Anarchicks
{{Short description|Portuguese rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Anarchicks
| image = File:Anarchicks band.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Photo of Anarchicks taken in 2019 by Inês Machado. Depicts (from left to right) Katari, Rita Sedas, Adam d'Armada Moreira, and Synthetique.
| alt = Photo depicting current line-up of Portuguese band Anarchicks. Photo by Inês Machado.
| origin = Lisbon, Portugal
| genre = Rock, pop, riot grrrl
| years_active = 2011 - present
| label = Sound 101, Chifre
| website = {{URL|anarchicks.pt}}
| current_members = * Rita Sedas (vocals)
- Synthetique (bass guitar)
- Katari (drums)
- Adam d'Armada Moreira (electric guitar)
| past_members = * Priscila Devesa (vocals) (2011-2013)
- Marta Lefay (vocals) (2013-2017)
}}
Anarchicks is an all-female Portuguese punk rock and pop band formed in Greater Lisbon. They were founded in 2011, and their core lineup has changed twice since. Their current{{when|date=May 2022}} line-up is composed of drummer Katari, vocalist Rita Sedas, guitarist Adam d'Armada Moreira and bassist Synthetique.
Career
Anarchicks was formed in 2011 with Priscila Devesa on lead vocals accompanied by a guitarist, bassist, drummer, and keyboardist. The lyrical focus of the band is said to be based around feminism and creative freedom.{{cite web |last1=says |first1=hera |title=Hera says I should be the star now |url=https://herasayssheshouldbethestarnow.wordpress.com/the-anarchicks/ |website=Hera says I should be the star now |date=4 February 2018 |publisher=hera says |access-date=27 January 2021}} The band released their first 4-song EP Look What You Made Me Do in 2012. They also recorded a song named "love phem jaboody" in 2013.
They band's music was first played on the national radio program Indiegente in 2012, an influential alternative music show that has been broadcast on Antena 3 since the mid-1990s. The disc jockey and presenter of the program, Nuno Calado, played the song Forever, which would later feature on the band's first full-length album Really?!.Booklet of the double-CD Indiegente - 15 anos, Chaosphere Rec./Raging Planet Rec 2012; Compilation by the "Indiegente" host Nuno Calado on the 15th anniversary of the broadcast
Really?! received some media attention, and the band was approached several times to perform on live TV,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyAUmXzVfA8 recording of a performance with SIC Radical], the youth channel of the TV channel SIC on YouTube accessed on March 7, 2014 including an interview on the news broadcast of the public television channel RTP for International Women's Day on March 8, 2013.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sXO6ug8rao video recording of the interview] on YouTube, accessed on 23 April 2014 The popularity of the group continued to increase through the sale of their debut album and accompanying video clips, which also showcased an affinity for the alternative art and design scene of Lisbon. The group also continued to gain popularity through their energetic live TV performances and concerts, in which the quartet performed in unusual locations, such as buses of Carris during the Vodafone Mexefest in Lisbon 2012,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdnXJnCkky8 Video Recording of Bus Performance] on YouTube, accessed on 23 April 2014 and in April 2013 by the open windows of an insurance building on Avenida dos Aliados, the main boulevard of Porto.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nigw3Hlc-s Recordings of the concert] on YouTube, accessed on 23 March 2014
They played on the Super Bock Super Rock festival in 2013, as the opening band on the Super Bock stage, opening for Azealia Banks, Johnny Marr and the Arctic Monkeys.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6zbS1dnVm0 Backstage Interview at Super Bock Super Rock Festival] on YouTube, accessed on 23 April 2014 Shortly after performing at Super Bock Super Rock, vocalist Priscila Devesa left the band and was replaced by Marta Lefay. Anarchicks has performed several times abroad, particularly in France, for example with Peaches in Le Havre, where they performed a cover of The Beatles Helter Skelter together on stage.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afUBtmUwdYM Concert Recording] on YouTube, accessed on 23 April 2014 On International Women's Day 2014, they were invited to perform in Paris at Le Machine du Moulin Rouge as part of the celebrations for that day. Anarchicks has also played with foreign bands in Portugal, such as the Brazilian band Cansei de Ser Sexy and the Berlin powerpop band The Not Amused.[http://anarchicks.pt/blog/ News and Poster Pictures] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307130238/http://anarchicks.pt/blog/ |date=7 March 2014 }} at the band's official blog, accessed on 23 April 2014
Musical style
They see themselves as members of the riot grrrl movement and have incorporated various musical styles into their act including punk, pop, rock and new wave.[http://anarchicks.pt/about/ Biography at Official Website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307124456/http://anarchicks.pt/about/ |date=7 March 2014 }}, accessed on 23 April 2014
Discography
= Studio albums =
- 2013: Really?!
- 2016: We Claim the Right to Rebel and Resist
- 2019: Loose Ends
= Digital EPs =
- 2012: Look What You Made Me Do
- 2015: We Claim the Right
- 2017: Vive La Ressonance
References
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External links
- {{official|https://anarchicks.pt/ }}
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/2973478-Anarchicks Discogs]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140307124450/http://musica.sapo.pt/agenda/122526 News articles about Anarchicks] at musica.sapo.pt (Portuguese)
Category:Portuguese punk rock groups