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Elettrodomestico: Music Floats Eternal
B52s. The Go-Go’s. Cracker. Bands whose music hits home somehow. Enter Elettrodomestico. I met this stellar two-piece band — Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go’s and Pietro Straccia — here in the Haight in 2017 as we were traveling the same music circles (they played the Red Vic!)....
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Elettrodomestico’s Delightful Psych(ic) Pop
“I feel like this record kind of saved me,” says Jane Wiedlin, of her duo Elettrodomestico’s lush psych-pop debut If You’re A Boy or a Girl. “I was in such a dark place, and now I’ve finally come out of it. That’s the power of music, whether you’re writing or listening to it.”...
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ELETTRODOMESTICO (Jane Wiedlin & Pietro Straccia) Interview
This week I had the chance to sit down with Jane Wiedlin and Pietro Straccia of Elettrodomestico at the Catalyst Club in Santa Cruz, California to talk about their new collaborative project and album. As Jane and Pietro explained during the interview...
Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's) & Pietro Straccia Are Elettrodomestico
Often times, the lyrics of a song can get lost in the music. But for psych-pop's Elettrodomestico, the lyrics are as important as the groovy bass lines and dramatic melodies. The single "Aloha" comes from Elettrodomestico's premiere album If You're A Boy or A Girl (October 20, 2017)...
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Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go’s): 5 Albums That Changed My Life
Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go’s has a new project simmering: a band with Italian songwriter Pietro Straccia called Elettrodomestico. They have a record coming out on October 20 called If You’re A Boy or A Girl, but, in the meantime, Wiedlin chatted with TIDAL about some records that changed her life....
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Former Go-Go’s Member Jane Wiedlin Fronts Elettrodomestico at the Sunset Tavern, by Holly Homan
On Wednesday night October 18, I braved stormy weather and headed to the Sunset Tavern in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. Playing was a band called Elettrodomestico with Jane Wiedlin (formerly of the Go-Go’s) playing guitar and singing lead vocals. Playing with her were Joe Gore (P.J. Harvey & Tom Waits) on bass, Dawn Richardson (3 Non Blondes & Tracy Chapman) on drums and Pietro Straccia on guitar....
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Concert Review: Elettrodomestico & Dot Comet at Sunset Tavern
When I got the invite to cover Electrodomestico on their first gig in Seattle, I was excited to see what the duo of Pietro Straccia and Jane Wiedlin (formerly of The Go Go’s) had up their sleeve....
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Fearless Go-Go’s goddess Jane Wiedlin premieres new video with indie duo Elettrodomestico
Ever since her early days in the pioneering new wave band the Go-Go’s, Jane Wiedlin has been fearless, expressing herself with no concerns about following the rules. After the Go-Go’s retired from touring last year, the 59-year-old pop/punk icon wasted no time in forming a new project, the indie-psych duo Elettrodomestico, with multi-instrumentalist Pietro Straccia...
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Nurses Seek Revenge in 'Nightblind' Video From Jane Wiedlin's Elettrodomestico
Queer rock icon Jane Wiedlin (of the Go Go's) has teamed up with Pietro Straccia for a new psych-pop project, called Elettrodomestico. The pair's debut album If You're A Boy Or A Girl, out today, is a product of collaboration that began just days after David Bowie's death and developed into a full collection of experimental, guitar-driven tracks that explore themes of alienation and despair....
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Elettrodomestico Debuts Music Video for 'Bliss' via She Shreds Magazine
Elettrodomestico, release their newest music video for "Bliss" via She Shreds Magazine. "Bliss" is just a glimpse of what listeners should expect from their debut album If You're a Boy or a Girl, coming out October 20th. The song is an angular and robotic-sounding track and the band credit Gary Numan and Devo as inspiration. Watch...
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Jane Wiedlin's Elettrodomestico Premieres Zany New Video via BlackBook
Elettrodomestico is back at it again, flexing their creative style of vision and foresight with their new video "Mail Order Bride." Written by the duo Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's) and Pietro Straccia, the psych-pop outfit teamed up with director Gareth Goochand and edited by Eddie Rifkind to release a creative and quirky music video that does not disappoint....
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VIDEO: Elettrodomestico Premieres New Video and Announces West Coast Dates
Elettrodomestico has shared the video for "Rabbit Stew," the first song written by the psych-pop band consisting of Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's) and Pietro Straccia. Directed by pop/gore artist Brice Frillici (SekDek), the video explores themes of marriage, conflict, gender non-conformity and rebirth, after the song was inspired and influenced by David Bowie....
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Jane Wiedlin launches new project Elettrodomestico
Go-Go guitarist Jane Wiedlin has launched her new project … the duo Elettrodomestico, with Pietro Straccia Elettrodomestico hearkens back to a more experimental synth-dance sound, which in 2017, makes it sound timeless. Their debut album, If You’re a Boy or a Girl, drops October 20 but you can take a listen and watch the premiere of the “Rabbit Stew” video right now....
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Pump Up The Jam: August 25, 2017
This week on Pump Up The Jam: Elletrodomestico, Sisters, Kabiria, Moon Eyed, Absolutely Not, Big Hush, and Gary Numan....