"Canja Rave are a big-sound duo who wear rock references in spades - drawing comparisons to Raveonettes, Pixies and Sonic Youth at their SXSW debut last year."
(Shelley Lee Jones - Huck Magazine - London, U.K)
"If The White Stripes had made some babies, Canja Rave would be the black sheep of the family."
(Flo Hayler - Visions Magazine, Fritz Radio, and owner of The Ramones Museum - Berlin, Germany)
"…this is the same composition as another famous band, and make the obvious observation that the primary difference is that Canja Rave has a drummer that can actually play drums… big garagey sound, huge for a two-piece and a hell of a stage presence…"
(Ryan Cooper - Punk Music Guide - Detroit, U.S.A)
"Canja Rave makes rock music full of personality, with creative sounds and lyrics."
(Cinthya Oliveira - Jornal Hoje em Dia - Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Photo: Erik Weiss
Bold and fun. Tough and funny. Loud and heartfelt. Paula Nozzari and Chris Kochenborger form Canja Rave, a powerful and melodic rock duo for whom no obstacle is big enough to detract them from the commitment to live life thru their music.
Following their intense and successful touring of the US and Europe between 2008 and 2010, and their move to Europe in 2011, Canja Rave begins 2012 by releasing their third album, "Dirty Shoes, Balls and Old Songs", recorded at their new base town of Berlin, Germany, and mixed in the US, at the Nuthouse Recording, NJ. The album contains 9 new original songs featuring Paula's quintessential power drumming and Chris' to the point guitar riffs, all sustaining catchy melodies and English lyrics ranging from sarcastic social and political comments ("Never Ready for a War") to endearing ("Ducks") and humorous ("So Lucky") introspective snapshots with a twist, often inspired by the band's unusual experiences during their US tours ("Accident"). The album was produced and recorded by New York based producer Alvaro Alencar, who has been awarded 10 Latin Grammy awards to date, and works eclectically with artists from all origins and styles.
"Dirty Shoes, Balls and Old Songs" powerful sounding tracks with their natural ambiences and original sonic signature reflect the live energy that elevates the spirit of the fans in Canja's live performances. Chris' vocals are edgy, as is his guitar sound, and Paula brings along with her no nonsense power drumming the beautiful countermelodies which she performs on the melodica. As a lonely and very inspired outside contribution, the title track brings in Hique Gomez and his enticing violin which boldly challenges the main melody in a sonic rush of energy.
Canja Rave's 2008 debut album, "Da Canja a Rave" (Portuguese lyrics) and its follow-up release "Badango" (also with Portuguese lyrics and produced by Detroit icon Jim Diamond of The White Stripes fame) were the previous landmarks in a 6 years career that took the band to over 200 live performances, in 3 continents, over 100 of them in the USA (30 states and 23,000 km, plus Canada). In Europe, CR performed in England, Germany, Scotland, Spain, France, The Netherlands, Norway, Czech Republic, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland... and of course they found some time to perform in their homeland Brazil..
Extensive touring and 3 albums in 4 years are not the only feat in Canja Rave's joyful ride. The band received two prizes in 2010, from the Sonicbids website for South by Southwest and for Songwriting at The Music Think Tank Festival in Milan, Italy, and were also acclaimed by many fans and supporters in multiple festival appearances: Dfest 2009 (Tulsa - Oklahoma), South by Southwest - SXSW 2009 and 2010 (Austin - Texas), United Islands 2011 (Praha - Czech Republic), Liverpool Sound City 2009 and 2011 (Liverpool - UK), The Music Think Tank 2010 (Milan - Italy), The Metro Times Blowout 2010 (Hamtramck - Detroit, Michigan), Motorcity Special #1 (Detroit, Michigan), Grito Rock 2009 and 2011 (South America), Rec Beat 2007 (Recife - Brazil), Fête de La Musique 2011 and 2012 (Berlin - Germany).
With the new record ready to be delivered to the fans, Canja Rave is eager to show their recent explorations in the one place they feel truly at home: on the road.
Anna & Tony: Brooklyn couple whose only goal in life is to be the next Lux & Ivy, are responsible for running the blog. They are very creative with their questions, and the interview was unusual and a lot of fun for Canja Rave! They were able to include Cofin Joe in our interview topics!
If you search further the blog, you will find a lot of different and quality artists ranging from comedians to musicians.
*This photo was taken in October/2010 when we were live in Radio Popolare...releasing our second album.
The newspaper A GAZETA talks about rock duos from Brazil. It is an important newspaper from Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. 
It is with the greatest pleasure that we returned to Holland! In four days we did two shows (Amsterdam and Groningen) and recorded a video! Also, we got to see dear friends!
We love the atmosphere of Amsterdam and this time although it was a very quick passage there, it was very productive for the Canja Rave.
The show at The Waterhole was great, people were especially involved and stirred up with the new songs and we've scheduled another show soon...yeah!
The partnership with our friend Roberto Wong was really special ... show, drinks.. Hey Captain, laughter and ... "capotraste"! He produced the video for "So Lucky", a song of the 3rd album ... soon you will be able to enjoy it!
It was freezing cold, but all worth while for the music! Playing the washboard with a winter coat doesn't convince anyone!
"I'm not feeling my fingers!!" :) Cara de frio! Ai..ai..ui..ui!!
Of course we could not miss the classic "croquette display case" of Amsterdam! (Croquete de vitrine clássico!) Trash junk food a few coins away!
We already miss The Netherlands!
Soon we'll be back to release officially the new album "Dirty Shoes, Balls and Old Songs"!!!!!
Our last show in 2011 was in a place that we love, not only to play but also to go with good friends, to drink and eat...and to get a tattoo!
It was our second show of the year there... The good thing of playing close to our home is that many personal friends have the chance to see us play!
The White Trash really has the best hamburger in town (vegetarian and meat)...hummmm.
It was the last show of the "Badango" tour and the first time we played several songs from the new album: "Dirty Shoes, Ball and Old Songs"!!
These two on the left, bought the "Badango" vynil and cd...thanks guys! See you in the next show.
In the same night there was also a fashion show: Junker Designs from Los Angeles.
Several known rockers wear their clothes, as Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Lenny Kravitz and others.
DJ Rock'n'rolla Pigbeats to continue the party!
