Roo Pescod (Bangers)
1. What are your top five albums that were released in 2015? (In order 1-5)
I swear this is a harder and more ludicrous question every year.
- Dogs on Acid – s/t
- Joanna Newsome – Divers
- Good Shade – s/t
- Laura Stevenson – Cocksure
- Ben Folds – So There
2. What band did you discover in 2015 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? What made them significant?
I’d never even heard of Wire before 2015. They came down to Falmouth to play a show and a bunch of people I know were saying Wire had been their favourite band growing up, and I just kind of dismissed it as South East England bullshit. So I naturally missed the show, listened to Pink Flag about two weeks later, and damn, there’s finally a punk band from the 1970s that weren’t shit.
3. How will you remember 2015? (In terms of music)
2015 is the year that I finally came to terms with pop music. I’m working with a University music collection at the moment and we’ve got a great selection of old pop music which I’m trying to promote to the students (current year of birth for most 1st year students is 1997) with a “This day in music” recommendation on our listening post. It’s got me listening to some Genesis which I never really imagined would happen. Next stop obsessing over business card paper weights and killing people with an axe dressed in a rain mac.
4. What can we look forward to from you in 2016?
Fuck knows. Everything’s up in the air. I’m working all the time so Bangers are just trying to do shows that we’re really excited about. Hopefully doing a decent Euro or US tour at Easter and releasing some new songs I’ve been writing.
5. What records are you looking forward to most in 2016?
If I’m honest I’m still catching up with Pitchfork’s top 100 from 2014, so next year is a bit of a mystery to me. The only thing I’m really excited about is the new Falcon record. Dan and Brendan both seem super proud of it, and that’s enough to make my happy hairs tingle.
6. How relevant is the physical format record/cd/tape in 2015 and going into 2016? What do you see changing in terms of physical vs. digital discussions?
So that Dogs on Acid record is one of my favourite of the year and I swear I’ve only listened to it on YouTube. That said, I’ve listened on my phone, through my Playstation, and on multiple computers. They toured the UK a couple of months ago and I don’t even know if they had physical music. I know they were selling fucking VHS.
I don’t see anything drasticly changing in the near future. I think consumers are content with being able to gobble up music in whatever format they want. For me I listen to different albums in different formats; some CDs in my car, an iTunes/iPod library, a bunch of things I’ve been sent by friends on my phone, historic MP3s on my Playstation, and a small vinyl collection. It’s weird but it works.
