Bartees Strange is a genuinely unique artist. This kind of hyperbole is common in music industry promotion but in Strange’s case, it’s actually true. His career to date has been… Weiterlesen
Schlagwort: Music
EUSEXUA by FKA twigs: „A powerful and dangerous concept“
FKA twigs defines EUSEXUA, not just the title of her long awaited third album but a whole philosophy for life itself, as “beauty and awe in the moment of heightened… Weiterlesen
Charli xcx rewrites history with “Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat”
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
„In Waves“ by Jamie xx: Making big waves in the world
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
Oasis Reunion: Why we don’t need Bucket Hat Summer 2025
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
DEADLETTER : “You’ve got to be willing to play shows to nobody, and you’ve got to not take it for granted when you’re playing shows to somebody”
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
„ten days“ by Fred again: We’ve all been there
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
Jon Hopkins: „Time is completely elastic, based on the experience you’re having and how present you are“
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
„Play It Like A Heart Attack“: Bleachers Live in Berlin
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
Fontaines D.C. ’s „Romance“: “Falling in love at the end of the world”
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