Long before the digital age and social media made everything about the documentation, validation and celebration of the individual ego, art used to be seen as a collective process. Shakespeare,… Weiterlesen
2024 is definitively the year of the Dance Album, its cultural map dominated by Charli xcx’s all-conquering „Brat“, Fred again’s mammoth Reading and Leeds sets and the mass adoration of… Weiterlesen
Unpopular opinion of the week: the Oasis Reunion is the worst thing to happen to the music industry in 2024. Since we can only speak about Oasis in hyperbole just… Weiterlesen
The first time I heard of DEADLETTER was back in 2022, when I reluctantly took a spare ticket to go to their gig in Nottingham. I knew nothing about them,… Weiterlesen
Introducing me to the world of Fred again is probably the best thing my Spotify algorithm has ever done for me. It happened through a random shuffle suggestion, because I… Weiterlesen
I’ve always been a strong advocate for simplicity in music. You don’t need 15 million layers of production, you don’t need the perfect sound, the perfect combination of melody and… Weiterlesen
Bleachers bring their anthemic pop-rock “From the Studio to the Stage”, playing a fantastic show that leaves the Berlin crowd beaming and in dire need of a shower. Two saxophones,… Weiterlesen
When they burst onto the scene in 2019 with their debut album “Dogrel”, Irish band Fontaines D.C. were a music journalist and festival booker’s dream. They had it all: youthful… Weiterlesen
A crystal ball could have told you 30 years ago that the White brothers were destined to form a band together. Raised on a healthy diet of Bob Dylan, The… Weiterlesen
„Hopefully it won’t be ten years until the next time,“ Fran Healy said to me at the end of our last conversation in 2020. Yes, we made it! Fortunately, fate… Weiterlesen
