quintana-jacobsma &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/quintana-jacobsma/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "quintana-jacobsma" Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:13:39 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[The Lickets Interview]]> http://ghosttrees.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/the-lickets-interview/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:43:59 +0000 Adam Pearson http://ghosttrees.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/the-lickets-interview/ Yesterday I continued my Winter Quarter series of interviews with The Lickets, another group performing in the 2012 Day of Noise. The Lickets are local artists writing and performing a unique form of looped, layered, electro-acoustic, shimmering folk-drone beauty. The Lickets are comprised of Mitch Greer and Rachel Smith, who are also behind International Corporation, the label that releases work by The Lickets and side projects Quintana Jacobsma and Mary St. John. International Corporation also releases films to correspond to musical pieces. The Lickets have received praise far and wide and have been described as  “explorative and expansive” (Textura), “deeply enchanting” (The Fly), and “luminously beautiful” (Lost At E Minor). The Lickets will be performing between 10 and 11pm in the upcoming Day of Noise on February 12th, at KZSU Stanford’s studios. It was a pleasure to catch up with The Lickets.

The Lickets' 2011 release, Here (on Earth)

Mitch and Rachel shared some insight into the gestation of the recent Lickets record, Here (on Earth), released in late 2011. It seems that KZSU had a role in the composition process, and so I find it only appropriate that we charted it 6th overall for the month of December, 7th overall for the month of January (even 11th in November), as well as numerous weekly peaks at #1. On KZSU, that is true consistency and appreciation (see D. Cannibal’s gushing review). Beyond that, the duo also discussed their videos, fun media one-sheets, and what we may hear in the upcoming performance. Download the interview and make sure to visit http://www.lickets.com and International Corporation for more info on their work. Thanks again to The Lickets for their time, permission, and support.

The Lickets live at Frühling Fest at Stanford in May 2011

Upcoming interviews on Ghost Trees (Mondays from 9am – noon PST on KZSU Stanford 90.1FM and http://kzsulive.stanford.edu):

  • February 13th (10am): Brian John Mitchell, head honcho of Silber Records as well as the force behind Remora.
  • February 20th (10am): Cory Rayborn, owner and operator of Three Lobed Recordings and all-around good guy.
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