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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Oozing Wound

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Oozing Wound

von am 17. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

Whoever thought Oozing Wound needed to regenerate after last years raging effort 'Retrash' could not have reckoned with the overflowing energy of the Chicago three-piece: not only did the jewel in the crown that is Thrill Jockey shine with an incredible split with Black Pus and a mean Adult Swim single, 2014 also saw an added ounce of heaviness behind the glorious Artwork of their second album 'Earth Suck'. Oozing Wound don’t leave much to be desired, except for maybe the one thing of being able to see them taking apart European stages.

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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Watter

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Watter

von am 12. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

'This World' works as interface between the acoustic landscapes of Grails and Slint, the two closely related bands that qualify Watter as – excuse the marketing-speak – supergroup. First and foremost though, Zak Riles, Tyler Trotter and Britt Walford made their debut a beautiful and mystically surreal voyage through the bluring borderlands of post- and krautrock. To ease the waiting time for their Euro tour at the start of 2015 (with dates in Linz on Feb 12th and Vienna on Feb 14th), Mr. Riles tell us about his favourite records of the year for the Heavy Pop advent calendar.

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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Amen Dunes

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Amen Dunes

von am 7. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

Compared to his previous work, the album has very structurized pieces, but they lose nothing of their elusive magicMesser vocalist Hendrik Otremba told us, and hits the nail on the head. Not only has Damon McMahon – together with his bandmates Jordi Wheeler and Parker Kindred, as well as many guests like Efrim Menuck, Colin Stetson and Elias Bender Rønnenfelt – succeeded in making 'Love' their best Album so far, but a beautifully surreal, psychedelic masterpiece with timeless qualities.

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Interview: Gnarwolves

Interview: Gnarwolves

von am 7. Dezember 2014 in ...in english please!, Interview

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.

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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Goodtime Boys

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Goodtime Boys

von am 6. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

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.

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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: KMPFSPRT

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: KMPFSPRT

von am 6. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 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.

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Heavy Pop Advent Calendar 2014

Heavy Pop Advent Calendar 2014

von am 6. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

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.

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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Messer

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Messer

von am 6. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

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!

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Das Jahr in Platten mit: Goodtime Boys

Das Jahr in Platten mit: Goodtime Boys

von am 6. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014, Featured

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.

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Heavy Pop Adventskalender 2014

Heavy Pop Adventskalender 2014

von am 1. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014, Featured

Alle Jahre wieder....steht der Heavy Pop Adventskalender vor der Tür und lässt bereits jetzt zahlreiche musikalische Highlights der vergangenen Monate Revue passieren: von 01. bis 24. Dezember verraten uns an dieser Stelle abermals die Musiker hinter einigen unserer liebsten Platten wiederum ihre Favoriten des Jahres 2014.

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