Intervista alle Mika Miko!

Ricordo che al Primavera Sound c'era un mucchio di gente che indossava magliette con su scritto "Mika": e io, che pensavo fossero di supporto alla pop star libanese, non avevo idea si riferissero invece a queste cinque squinternate di Los Angeles.
Qualche settimana fa poi, esce il video di I Got A Lot (New New New), colori dipinti per terra e teenagers saltellanti su quel riff super divertente che mi è rimasto in testa per un po'.
Le Mika Miko in realtà sono tutto tranne che indiepop cuties, vengono dalla scena punk di Los Angeles e durante i loro live fanno veramente un casino terribile (in tutti i sensi).
Eravamo curiose e così le abbiamo intervistate: ecco le loro risposte "molto punk"

Enjoy!

Since you're quite unknown to the italian audience, try to present/define yourselves and you music in a few words

Fun, alive, friendly, crazy.

Is there a particular story behind the name of the band?

The name means nothing! We made it up!

Your musical approach is quite simple and direct, seems like you're just playing and having fun like kids! Do you think this a special Mika Miko characteristic or it is part of a more general punk attitude?

I think it's both! Punk is a part of us, a characteristic.

Tell us some bands that inspired you, or bands you are into at the moment..

Black Flag, Reagan Youth, The Slits, Killed By Death stuff, The Nerves, Middle Class, Germs.

You come from Los Angeles; we know many amazing bands like No Age or Mae Shi coming from your home town.. so we were wondering, how's the "scene" down there?
The scene is pretty awesome. We are such a big city filled with all kinds of bands. I still find out about new LA bands all the time. We are super lucky.

I don't know if you followed all the buzz about Wavves at Primavera Sound.. if you did, can you tell us what do you think about it?

TOO MUCH, TOO SOON. No one will care about that shit in a month.

I red that your live shows are absolutely amazing; you never toured in Italy (I think..). Are you planning to, someday? Can you decribe the identikit of an average guy/girl that comes to your shows?

Probably not. I think we are done with touring. It takes so much out of us. Average person at our show is a gay boy, 18, dressed really cool.

Someone has compared you to Vivian Girls. What do you think about that?

I am honored, but I don't think we sound anything like each other. The most we have in common is that we have girls in the band?

Is there an object you can't absolutely live without?
My boyfriend.

What's in your fridge?

Right now, probably molding stuff because I am on tour and my roommates won't clean that shit up!

> Mika Miko - live in biblioteca (video)