track of time to the point that I had to bolt out the door to Piano's to catch indie electro pop act Twintapes. 

Interestingly, the trio of Twintapes had a sound that at times reminded me of mid 80s New Order and Cut Copy, thanks to glistening synths, pulsating beats and earnest, plaintive vocals. Sure, it wasn't the most original thing I've heard -- I've obviously heard it before -- but it was slickly produced, and quite danceable, despite the fact that the crowd at Piano's generally seemed too awkward, too self-conscious and too pretentious to dance. Ah, young hipsters. 

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Twin Tapes - Fast Forward

Twintapes’ album is a great combination of progressive rock, indie and electronic. The music is somewhat fast paced as well as has a great beat that is easy to dance along to. The lyrics are very clear though the upbeat sounds of drums and guitars.  This album is strongly recommended for those who enjoy and upbeat, dance, fast pace or rock music. Even if your not a huge fan of these kinds of music it is still recommended that you give Twintapes albums a listen.