PHOTO COURTESY OF EBRU YILDIZ. Shilpa Ray is, through no fault of her own, one of our unsung great artists. The Velvet Underground, the Stones… The Eagles. It’s my ‘Eye of the Tiger,’ much like ‘Rebel Girl’ by Bikini Kill or ‘Edge of Seventeen’ by Stevie Nicks. BROWN: Do you still listen to music in your spare time? Charged with punk energy and lyrically profound, her show as an opener for Sharon Van Etten at the Music Hall of Williamsburg was a rocking … Whenever I had written a song, I’d play it live to death before I’d go into the studio. “It’s like country music on Broadway. Which is a tall order for a project boasting instruments like saxophone, harmonium and some old-school synths. The mid-1900’s swing vibe returns again on “Rockaway Blues”, another favorite of ours – as well as one of the album’s singles, “Shilpa Ray’s Got A Heart Full of Dirt”, a downer song lifted by jazzy vocals from Shilpa who really gets into the singing and lets out a fun and revitalizing “Woo!” near the end the song. Trying to pin down Shilpa’s sound is a challenge, even Shilpa can’t do it. He had already made it back to the East Coast, and this was his last night of summer touring before safely landing back in NYC. New York’s Beat the Devil long stood out on the indie music scene, and not just because it was the lone drums-bass-harmonium trio. So, growing up we always had those types of discussions at the dinner table. I have a fire escape outside my window. , that record took a pain staking long time to do. Although Shilpa Ray dropped “and Her Happy Hookers” from the bill, the Brooklyn-based rock musician and many of her same bandmates have returned with Last Year’s Savage.On the album, which was released last week via Northern Spy Records, Ray maintains the deep, powerful voice and poetic lyrics for which she is … EMAIL. In 1970 everyone was on this country music kick, as opposed to psychedelia, which had happened a few years before. It was some of the greatest people that came out to be on crew or extras or perform on the front lines. They all abandoned ship, I was left to my own devices which was both a positive and negative experience. Read the best writing on rock music here. But no, I’m actually very shy. Mark Ray reviews for Louder Than War. Culturally, women expect to be mistreated and taken for granted in their relationships with men. Having made her bones with the gothic Sturm und Drang of Beat The Devil and moving forward to the blues erosion of … and The Happy Hookers, Shilpa Ray has been, armed only with an incomparable voice and harmonium haunted by the ghosts of dead lovers, perpetually crying in the wind, hoisting both … Following on from Manic Pixie Dream Cunt, the phenomenal Shilpa Ray delivers one of her finest tracks to date, Heteronormative Horseshit Blues. Interview w/ Haley Fohr, aka Circuit des Yeux, before dinner at the Union. EMAIL. Thousands of articles, interviews and reviews from the world's best music writers and critics, from the late 1950s to the present day. [laughs] It’s so weird. But there is more to Shilpa Ray than a cute coming-of-age story. shilpa ray has a primal party for her nyc return at the bell house Brooklyn’s sonic siren Shilpa Ray has returned home from touring Europe and the states in support of her new album Door Girl , the title of which makes reference to the time she spent working the door at Pianos on the Lower East Side, a venue in which she had proudly sold out two nights back in September … Sure there are moments where you have a really rough time but for the most part it’s been really rad. It’s kind of like now I’m happy if I can just buy some groceries and hang out at my house and get something finished for once. IN THIS EPISODE. I didn’t like it, I wanted to be a painter like my mother. It’s so weird. RAY: That’s a good question. It’s Indian. Her high stage energy flourishes into a spirited performance. She’s a documentary film fan and sandwich … Shilpa Ray: Door Girl (Northern Spy). Photos and interview by Stasia de Tilly. Or do you find it exhausting? SHILPA RAY: Oh, that’s so cool, thank you! In Brooklyn Vegan: It was approximately a year ago that Shilpa Ray left her band Beat The Devil to focus on her own project with her own band that she calls Shipa Ray and The Happy Hookers. It always has to be lubricated some way. Review: Bad Hair Is a Fiendish, If Tonally Uneven, Satire of Racist Beauty Norms. 60:34 Finish. Door Girl (Northern Spy Records). I wanted to make a record that had those…[laughs] then again it’s me so… I’ll try to make a doo-wop song but it’ll just sound weird. Thousands of articles, interviews and reviews from the world's best music writers and critics, from the late 1950s to the present day. Shilpa Ray It’s All Self-Fellatio Maria Schurr , October 23rd, 2013 09:47 Shilpa Ray’s music could best be described as a tour through the highlights of 20th century New York’s grandest musical contributions: a combination of jazzy phrasings, Velvet Underground haziness, and No Wave harshness, evened out by some cabaret stylings and country flourishes. I imagine it matters when Ray is unable to pay her rent. TWEET. Shilpa isn’t just a ball of intensity, she’s purely funny too. I’m interested to hear what you have to say because I can’t put my finger on it just yet. Together with American Songwriter, we had the pleasure of interviewing Shilpa Ray over Zoom video!. I hate The Eagles, but I’ve got to give them that.”, “I’m Not an Assassin!”: Fran Lebowitz on Not Sleeping, Not Writing, and Not Naming Names, Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany Test Their Real-Life Chemistry, Why We Could All Use a Tavi Gevinson Podcast Right About Now, Everyone, Including Fran Lebowitz, Loves Dolly Parton, Kyle Ng of Brain Dead Wants to Connect the World. When I shot Shilpa and her band I was thrown into a gang of friends in bolo ties and eccentric hats making middle school sex jokes. Soojin Chang is a Californian-born, Glasgow-based performance artist, art director and filmmaker.. In Brooklyn Vegan: It was approximately a year ago that Shilpa Ray left her band Beat The Devil to focus on her own project with her own band that she calls Shipa Ray and The Happy Hookers. It’s like when you’re playing sports or dancing, you have to stretch and you have a routine before going in. Her music is a force to be reckoned with—a wall of sound that strikes you unlike anything you’ve heard before. She says she finds music inspiration from sitting on her fire escape to stare into the void. The video for her first single from her next album (not with the happy hookers), “Nocturnal Emissions,” proposes a masturbation-free world in which it is not just every zygote that is sacred, but every ejaculated sperm. Tune into WMSE as DJ Rich Mars talks with New Jersey x New York musician, Shilpa Ray, in advance of her show at Company Brewing on Thursday, May 24th with Milwaukee’s Red Stuff and Amanda Huff. EMAIL. It’s always a hustle but I’ve lived here for 17 years, I’m not leaving anytime soon. Shilpa notes, “I wrote this song as an anthem to myself. 40:14 Interview Shilpa Ray. *laughs* I grew up in Jersey, so coming up to the city I met a lot of other brown goth kids and we found each other eventually. 54:05 Interview Thelma & The Sleaze. I’ve been self-financing so far, so it’s a little slower than if somebody had put up a large sum. They’re always so much fun. [laughs] I know what I like. Review: Dating Amber Is a Touching Yarn About Defying Heteronormativity. Ray’s musical awakening was not until middle school when, inspired by the recent popularity of Oliver Stone’s The Doors, she began to read musical biographies. Shilpa believes loitering, just being, just hanging out in public places, is about ‘claiming the city with your body’. I love it because it is a complete album, it tells a story that engages the listener. Erlend Hjelvik (YELL-vik) is a metal composer, lyricist, and vocalist from Vikedal, Norway. But he’s a really cool guy. I’ve always been that person that can’t quite conform to anything but it’s not intentional at all, you know what I mean? So, I just call [my friends] up and I ask them and I irritate them. 60:34 Finish. In September 2013 interview, ... Shilpa Ray with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis on Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys (2013). I wanted to make a record that I felt was “native New York music.” I pulled from a lot of old Harlem doo-wop, a lot of hip-hop from the Bronx, a lot of Punk, Noise—these are genres that I think are very New York and very angular and have a certain speed and consistency about them. We just became friends very instantly. Shilpa Ray is as raucous a harmonium player as you will find and possibly the first in the history of True/False buskers. The only difference is the amount of money being put into it.” When asked about her favorite self-penned lyric she quotes one of her new songs: “With my tail between my bleeding ass, I’m off to the gates of heaven.” The lyric, she explains, is a reaction to visiting Nepal and witnessing the corruption of organized religion,”what Jews and Christians are always talking about here.”If Ray met a middle-schooler with an upbringing  similar to her own today,  she’d tell them to listen to Love’s Forever Changes (1967) and Velvet Underground’s later album Loaded (1970). I also know that it definitely has an East Coast vibe to it, I can hear that. 48:23 Hot Steam (2017) Thelma & The Sleaze. I met Ratso after doing a Sly Stone tribute concert over the summer. A powerful vocalist and skilled lyricist, Ray’s last album with her band Her Happy Hookers, Teenage and Torture, is filled with belting anguish. She has mastered the rough edges of her voice. Event Date: Sunday, December 17, 2017 - 2:00pm. I have never had to make the final decisions in this way, you’d have a producer or somebody to do that. All of that stuff was going on with Todd Akin and the Republican Party, we weren’t sure. Faded Films: I don’t know what I did this summer, I went to the Zola Jesus “Immersive” Album Installation. 47:25 Maia. We’re also in the same age range which is nice. Door Girl by Shilpa RayHow did you get into playing the harmonium? Because you have to keep going, there’s no stopping at that point. I don’t even know how it happens—it happens and it’s there. You have to make the same kind of landscape, and everything has to have a part. I graduated early and moved to New York because that’s where I wanted to be. I also need a cattle prod to push me to do things. “I knew I was going to write this record. Ethical Adult Cinema: An Interview with Trailblazing Porn Director Erika Lust by Amarantha da Cruz Dec 22, 2020 | Highlights Shilpa Ray is playing Pianos September 20th (alongside Bodega and Kyle Avallone, tickets and details here) and the 21st (alongside Hellbirds and Wolff & Tuba, tickets and details here). 00:00 - Mutual Core … Notable works include the animated visuals provided for Brooklyn-based musician Shilpa Ray’s track “Burning Bride and the State of Possession – Performance at the ICA in London which provided support for the band These New Puritans.. References I am notorious for putting up posts on Facebook that normal people should not put up, because you invite a lot of political arguing—I have a big mouth—so that’s what I did. But no, I’m actually very shy. She yowls and growls in her distinctive style. My own excitement for the band came right around … But we live in a world where the idea of a band ‘selling out’ has no meaning anymore. Shilpa’s voice is the most striking aspect of her performance. The only difference is the amount of money being put into it.” When asked about her favorite self-penned lyric she quotes one of her new songs: “With my tail between my bleeding ass, I’m off to the gates of heaven.” The lyric, she explains, is a reaction to visiting Nepal and witnessing the corruption of organized religion,”what Jews and Christians are always talking about here.”, (1967) and Velvet Underground’s later album, (1970). That would make 2009 not only their year, but their first year. Shilpa Ray has been a fiery voice in the New York punk scene since before the Bush years, at a time when, in her own words, “feminism wasn’t as cool or marketable as it is now.” Nonetheless, Ray insisted on being the kind of feminist voice that would pave the way for today’s feminist wave; her work championed the gritty underbelly of “intersectionalism” before the term … That was the guy I listened to when I was a teenager: What are you doing in this shop I’m working in? It came on at a very difficult time because I’d just fired the last band I was working with because they weren’t listening to me at all about how I wanted to make the sounds. Where does the name Shilpa Ray come from? 40:14 - Interview - Shilpa Ray 47:25 - Maia 48:23 - Hot Steam (2017) - Thelma & The Sleaze 54:05 - Interview - Thelma & The Sleaze 59:53 - Outro 60:34 - Finish " 34 sec; JUN 17, 2020; Episode 23 // What I Love About Music Episode 23 // What I Love About Music "On today's show, the last episode of Mutual Core, I'm remembering what I love about music. Growing up in New Jersey, Ray’s conservative parents prohibited pop music in the house and encouraged their daughter to study Indian classical music and the harmonium. Shilpa portrays chaos, glory, and tragedy throughout her music. His crazy characters, Lonesome Cowboy Bill—who is that?” says Ray over coffee in New York. You’re always gonna get people that are ignorant and hateful and say things because they’re scared and they don’t know what to do when they see something that make them feel uncomfortable. No one telling me how to represent myself, or who I am, or what’s my positioning business-wise. Review: Ham on Rye Is an Elegant, Grand Chronicle of a Chaos Foretold. Невероятната рокендрол индийка от Бруклин Шилпа Рей пристига за първи път у нас тази събота (27 юли) за концерт по покана на радиофестивала "Аларма Пънк Дж What has your experience been like as a south Asian woman in the music industry? This time around I just did it the other way, where we’re recording a record. It was a really wild experience. I never thought I’d ever get feedback from Nick—that was crazy. All Rights Reserved. With that kind of income, making a record and financing it is really difficult. She tornadoes everything in her path: small towns, big cities, and children’s dreams. I love it, I love that it’s happening but there’s a lot being said at the same time. Very relatable. I’ll try to write a surf song and it comes out really weird—it just ends up having this weird twist to it. Labor Day - September 7th, 2015. They all abandoned ship, I was left to my own devices which was both a positive and negative experience. [laughs]. I don’t really want to think about it.” I carried his advice with me for a while. by Max Freedman (@anticlimaxwell)The average New Yorker might not realize it, but they've probably encountered Shilpa Ray.On weekends, when Lower East Side staple Pianos transforms from a venue into a club, the crowd spans many New York types, transitioning from a group thick with rompers, beards, denim jackets, and tattoos to one flush with wealthier, younger Manhattanites … BROWN: What made you decide to do it yourself? RAY: No. Your life kind of changes when you get older. Even if [New Yorkers] are Republicans, the Republicans here make a little more sense to me—when they talk about money, the way the budget is supposed to work. “Shilpa Ray is a wailing, fire breathing Cyclops. S, hilpa portrays chaos, glory, and tragedy throughout her music. The irony of that was lost on me. Because I knew who was talking to me—I listened to so much of his catalogue, I respect him so much—so I knew what he was saying to me. Sometimes I do feel that certain things need to get cleared up. Interview: Garrett Bradley on Exploring Human … 47:25 Maia. Most people aren’t like that, most people want to enjoy themselves and have a good time. Shilpa shares, “Straight culture is in dire need of a … My friend, Maria [Gigante], she’s a director from Chicago, she just taught me and gave me a crash course. They were telling me that there is an established regional tone and I had expressed that I didn’t feel like a lot of the bands that are coming out of here honor that. Shilpa Ray has carved out a place for herself in the music scene of NYC, with critical platitudes falling like a ticker tape parade around her releases, yet struggling to find a wider audience. RAY: No. It came on at a very difficult time because I’d just fired the last band I was working with because they weren’t listening to me at all about how I wanted to make the sounds. Shilpa Ray. She scoffs at the topic of modern indie music, elaborating that “indie music thinks it’s better than it is—they didn’t reinvent capitalism, they didn’t reinvent the economy. This is what I love about millennials (I’m not a Millennial exactly) but they’re bringing out things that we didn’t talk about when I was 20. By Jon Young, Mother Jones, 22 Oct 2017. Erlend Hjelvik (YELL-vik) is a metal composer, lyricist, and vocalist from Vikedal, Norway. Singer-songwriter Shilpa Ray drops evocative new single “Heteronormative Horseshit Blues.” As with this spring’s “Manic Pixie Dream Cunt” Shilpa teamed with fellow New Yorker, renowned filmmaker Amos Poe to make a video for the track. The last election I was talking to my mother about what was going on a lot—I think that if people see my mother on the page, a woman who had an arranged marriage when she was young, isn’t a careerist, was a stay at home mom for a large part of her life—she is still very much a feminist. The positive part of it was I could do whatever I want. Shilpa Ray is an American singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, New York with a blues punk sound. Singer-songwriter Shilpa Ray drops evocative new single “Heteronormative Horseshit Blues.” As with this spring’s “Manic Pixie Dream Cunt” Shilpa teamed with fellow New Yorker, renowned filmmaker Amos Poe to make a video for the track. From the infectious upbeat tracks that inspire anarchy within the audience to her emotional body heavy harmonium ballads. There are some things I like about it and some things I don’t. February 19, 2018. Notable works include the animated visuals provided for Brooklyn-based musician Shilpa Ray’s track “Burning Bride and the State of Possession – Performance at the ICA in London which provided support for the band These New Puritans.. References I want to be immortalized in a Shilpa Ray video. Hello friends, on today’s episode, I reminisce about past sessions with Heliotropes, Orenda Fink, sad13, Shilpa Ray, and Thelma & The Sleaze. There’s been a lot of dispute about what it means. “That changed everything,” Ray explains.But there is more to Shilpa Ray than  a cute coming-of-age story. But also because when I had opened solo for Grinder Man the autumn before, Nick Cave actually pulled me aside and was like, “What are you doing? Some of it is beneficial but some of it is a little marginalizing—as someone who is classified as both I felt the need to say it’s a lot more complicated than what people expect from you or the progressive mentality that they expect from you. I like to climb out and stare out into nothing for a while. Shilpa Ray is an introvert expressing her inner weirdo through her theatrical performance. Singer-songwriter Shilpa Ray is excited to release a brand new single. When you live [in New York City] especially, you’re in a bubble. That’s not what I’m seeing when I’m out on the road. They pushed me in this direction even thought I wasn’t allowed to pursue it on a professional level. I definitely did the whole thing you know, working the minimum wage jobs—I mean I still kind of am doing that. It’s funny because you get made fun of a lot *laughs* so we kind of found each other and we were like “you are weird too!” You like to dress up, I like to dress up. BROWN: Did you have to explain what you were going to do do? Very relatable. Charged with punk energy and lyrically profound, her show as an opener for Sharon Van Etten at the Music Hall of Williamsburg was a rocking hightlight of the Northside fest. Shilpa Ray. The band will present a Virtual Christmas Show on December 12th, 2020. I saw you did a call out for your last video. ABOVE: SHILPA RAY. That would make 2009 not only their year, but their first year. EMMA BROWN: I love your video for “Nocturnal Emissions.” I’ve sent it to all of my friends. Category Archives: interview FLTV is bringing us Shilpa Ray on January 4th. 59:53 Outro. Shilpa Ray Interview You are here. I just remember going through show after show, and being like, I don’t really feel like screaming tonight. 59:53 Outro. An Interview with Shilpa Ray. That is another mark of an introvert—I don’t want to leave the house and talk to you in person so I’m just gonna sit in front of the computer and say it. It’s like you’re paying homage to something past but also making room for new themes and sounds. DIIV. an end of 2009 interview w/ Shilpa Ray. She is a self-proclaimed goth kid and an unintentional rebel. of an iPad. It was funny growing up because not only am I a goth kid but I’m also brown. Shilpa Ray, credit: Ebru Yildiz. She is a self-proclaimed goth kid and an unintentional rebel. Copyright © 2021 Interview Magazine. Interview with DIIV‘s Andrew Bailey by Holly Cartwright. Film. Both. She has mastered the rough edges of her voice. Why does this have to be so loud? Part of Rock's Backpages, The ultimate library of rock music writing and journalism. 19K likes. How do I budget?” She kept coaching me the entire [time]. All of a sudden I have all this freedom. IN THIS EPISODE. A message from the desert with Last Year's Savage. A lot of people had misconceptions that I throw tantrums and am very arrogant and I … RAY: You have to do exercises. The video was directed by OG and legendary New York … How did you and your current band get together? How do I cast? Mixing is daunting; it’s like working with a canvas, but you can’t see it all together. Which is a tall order for a project boasting instruments like saxophone, harmonium and some old-school synths. She never put stipulations on me or my sister and encouraged us to think for ourselves and be very strong. I didn’t like being judged that way. 40:14 Interview Shilpa Ray. I just wanted to make visual art. The Brooklyn musician is coming to True/False with her backing band to play the Saturday Showcase at Rose Music Hall and even sneak in a few busking gigs throughout the Fest. My question was: “What would it be like if men were constantly the subject of political debates in terms of their reproductive rights?” And [my friend’s] response was, “What if there was a ban on jerking off?” And I thought about it for an hour, and I was like, “We have to make a video.” I thought, No, I’m gonna sleep it off and I’m not going to want to do it tomorrow. Singer-songwriter Shilpa Ray drops evocative new single “ … was commenting on being worn out and having massive responsibilities. 48:23 Hot Steam (2017) Thelma & The Sleaze. Door Girl (Northern Spy Records, 2017) - video upload powered by https://www.TunesToTube.com EMAIL. I really appreciate how it’s become a way to interact with your fans beyond just releasing tour dates and press info. We definitely have a lot of discussions about Bauhaus and Sisters In The Sea. Her dark humor is seen in songs like “Sanitary iPad” a cynical song commenting on capitalism from the P.O.V. It’s cool how you use your Facebook fan page to share your voice. The band will present a Virtual Christmas Show on December 12th, 2020. of an iPad. The South Asian-American, 17 year strong New Yorker, is on the brink of releasing her second full length album since her 2015 release, Shilpa’s voice is the most striking aspect of her performance. an end of 2009 interview w/ Shilpa Ray. REDDIT. All of a sudden I have all this freedom. I’ve just lived in this corner of the country for so long. Hopefully there will be more of that for this upcoming record. It isn’t often that I feel the thrill of anticipation of my teenage years when a … An Interview with Shilpa Ray The Brooklyn musician is coming to True/False with her backing band to play the Saturday Showcase at Rose Music Hall and even sneak in a … BROWN: Have you finished working on your next album then? Shilpa Ray’s newest EP, Nihilism, is out on Northern Spy Records. Together with American Songwriter, we had the pleasure of interviewing Shilpa Ray over Zoom video! The positive part of it was I could do whatever I want. Door Girl is out on September 22nd. The individual songs are good but fitted together in sequence, they are a masterpiece. Where I work they’re constantly spinning stuff, so I’m like, “Oh the silence, I need silence! Diving into the Depths of Door Girl, An Interview with Shilpa Ray. 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