INTERVIEW: Shiny Toy Guns (2013)

Shiny Toy Guns are back.? Not just back with new music, but back to their starting lineup with original singer Carah Faye Charnow who rejoins the group.?? Signed to a new label, Five Seven Music, they released the album III late last year, previewed by two uniquely different songs – “Waiting Alone” and “Fading Listening.”? Moving away from the rock feel of their second album Season of Poison, III is more of a electronic-leaning album which has been embraced by their fans.? I spoke to Carah Faye and Jeremy Dawson when they stopped in Nashville on their recent Tour Odyssey with Dirty Heads.

RS: How does it feel to be touring as a whole group again?
Jeremy: Great, we are a band and that?s normally how we tour, what do you mean?

RS: I mean with the original lineup all together.
Carah Faye: It?s awesome
Jeremy: It?s the only way to go.

RS: Carah, is there anything weird about singing the songs that Sisely originally sang?
Carah Faye: No not at all, I just make them my own.
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SONG OF THE DAY: Roger Sanchez ft GTO – “Troubleman”

With massive club anthems (“Another Chance,” “Lost”), epic remixes (Kylie’s “In Your Eyes,” Basia’s “Drunk on Love”), long-term Ibiza residency, and a Grammy award for best remixed recording, Roger Sanchez is one of the hardest-working legends of house music.? So as classic underground house starts making a comeback, now seems the perfect time for him to step in and show the newcomers how it’s done.? Teaming up with GTO (singer of “Turn on the Music”), Roger releases “Troubleman,” a soulful house track with influences of blues and jazz. GTO’s gospel-like vocals warn of the problems to come when we do the wrong things with our life.? The backing vocals are repeated and effected so that they sounds like a spiritual hymn. For a looped-out, dubbier take, check out DJ Sneak’s remix.? The video is moving as it contrasts dancing and protests with evildoers of the past century.? This is the kind of political statement that rarely gets expressed in dance tracks, and hopefully it will lead to more artists going deeper with their music.? As the first track from his upcoming album ‘Roots,” we anxiously await wait to hear more from the Stealth leader of house.

Image Courtesy of Stealth.