1. Phoenix’s past
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It’s true what they say, the world is a small place. Before Phoenix was even formed, Laurent Brancowitz, the guitarist, was in a band with future Daft Punk member, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. They were call Darlin’ based on the Beach Boys song. Funny story, a British magazine called Melody Maker labelled the band as a “daft punky trash”. Guess how Daft Punk got their name?

2. Charli XCX’s parents support

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Just like most talented young artist, she started writing and producing her own music since she was 14. She started putting her own songs online before being approached by a music promoter that ran parties in East London and invited her to play at one of them. But being 16 and performing at an illegal warehouse in Hackney Wick got her parents worried. But instead of telling her to let it down, they instead went with her. Family support at its best!

3. The talented Lipa family

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it seems that musical talent runs in the Lipa family. Before the British-Kosovar singer Dua Lipa started listening to singers like Nelly Furtado and Pink, she grew up listening to his father’s, Dukagjin Lipa, a Kosova Albanian rock singer.

4. Big Sean love for meditation

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Instead of being in an industry worshipping fame and glamour, the rapper known as Big Sean is a very spiritual person. He opened up about his meditation process before he records a song. He credits his mother for his interest in spiritual. His mother would give him books to read as a kid.

5. G-Eazy missing Drake’s gig to avoid getting an F

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Education first was definitely the motto of Gerald Gillum, mostly known as G-Eazy. When the rapper toured with Drake during a break from his classes at Loyola University in New Orleans, he was forced to miss some dates to get back to a class. While granted permission by most of his teachers to go on tour, he sadly couldn’t got one from this particular teachers that’s going to fail him if miss another class. So instead of getting wild on the stage with Drake, he went silent in a room for a class.

If you could dispel any misconceptions about Foals that you’ve encountered, what would it be? They would say, “That it’s difficult. That it’s ‘math’. That it’s ‘new rave’. That we’re in pain. That Edwin knows how to play keyboards. That because we are geeks we don’t know how to dance. That only Campari is good enough. That our only friends are girls. That we have kids and run marathons for fun. That Walter is actually someone else who killed Walter along time ago and is wearing his face. That there is another Jimmy. That Yannis is the Caucasian heir to Prince. That Jack is a Beaker. That we are afrobeat….” Thing is, with Foals, you never know whether one, some or all of those things are actually true. Musically and personally enigmatic, impossible to pigeonhole but full to the brim with potential; potential that is now, hopefully being realised. As Arctic Monkeys might have said: bet they’ll look good on the dancefloor.

And we have ten super special facts to enrich your knowledge about Foals!

1. Before the inception of Foals, Yannis and Jack were in a proper math-rock band and have been playing together since they were 15. They described their first band Edmund Fitzgerald as being ‘heavy’, ‘technical’, and ‘mostly instrumental.’

2. Yannis and Edwin dropped out of Oxford University to pursue a career in music. Walter and Jack also dropped out of university and joined Foals.

3. Guitarist Jimmy was the only member to finish his degree. He studied geography at the University of Hull.

4. Before writing Total Life Forever, Yannis explained that he wanted to use some drugs to play a part in the album because it is “a totally valuable and enjoyable way to make music.”

5. Yannis has been keeping a journal since he was 12. He still has all of them except the one that he lost during a fight.

6. Yannis told interviewers that Walter Gervers is a descendent of Lord Kitchener. The internet isn’t sure whether or not he’s telling the truth, though.

7. Keyboardist Edwin Congreave keeps a food blog on the meals he makes and orders on tour. It’s called Tour Bar Blues.

8. Jack Bevan recorded some of his drums for ‘Antidotes’ in Brooklyn alleyways in the middle of the night.

9. Yannis once survived an earthquake in Greece. “It wasn’t very terrifying,” he commented.

10. Holy Fire’s ‘Inhaler’ is about claustrophobia.

Theresa Wayman, Emily Kokal, Jenny Lee Lindberg, and Stella Mozgawa are the members of an American Indie Rock outfit named Warpaint. Warpaint has just released their brand new self-titled album and now they’re going to rock Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, February 12th, 2014. Of course we’re at Svana Paper are going to provide you some mesmerizing facts that you may didn’t know yet about the band. Here are amusing facts about Warpaint:

1. The band has a special relationship with Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their vocalist, Emily Kokal used to date former Red Hot Chili Peppers’ guitarist, John Frusciante. Even John mixed Warpaint’s debut EP, “Exquisite Corpse” in 2008. RHCP’s current guitarist, Josh Klinghoffer used to fill drums for Warpaint.

2. Heath Ledger used to be a fan of this band back in their early days in Los Angeles.

3. Holywood actress, Shannyn Sossamon is an older sister of Jenny Lee Lindberg. She’s one of the founding member of Warpaint and used to fill drums during their early days.

4. Even though they were based in Los Angeles, their drummer, Stella Mozgawa is a native Australian.

5. Way before the appearance of cute indie pinups like Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHS and the Haim sisters, Jenny Lee Lindberg has been considered as the cutest indie pinup. Even Birmingham outfits, Swim Deep has cited her name on the lyrics of their hit, “King City”

6. Warpaint’s hit, “Billie Holiday” is an ode to late jazz singer, Billie Holiday and a hit from Mary Wells, “My Guy”.

7. Theresa Wayman is one of the cast from 2002 movie, The Rules of Attraction.

8. Warpaint is going to visit Kuala Lumpur for the first time on February 12th, 2014. You can buy the tickets at Soundscape Records or Rock Corner. Their sophomore, Warpaint is an early contender for our album of the year so please make sure you don’t miss this gig! Cheers.

Bet You Didn’t Know : The Killers

It’s our hobbies to collect all of the fun facts for you, the music fans! For this time, we are bringing up about The Killers’ fun facts since the band is making a debut in Kuala Lumpur on September 22^nd 2013.  Here we go, the 10 fun facts that you didn’t know and you should know about the Killers ;

1. Some bands were formed through music festivals or by living in the same neighbourhood. But the Killers? They did it in a different way to complete the band. The Killers’ guitarist, David Keuning, put a small ad to get a band member for the band and the words that he put were : “Looking to start or join band? Influences: U2, Pumpkins, Oasis.”

 2. Still from the ad, Brandon was clearly not the first person who responded to David’s ad. According to David, Brandon was the first “non-freak” applicant who responded to it.

 3. The Killers’ music video, ‘Mr.Brightside’, was inspired from a romantic musical movie, Moulin Rouge.

 4. New Order’s ‘Crystal’ inspired the band’s name!

 5. Before being everyone’s candy-eye or one of the best rock band vocalists, Brandon worked as a bellboy at a hotel in Las Vegas. And Ronnie Vannucci worked at a flower shop.

 6. The Killers once got offered to perform as one of the headliners for Glastonbury due to Kylie Minogue’s withdrawal to perform since she had a breast cancer on that time. However, the band turned down the offer just because they didn’t have enough songs to perform.

 7. Love or hate it, Brandon Flowers did a solo record before, ‘Flamingo’, and he is planning to do another solo record. Guess we are going to face another hiatus from the band.

 8. Remember when some bands do some different version for their music video? The Killers also took part in this kind of thing. “Mr. Brightside” the UK version is in black and white while the US version portrays “Moulin Rouge”.

 9. It’s not only British bands’ hobbies to badmouth about the other bands to the press. The native American band like the Killers, are also known for their bad-mouth about Fall Out Boy, Panic At the Disco, and the Bravery.

 10. The Killers love using a chapel choir to glorify their music. Sweet Inspirations are the name of the choir that the band. And it’s also the choir who worked for Elvis Presley.