Archiv Dezember 2014
Their dynamic style of pop punk combined with fun, oldschool skate punk vibes make Gnarwolves one of the most interesting new bands the UK currently has to offer. On their first headline tour through Europe Thom (Guitar, Vocals) and Charlie (Bass, Vocals) met Heavy Pop at dasBach to talk about their debut album, skateboarding, and why their song 'Smoking Kills' isn’t really about smoking.
Wenn's läuft, dann läufts: nach dem starken siebenten Studioalbum 'Das ist Rock ‘n’ Roll‘ bekommen Christoph & Lollo nun den Salzburger Stier 2015 verliehen.
Waiting for the debut album of the Goodtime Boys felt like an eternity. And as it turns out it was worth waiting: 'Rain' not only keeps the promises a number of EPs made since 2011, but elevates tehir qualities onto the next level. With outstanding songs like ‘Wallflower‘, ‘Life Moves‘, ‘Cloudbursts‘ or ‘Downpour‘ and songwriting that succeeds in expressing aggressiveness without losing a keen sense for grand melodies, with a spacious sound that sets itself apart from the genres sameyness, and lyrics that crawl beneath the skin. Hardcore can be so beautiful.
With their single 'Promised Land', Polkov clinged to the upper regions of the domestic indie charts. But one thing needs to be said at this point: every other song from the captivating summer dream of a debut album by the band from Graz could have taken that spot, with their style-savvy country-homages and grandiose folk-pop-tweaks. Now, before the next singles from Polkov cuddle themselves through airplay, Laurenz Jandl tells us which records apart from 'Polkov' should not be missed in 2014.
2014 couldn’t have started better for KMPFSPRT: „Jugend Mutiert“ easily lived up to the high expectations euphoric concert reviews and the „Das ist doch kein Name für ‚ne Band“ EP were suggesting. Close to eleven months later, the albums punkr rock hits lost nothing of their pressure and vigor. It doesn’t surprise, thatt 2015 seems to be off to an equally good start: the split single with Boysetsfire is ready to go, looks amazing, and serves a good cause. For the time being, guitar player David gives off some recommendations for 2014.
The reason why the year 2014 in Wolfgang Möstls personal music history only secondarily marks the year Killed by 9V Batteries were brought to an end invokes comparisons to the Beatles, hides itself very Sgt. Pepper-like behind a concept of nerdy homages, and celebrates a varied party of twelve Lo-Fi gems starting with its artwork: Mile Me Deaf probably have never been better than on their wonderfully easygoing collection of catchy tunes 'Holography'. One year after he helped bringing Sex Jams noiserock to the next level, Wolfgang Möstl continues to make no mistakes on his several playgrounds. And we’re still allowed to miss Killed by 9V Batteries.
Same procedure as every year: the Heavy Pop Advent calendar is a-knocking, viewing musical highlights of 2014 in the rearview-mirror. From Decmber 1st through December 24th, the musicians behind some of our favourite records of the year tell us about theirs.
After the two consecutive successes '‘Im Schwindel‘‘ and 'Die Unsichtbaren‘, 2014 had to be endured without a new album by Messer, but fortunately not without other releases: while Record Store Day ’14 showed the groups changeableness with 'TCM Tones‘, last months 'Ein Film ist zuende, nur ein Film‘ succeeded with its balancing act between art piece and driving rock improvisation. Either way: no Heavy Pop Advent calender without being kicked off by Messer!
Eine gefühlte Ewigkeit musste man auf das Debütalbum der Goodtime Boys warten. Eine Wartezeit, von der sich letztendlich jede Sekunde gelohnt hat: 'Rain' hält nicht nur alle Versprechungen, die seit 2011 über zahlreiche EPs abgegeben wurden, sondern hebt alle Qualitäten der Band dazu auf das nächste Level. Mit überragenden Songs wie 'Wallflower', 'Life Moves', 'Cloudbursts' oder 'Downpour'; ganz allgemein einem Songwriting, dem es gelingt Aggressivität niemals ohne ein immanentes Gespür für große Melodien auszudrücken; einem raumfüllenden Sound, der sich vom Genre-Einerlei dieser Tage abhebt; und Texten, die unter die Haut gehen. So - im wahrsten Sinne - schön kann Hardcore sein.
The Tidal Sleep haben ihre Aufgaben zwar vor allem bei zeitgenössischen US-Hardcore gemacht, mit 'Vorstellungskraft' aber dennoch vieles davon bereits vorweggenommen, was auch 'Keep You' erst Monate später in ähnlichem Maße erreichen sollte - ohne dabei aber derart radikal mit der eigenen Vergangenheit brechen zu müssen. Auf ihrem zweiten Album rundet das Mannheim/Karlsruhe/Leipzig/
